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,...
Cedrick was one of the last people to leave the Bibby Stockholm. Source link...
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...
A cancer survivor and campaigner will be taking part in a charity swim later. Louise Butcher, who is known as the Topless Runner, will be among the swimmers at the Royal Devon Hospitals Charity Toples...
Jean-Philippe Mateta scores a hat-trick as Crystal Palace fight back from two goals down to draw 3-3 with Bournemouth in a thrilling game at Selhurst Park. Source link...
The crash was a gift for Verstappen, who McLaren have always insisted remained a threat in the championship despite his significant deficit, especially as Red Bull have returned to form in recent race...
Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola says he “cannot accept” the decision to award Crystal Palace a penalty in the 96th minute, as Bafode Diakite was ruled to have brought Marc Guehi down in the...
Boss Andoni Iraola is in his third season in charge of Bournemouth – and what a job he is doing. The Cherries finished 15th, only five points above the relegation zone under Gary O’Neil in...
In the clubs’ first meeting since Bath won a closely fought Twickenham showpiece in June, it was the away side who struck first. Santi Carreras, in his first Bath start, kicked forward in midfie...
Two horses have beaten around 100 runners in a 23 mile (37km) race across Somerset’s Quantock Hills. The Man v Horse endurance race, which was first held more than 40 years ago in Powys, Wales, ...
More than 230 steel bars have been used to repair and stabilise a collapsed embankment along a busy route. The 130-metre embankment along Upper Stanton in Stanton Drew, Somerset, had partially given w...
A former lord mayor of Exeter who served in the police for 30 years has been appointed an honorary alderman. Percy Prowse, 72, is only the 16th person to be awarded the recognition since 1981. Mr Prow...
What can you recall from the past seven days in Devon and Cornwall? Source link...