PA People were given bottled water to help avoid using tap water A parasite outbreak in Devon contributed to a nearly £40m bill for South West Water owner Pennon, the company has said. The May 2024 outbreak left some people in hospital after cryptosporidium, which causes sickness and diarrhoea, contaminated the water supply in the...
EPA The wildfire destroyed national treasures like Goun Temple, a Unesco World Heritage Site A 56-year-old man is being investigated in South Korea on suspicion of starting a deadly wildfire that killed 30 people. The man, who has not been named, was performing an ancestral rite by a family grave on a hill in Uiseong...
Chloe Parkman BBC News, South West Children’s Hospice South West Eddie Farwell has been described as a “remarkable man” The co-founder of Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) has died, the charity has said. Eddie Farwell set up the charity with his late wife Jill in 1991 from their home in north Devon after two of...
Hampshire have signed South African batter Dewald Brevis on a season-long deal. The 21-year-old has joined for the whole of the T20 Blast campaign and could also play in the County Championship. Brevis impressed in the 2022 Under-19 World Cup where he scored 506 runs with two centuries and three fifties in six innings. He...
Since the Covid-19 pandemic, National League South has seen some runaway winners. Last season Yeovil Town won the title by 11 points, while Ebbsfleet United were 20 points clear of second place in 2023 and Maidstone United finished first it by six points the year before. So why is it so close this season? “Genuinely...
Cameron Weldon & Kirk England BBC News, South West BBC One swimmer from Budleigh Salterton said she worries about pollution levels in the sea Water campaigners have described new figures on storm overflow usage as “sickening” after they showed how many times sewage was spilled into the sea and rivers in the South West. In...
Severe wildfires have been spreading rapidly in South Korea. Ancient temples are among the buildings that have been destroyed and thousands of people have been evacuated. BBC Verify’s Nick Beake has been looking at how – and why – the fires spread so quickly and considering the impact they’re having. Produced by Mohamed Shalaby. Graphics...
US President Donald Trump has named conservative media critic and pro-Israel commentator Leo Brent Bozell III as ambassador to South Africa, amid worsening diplomatic ties between the two countries. Mr Bozell ‘s nomination follows Washington’s expulsion of South Africa’s ambassador, Ebrahim Rasool, for remarks deemed critical of Trump. The Trump administration has condemned South Africa’s...
Protesters gathered for a unique day of action against British bulldozer manufacturer JCB. It was over the company’s complicity in the projects of ethnic cleansing across Palestine, India, and Kashmir. Parents 4 Palestine and the Stop JCB Demolitions Campaign mobilised for the series of creative protests at the Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, in London....
South Hams District Council The award winners were chosen for their outstanding community work Organisations and individuals doing stand-out work in their local communities in south Devon have been recognised with a series of awards. The South Hams Community Awards – now in its second year – aims to highlight outstanding examples of community involvement....
A new pet crematorium is to open in South Devon despite more than 30 objections, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service. Goodmans Pet Cremations reassured South Hams Council’s planning committee that the facility in Ermington would be safe and odourless. Fay Goodman, who submitted the application, said there was a “concerning” trend for people...
Thousands of illegal cigarettes have been taken off Devon and Somerset’s streets as part of a major operation. Trading Standards South West (TSSW) and police officers visited 50 premises across the region during a week of action from 10 to 14 March. The crackdown – part of Operation CeCe – seized 127,371 illegal cigarettes, 65.94kg...
Member of our Party’s Executive and Political Committees, Comrade Liz Payne, is attending the 5th Special National Congress of our sister party, the South African Communist Party this week. Here is her fraternal greeting address to the Congress: “Dear Comrades, Greetings to the South African Communist Party on the occasion of your 5th Special...