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...
With NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies a three-hour drive away, the sporting culture in Nashville has tended to revolve around American football and ice hockey. The city is home to NFL team Tennessee Tita...
Work has begun to rewet areas of peat habitat on a nature reserve to improve water quality and support a wider diversity of wildlife. Dorset Wildlife Trust is carrying out the work at Tadnoll and Winf...
BBC Tim Mander says he is disappointed at the new charges Sunday parking charges should be “equitable” despite fears by some politicians that introducing them could harm independent busine...
St Ives Town Deal The bike shed has been installed at St Ives Junior School The number of children cycling, scooting or skateboarding to a school in St Ives has more than trebled, the area’s tow...
Plymouth residents are to get electric supply safety checks as part of an inspection programme, National Grid says. The utility provider said some domestic and small business customers in the PL1 post...
First Bus Devon and Cornwall Police said the Newquay night-bus had been used by more than 470 people this summer A night-bus service has been praised for helping contribute to a reduction in reports o...
Clara BullockWest of England Avon Valley Country Park Venues say people go to pumpkin patches to get their pictures taken Venues in the West have said pick-your-own pumpkin patches are becoming more p...
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BBC The fire service said carbon monoxide alarms saved lives Residents are being urged to install carbon monoxide detectors in their homes after a rise in poisoning cases. Devon and Somerset Fire and ...
An “exciting milestone” has been reached in the development of a new medical testing centre set to open this year. All 13 modular units which will make up the building of the community dia...