A wood chopper from Dorset is preparing to take on the world in what is often called “the original extreme sport”. Tom Redmond, from Bere Regis, will represent team GB at the Timbersports World Championships in Milan in front of 3,000 fans in the Allianz Cloud Arena. With more than 150 years of tradition, the...
Sophie Cridlandin Portsmouth BBC Cedrick left the Bibby Stockholm asylum barge in October 2024 and is now living in Portsmouth An asylum seeker who was moved off the controversial Bibby Stockholm barge a year ago has said he “will get killed” if he is forced to return to Cameroon. The last residents left the vessel,...
A woman has set up a community for women to make friends after sharing her story of post-university loneliness online. Alanis Sibley-Ware, from Bournemouth, said The Girl Collective BCP’s first meet-up will be a yoga class for all levels on 8 November, followed by a coffee. The group for women in their 20s and 30s...
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Work to erect the first statue of a non-royal woman in a town has passed a major milestone with the figure being cast in bronze. Visible Women crowdfunded for the sculpture of novelist Sylvia Townsend Warner which will be installed on a bench in Dorchester town centre. It is the work of artist Denise Dutton,...
As Storm Benjamin approaches, we’ve got the forecast for the South Coast. Source link...
An annual bonfire and firework display has been cancelled following concerns over traffic congestion and an increasing need to consider how to keep pedestrians and vehicles separate. Truro City Counci...
Alistair FeeSouth of England health correspondent BBC Nicky has been given a less than a 10% chance of surviving beyond three years A woman with stage three lung cancer is trying to fund private treat...
A mural featuring seagull swooping down and pinching chips has been unveiled in a town centre. It is the third and final artwork for a project commissioned to bring “colour and interest’ t...
Villagers are trying to raise £70,000 to pay for a judicial review of a council’s decision to approve 100 new homes. Locals in Keinton Mandeville, south Somerset, say it is being “overwhel...
Visible Women/Denise Dutton Critics said the cat in the picture shared by the charity did not resemble Susie Campaigners working to install a statue of a Dorset novelist with a cat at her feet say the...
Cameron Weldon and Richard GreenSouth West South Western Railway The Department for Transport said £360 million has been invested to renew and enhance railway infrastructure to help keep trains on tim...
A support group for people with brain injuries in East Devon is hoping to expand its numbers after a successful first six months, leaders say. Minds over Matter runs once a month in a pub in Ottery St...
Seb NobleCornwall political reporter, Falmouth APCL A&P Falmouth Docks is due to undergo a £150m redevelopment over the next few years A £150m project to redevelop deep water docks will be complet...
Kirk EnglandSouth West environment and tourism correspondent BBC Will Luke created a pond on his farm near Plymouth to help improve resilience to drought and flooding Rainwater used to surge through W...
Young people are being encouraged to “take the lead” as a new youth space opens its doors. Jonathon Bray, from The Basement in Helston, Cornwall, said a number of events were due to take p...