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...
Secrets to the foundations of the town itself could lie in a new dig. Source link...
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...
Torbay Council Torbay Council said entering Oldway Mansion was “illegal and extremely dangerous” Damage caused by a series of break-ins at a historic building will cost thousands of pounds...
A horse is back in the care of its owner after it was rescued from a water-filled ditch. It took firefighters from Avon Fire and Rescue Service about two hours to free Pinky the horse from the ditch i...
BBC The new one-way system affects Salmon Parade and East Quay in Bridgwater Luke KnightIn Bridgwater and Chris LockyerSomerset A new one-way system in Bridgwater town centre is “clogging up roa...
A Cornish endurance runner is on a trek to run 450 miles (725km) and climb 10,000ft (3,500m) as part of the national three peaks challenge to raise money for a mental health charity. Thomas Hine, 38, ...
Listen: SAMEE intern Logan and project lead Rob Amey say the scheme helps people overcome challenges A disability charity supporting people with additional needs into self-employment says the project ...
Ellie CleverleyPolitics South BBC Jacqui Scott, CEO of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Community Foundation, says they are unable to meet the demand for local grants A charity that assess the needs an...
England all-rounder Charlie Dean has signed a two-year contract extension with Somerset. The 24-year-old spinner, who is currently on international duty with England at the World Cup in India, came th...
Available for over a year Experts in Japanese bamboo crafting have been showing off their skills in some of Cornwall’s gardens. It’s called ‘takezaiku’ and has been used for ce...
A man has been arrested after another man was threatened with an air rifle in a road rage incident outside a McDonald’s. Devon and Cornwall Police said it was reported the man was threatened out...
There are doubts about the future of a bookable minibus service after it emerged trips have been costing up to £50 a passenger. Westlink was introduced in 2023 by the West of England Combined Authorit...