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BBC News
18-05-2025
- BBC News
Headlines: Blue walls in car park and maternity unit closure
Here's our weekly roundup of stories from across local websites in the West of have a daily round up as well. Make sure you look out for it on the website and the local section of the BBC News app. What have been the big stories in the West this week? At the start of the week Bristol woke up to the news of a death at the half marathon event on the West Country reported 28-year-old rugby player Jon Devereux, from Chester, died after after collapsing and falling ill at the Great Bristol Live's article on the sudden closure of part of the Co-op car park in Westbury-on-Trym and some walls installed there also gained a lot of attention this week. Nearby residents are now calling for an investigation after the area was cordoned off with blue body found in the search for missing 16-year-old Athrun got a lot of reaction from ITV West Country and Bristol Live audiences. Searches had been ongoing in the West Shore area of Llandudno following the sighting of a body on news from The Dorset Echo, Somerset Live and ITV West Country on the temporary closure of Yeovil's maternity unit gained a lot of traction this week. In a statement the hospital trust told ITV West Country, it "cannot currently safely run the unit" or "safely provide care during labour and birth". Top six stories for the BBC in the West Something longer to read This week BBC News took an in-depth look at children's safety online across the West of West's live page compiled investigative and analytical pieces across all platforms including this piece on teenagers being exposed to content about weapons, bullying, murder and suicide soon after joining social media platforms. Explore more with our daily roundups
Yahoo
24-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Here's why these Dorset runners are taking on the London Marathon this weekend
RESIDENTS from across Dorset will take on the London Marathon this weekend. The world-famous race will see thousands take to the capital's streets to raise millions of pounds for charity. We invited Dorset Echo readers participating in the event on Sunday, April 27 to get in touch with us and tell us their stories about why they are taking part. Here's what they told us:
Yahoo
21-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Let us know what you've been doing for Red Nose Day
Red Nose Day is always a big occasion, but this year's fundraising extravaganza is going to be even more special as it marks the 40th anniversary of the charity's foundation. Across Dorset today people will be raising money for Comic Relief 2025 in all manner of ways - and we want to hear all about it. Tell us what you've been doing and send us a picture of you doing it for a chance to be featured in the Dorset Echo and on our website. Whether it's sitting in a bath of baked beans, running, dressing up or selling cakes, we want to know about it and give you a shout-out for your efforts. Tell us all about it right here.
Yahoo
14-02-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Village roads closure for works
ROADS in a Dorset village are to be closed for Openreach works to be carried out. West Street and Lower Street in Winterborne Stickland will be shut from February 24. It is thought that the works will be completed by March 5. The temporary closure order says that all vehicles will be prohibited from proceeding along West Street, Winterborne Kingston from outside West Down Barn, West Street and Sunnyside Farm, Lower Street (in both directions), a distance of approximately 840 metres. The order is needed in order to comply with health and safety regulations, which require the provision of safe working areas and to minimise the likelihood of danger to highway users. For more public notices like this see the Dorset Echo Public Notices Portal here. This Order will provide Openreach engineers with a safe working area to lay ducting. A diversion will be in place. For more information about the work being undertaken and access arrangements, call Sunbelt Rentals (Agents for Openreach) on 03700 500 792 (Option 4).
