A visitor attraction that cares for hundreds of swans has closed for winter a week earlier than planned and cancelled its half term Halloween events amid fears of a bird flu outbreak. Abbotsbury Swannery in Dorset had been due to welcome visitors to its Ghostly Games trail from Saturday 25 October to Sunday 2 November....
A military museum has hosted a training exercise to test the emergency services’ response to a chemical incident. Police, fire, ambulance, search and rescue teams and university paramedics took part in the exercise at the Tank Museum in Bovington, Dorset. The fake scenario involved a forklift truck colliding with a chemical tanker carrying chlorine, resulting...
A nine-day rail closure affecting passengers in Surrey and southern England during school half-term has begun. Replacement buses are to run for services between Staines and Windsor, and between Guildford and Havant from Saturday until 2 November. The final phase of upgrades to the Portsmouth Direct line are to be completed between Guildford and Havant,...
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Curtis LancasterSouth of England Jessica Levitt Jonathan Ross visited the Dorset based-club Talk show host and Celebrity Traitors star Jonathan Ross visited a girls’ football team and surprised them with a message from England Lioness Chloe Kelly. Ross spent two hours with the under-11s at Swanage Town and Herston Football Club in Dorset on Thursday...
Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola has been speaking to the media before Sunday’s Premier League game against Nottingham Forest at the Vitality Stadium (kick-off 14:00 GMT). Here are the key lines from his news conference: Iraola confirmed striker Evanilson is “definitely out” for Forest’s visit, adding: “He is not far, not ready for Sunday but I...
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...
Eben Morrish-CroadSomerset Conor Ogilvie-Davidson The centre is expected to deliver a wide range of services that will contribute towards delivering care in the community A Grade-II listed building is...
PA Hazel McShane (left) and Amber Probyn co-founded the firm Peequal Two businesswomen who co-founded a women’s urinals company hope to go global after raising nearly £1m in investment. Amber Pr...
A village in Cornwall has marked the anniversary of the victory of the Battle of Trafalgar at the annual thanksgiving parade and service. Sailors from RNAS Culdrose and other organisations paraded thr...
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Gary Caldwell says his Exeter City side deserved something from their 1-0 loss at high-flying Stockport County. Nathan Lowe’s first-half goal was enough to separate the sides, with County just a...
Plymouth Argyle boss Tom Cleverley says his side have to be more defensively solid after their 2-1 loss at home to AFC Wimbledon. The Pilgrims took an early lead through Lorent Tolaj, but goals either...
Truro City’s “special spirit” helped them earn their third league win of the season, according to assistant manager Stewart Yetton. Luke Jephcott’s winner in the fourth minute ...
Exeter Chiefs coach Ross McMillan says Australia internationals Len Ikitau and Tom Hooper have slotted in seamlessly to the squad. The pair made their debuts in the impressive 38-0 win over Harlequins...
A kitten has been rescued from a police vehicle in Devon after a “faint meow” was heard coming from the engine. Officers based at Crownhill Police Station in Plymouth noticed the noise whi...