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...
Residents are being asked to comment on plans to introduce 20mph limits in more parts of Dorset. The schemes are being proposed for roads in 10 areas, including much of Lyme Regis. It follows the implementation of 20mph limits in five towns and villages in recent weeks. The latest consultation is open until 7 November....
A country park has been forced to cancel a Halloween event on its opening evening after essential equipment was stolen. Moors Valley Country Park in Ashley Heath, Dorset, announced it was unable to open the Halloween illuminated trail on Thursday as planned. Forestry England said the trail had been affected by a “significant theft” and...
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...
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Daniel MumbyLocal Democracy Reporting Service BBC The B3191 Cleeve Hill has been closed to vehicles since January 2023 A ban on cars travelling on a key coastal road will be made permanent over fears of coastal erosion. The B3191 Cleeve Hill, which links Watchet to Blue Anchor in Somerset, closed to traffic in 2023 but...

Miles DavisDevon political reporter, Newton Abbot BBC Peter Sadler from Vistry Homes says everything it is doing is within planning rules A developer has denied claims it may be in breach of planning controls by starting infrastructure work on a controversial scheme for 1,200 homes in Devon. Teignbridge District Council previously issued a stop notice...

A mining company from Cornwall said it has become the first in the UK to produce lithium hydroxide monohydrate (LHM). LHM is a key element of lithium-ion batteries and found in electric vehicles, grid scale battery storage and batteries in consumer electronics. Cornish Lithium has repurposed a former china clay quarry and used patented low-carbon...

Google Occombe Farm is set to close after the charity which runs it announced it was going into liquidation A conservation charity has announced it is entering liquidation due to financial challenges. Torbay Coast and Countryside Trust (TCCT) looks after nearly 80% of Torbay’s landscapes including Berry Head National Nature Reserve, Cockington Country Park and...

Michelle RuminskiSomerset Political Reporter, Frome BBC One of the abandoned buildings on the Saxonvale site in the middle of Frome A derelict site in the heart of a town centre is to be put back on the market. Somerset Council has withdrawn its offer to exclusively sell the 12-acre Saxonvale site in Frome to Mayday...

BBC Ian Nicholls, 64, has been jailed for four years for sexually assaulting women A massage therapist has been jailed for four years for sexually assaulting three women who were his clients. Ian Nicholls, 64, took advantage of the naked or partially clothed women as he gave them massages at his rented workplace in Newton...
Historical researcher Monica Newton presents ‘Witches Season’ at the prison. Source link...
A police officer who formed an inappropriate relationship with a woman he met on duty would have been sacked had he not resigned, a misconduct panel has ruled. In July Martyn Newitt from Liskeard admi...
A man has been arrested after a van hit a series of vehicles before crashing into a city centre roundabout. The delivery van was stolen from Union Street at about 15:20 BST on Thursday, Devon and Corn...
Miles DavisDevon political reporter BBC The main road out of Exeter will now be closed until 10 November The main road out of Exeter will now be closed until 10 November – a month later than whe...
Newquay Zoo The zoo’s head gardener is Damian King Newquay Zoo has won a gold award with its first entry into the South West in Bloom contest despite it being put up for sale earlier this month....
A Dorset based firm has said it has been “really fun” to be a part of a project which sees it transform waste plastic from the Wembley Stadium pitch and turn it into benches for grassroots...
Ros TappendenSouth of England BBC The Stewart family has been in the nursery business for nearly three centuries It has been 70 years since Edward Stewart, founder of Stewarts Garden Centres, opened a...
People have been given the opportunity to immerse themselves in the work of artist Vincent Van Gogh in a new exhibition in Devon. Beyond Van Gogh opened in Westpoint Exeter on Thursday until 31 Octobe...
It’s 70 years since the UK’s first ever garden centre opened here in Dorset. Source link...
Tamsin Melville/BBC Mark Wreford is urging others to get CPR training after his running group saved his life A man whose life was saved by quick-thinking members of his running group who performed CPR...
















