6 h. ago Seventh person appears in court over damage to Donald Trump’s golf course

Rebecca Davies, 27, from London, faces a charge of malicious mischief.

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51 h. ago Man, 47, arrested on suspicion of murder after victim, 31, found dead 'with stab wounds' in Twickenham

Scotland Yard said it was called to Ellerman Avenue on Saturday night following reports of a stabbing in south-west London

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3 d. ago New renovations, retro vibes: reviving Australia’s rundown motels

Buildings that once catered to 1950s road trippers are being transformed into boutique stays attracting a younger demographicMotel Molly is giving vacay vibes. It’s giving idyllic. It’s giving “hot girl summer” lives on in Mollymook, a town on the New South Wales south coast.I’m in an oceanside room in one of four colour-themed buildings called Capri, Olive, Limoncello and Rosé. My room in the latter comes in pinks from powder to peach, coral and mauve with – squee! – a Smeg fridge and kettle in a high-gloss fairy-floss colourway. Elsewhere are rattan chairs, Scandi-style ceramics, glasses etched with frosted cursive font and a throw tufted with designs that vaguely evoke the US south-west. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Thousands of households to get £250 compensation payout this weekend

South West Water said around 13,000 households will receive £250 in compensation after enduring major problems with their water supplies in recent days.

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4 d. ago Why were hundreds of koalas shot in an aerial cull in Victoria?

Shooting of marsupials has sparked outrage but government says ‘compassionate’ response was needed after bushfire destroyed 2,200 hectares of national parkThe Victorian government has used aircraft to shoot about 700 koalas in south-west Victoria.The government says the unprecedented step was taken to prevent further suffering of the animals, after a fire in Budj Bim national park burned through 2,200 hectares, including a large area of manna gum, a key food source for koalas in the park. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Trump administration kills landmark pollution settlement in majority

Decision will affect mostly low-income Alabama residents as DoJ dismisses agreement over untreated sewage as DEIThe Trump administration has killed a landmark civil rights settlement requiring Alabama to address raw sewage pollution in majority-Black, residential areas south-west of Montgomery, dismissing it as an “illegal” diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) agreement.The decision could condemn low-income people in Lowndes county, about 40 miles south-west of Montgomery, to indefinitely continue living with no or failing sanitation infrastructure. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Nando's customer finds 2010 receipt that shows prices have DOUBLED at the popular chicken shop

Livi Smith, from Kingston Upon Thames in south west London , stumbled across the vintage receipt from 2010, showing a meal for two at the beloved chicken chain cost just £16.80.

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5 d. ago Grand Designs star Kevin McCloud reveals fate of show's 'most ambitious' project ever

In tonight's episode of the Channel 4 show, Kevin revisited Elinor and Born Barikor in Richmond, south west London.

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6 d. ago ‘Sick of being ignored’: galvanised by Gaza, Australian Muslims aim to exert new political power at the election

Campaigns that have sprung up to energise Australia’s 650,000 voting-age Muslims say the ramifications will extend well beyond 3 MayElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the latest episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastIn elections gone by, Az Fahmi volunteered for Labor’s home affairs minister, Tony Burke, in her electorate of Watson in Sydney’s south-west. Now she wants change.“Enough is enough. We’re sick of being taken for granted. We’re sick of being ignored,” says the campaign volunteer, who works in communications. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Brilliant zoo less than an hour from Cardiff that will be quieter this Easter holidays

The Bristol Zoo Project in the south west is a wildlife park that focuses on protecting threatened habitats on our doorsteps and around the globe, and it's a wonderful place to visit this Easter holidays

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6 d. ago Paddleboard guide jailed for 10 years over deaths of four people in Wales

Nerys Lloyd had pleaded guilty to gross negligence manslaughter over expedition in swollen River CleddauA former police officer has been jailed for 10 years and six months after leading a paddleboarding expedition on a rain-swollen river that ended in four people losing their lives.Nerys Lloyd, 39, pleaded guilty to four counts of gross negligence manslaughter and a Health and Safety at Work offence over the tragedy on the River Cleddau in Haverfordwest, south-west Wales. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Over 13,000 households to get compensation payout worth £200 after major water disruption

Around 13,000 properties across the areas lost access to water from Sunday with supplier - South West Water (SWW) - confirming that the outage was due to a major water main burst

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6 d. ago Empty shelves and missed cancer appointments: Chaos continues as thousands of homes are left without water after burst pipe

South West Water said around 9,500 houses in the area were still experiencing a loss of water supply or lower water pressure than usual.

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6 d. ago Devon residents without water to receive £200 compensation, says MP

South West Water said around 9,500 properties in the Torquay area were still affected after a pipe burst on Monday.

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7 d. ago Schools forced to close and thousands of homes left without water after burst pipe brings havoc

South West Water said around 9,500 properties in west Devon were still experiencing a loss of water supply or lower water pressure than usual.

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8 d. ago Huge Plymouth pipe bursts leaving hundreds of homes without water

Hundreds of homes and businesses in Plymouth are without water this morning after South West Water confirmed it was dealing with a burst pipe

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9 d. ago Six arrested after woman hit by van on golf course during police chase

Suzanne Cherry, 62, of Aldridge, Walsall, died in hospital after she was struck on Friday April 11.

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1 week ago People tell me I have ruined my son's life with the name I chose for him...but I have NO regrets

Abby Williams, 23, of South West England, always knew she wanted to call her child something unusual and considered naming him Mars or Comet, among other space-themed titles.

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1 week ago ‘The Salt Path gave us back our life’: walking back to happiness on Cornwall’s South West Coast Path

As a film of Raynor Winn’s bestselling memoir The Salt Path is released, we follow in her footsteps along the Cornish section‘I want to tell you something. I have a stage 4 brain tumour, and I don’t know how long I have left.” When fellow walker Peter utters these words to me at the Minack theatre in Porthcurno on Cornwall’s south coast, I half think he might be reading lines for a new play. Behind him, the waves are dancing, while mist swirls on the wind as though spooling from a smoke machine.It had only been an hour since I first met him and his wife, Michelle, as we all took shelter from the freezing wind in a hut at nearby Gwennap Head. I had asked why they were walking the South West Coast Path – the 630-mile (1,014km) trail that weaves its way from the seaside town of Minehead in Somerset around to Poole harbour in Dorset, via the windswept headlands, secluded coves and beaches of Devon and Cornwall. Continue reading...

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1 week ago British man, 27, dies in avalanche at ski resort in French Alps

The avalanche occurred at Val Thorens ski resort, in the Savoie region of south-west France, shortly after 10am on Thursday.

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