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...
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...
A woman has died in a two-car crash in Dorset. A black Kia Niro and a grey Peugeot 107 collided on the A37 near Maiden Newton, north of Dorchester, at 17:30 BST on Wednesday. The driver of the Peugeot, a 49-year-old woman from Weymouth, died at the scene. The road was closed to allow emergency...
Antoine Semenyo, Bournemouth, £8.1m – Nottingham Forest (h) Like Arsenal defence and Erling Haaland, Semenyo is essential at the moment. For some reason he wasn’t given a second assist at Crystal Palace last week, which would probably have given him some bonus points too. This match-up against Forest, a team in turmoil who have conceded...
Archaeologists are to investigate the site of a former bowling alley thought to hold evidence of a town’s medieval origins. The former MFA Bowl building in Weymouth occupied one of the earliest parts of Melcombe Regis which was founded in the late 13th Century. Preliminary investigations in 2022 revealed at least one medieval property in...
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Two Royal Navy helicopter engineers have discovered their fathers also served together a quarter of a century ago. Harvey Lewis and Sam Skelson, who are based at RNAS Yeovilton in Somerset, were maintaining a Wildcat helicopter aboard frigate HMS Iron Duke when Harvey made the discovery. He spoke to his father, Gaz Lewis, about his...

The ‘Newquay Bomb’ has fought once since his loss to Bentley, beating Panamanian journeyman Omir Rodriguez in Torquay in May. Pauls has also signed with promotor Frank Warren, a move he hopes will help him return to title fights. “I’ll have some more doors open for me,” he said. “They have access to all the...

Caroline Robinson,South West and Kirk England,South West environment and tourism correspondent BBC South West Water has never risen above a two star rating for environmental performance South West Water (SWW) has been rated “red” for its environmental performance for the 14th year in a row, meaning it is “significantly below target”, the Environment Agency has...

Exeter Chiefs have signed centre Harry Ascherl on a deal until the end of the season, following a trial with the club. The 24-year-old has been with the Prem outfit since pre-season and played the full 80 minutes of their defeat by Gloucester in the Prem Rugby Cup last month. He previously played for Bristol,...

A former Royal Marine commando has won an award as part of a national platform which celebrates the achievements of the armed forces community. Plymouth-based triple amputee Mark Ormrod MBE won the ‘Inspiration Award’ at the Soldiering On Awards in London on Wednesday. Mr Ormrod, 42, lost both legs and his right arm when he...

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...
Exeter City Council has disregarded national planning policy and Environment Agency criticism to approve plans for an industrial heat plant in Grace Road Fields, a fifteen acre ex-playing field beside...
HEADLINES West Park redevelopment demolitions to proceed to enable intrusive unexploded ordnance surveys before works can begin Five year-old University of Exeter plans to provide 2,000 new student be...
The demolition of dozens of buildings on the University of Exeter’s Streatham campus is to proceed to enable intrusive unexploded ordnance surveys after a risk assessment concluded that World War II m...
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His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) has identified sufficient Devon & Cornwall Police performance improvements to return the force to routine inspectorate...
Exeter Street Arts Festival 2025 – Exeter Observer Media made in Exeter Upgrade to paid EO Exeter Observer Local news that matters ON OUR RADAR The annual festival returns with street art, drum...
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HEADLINES Proposed Mary Arches “co-living” blocks condemned as “slums of the future” Eutopia Homes seeks full planning permission for 300-bed seven storey development at quadruple recommended local pl...
Eutopia Homes is seeking full planning permission for a 300-bed seven storey development at quadruple the recommended local plan density without providing the promised “research-based evidence for the...