Sarah Turnnidge BBC News, West of England Ollie White Ollie White, 25, has been making his way towards the festival for nearly a month For most of us, getting to Glastonbury Festival usually involves a choice between gridlock traffic in a car, a crowded coach or a ram-packed train. But 25-year-old Ollie White has avoided...
PA Media Lewis Pugh began his 60-mile (901 km) 12 day swim on Thursday Endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh is braving a great white shark hotspot on the 50th anniversary of the movie Jaws to highlight the importance of protecting the species. Pugh, from Plymouth, Devon, began his 60-mile (901km) 12-day swim around Martha’s Vineyard, an...
The Supreme Court suggested that they had a real desire to address the issues of jurisdiction and national injunctions imposed at the district-court level. The court scheduled what was essentially a snap hearing on the matter, which arose out of challenges to Donald Trump’s executive order redefining and narrowing “birthright citizenship.” Today is the last...
Guy Hedgecoe Business reporter BBC Blanca Castro, who rents an apartment in central Madrid, says she is being forced out by her landlord Blanca Castro puts on a builder’s helmet before opening the door to her kitchen. Inside it, the ceiling has a large hole that is dripping water and it looks as if it...
A Plymouth City Council initiative to help women feel safer on nights out reviewed 43 men for showing early signs of predatory behaviour. Working with the police, the council said the 2024 pilot scheme used “intelligence” to disrupt behaviour before it escalated into serious violence. Eighteen of the men, aged between 22 and 77 years...
Rugby union should consider banning head coaches from matches if their players are repeatedly involved in head-on-head tackles, says former England women’s boss Simon Middleton. In the Women’s Six Nations opening round, France centre Gabrielle Vernier was sent off for a head-on-head hit in their win over Ireland, followed by Wales’ Georgia Evans receiving a...