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BBC News
30-04-2025
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- BBC News
Headlines: EasyJet's breast milk fee and a cycle path tree
Here's our daily pick of stories from across local websites in the West of England, and interesting content from social media. Our pick of local website stories EasyJet has reportedly apologised after staff tried to fine a mother £50 for taking breast milk and a breast pump with her in the cabin on a flight from Bristol to Belfast.A distressing incident in which a pregnant cat died after being dumped alive in a binbag on the outskirts of Bristol was reported by Gloucestershire Live. And Somerset Live shared news of protesters planning a boycott of Weston's Grand Pier after the venue booked controversial political commentator Katie Hopkins on her comedy tour. Our top three from yesterday What to watch on social media A new cycle path in Yeovil appears to be at odds with a very large tree. One resident said they were "lost for words" at the layout of the been some good news for bird watchers keeping an eye on Salisbury Cathedral's four peregrine falcon eggs – the fourth has now hatched and all are said to be doing is getting ready to host its Ukraine Festival from 3 to 18 May. Ukrainian musicians and dancers will show off their talents in concerts, and artists and makers will be holding exhibitions and Jordan will receive a double legacy cap from Bristol City at Ashton Gate ahead of a match on 3 May, to celebrate his career as player and manager.
BBC News
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Headlines: 'Weston Pier boycott' and 'Motion closure'
Here's our daily pick of stories from across local websites in the West of England, and interesting content from social media. Our pick of local website stories There are calls to boycott Weston-super-Mare's Grand Pier after it was announced that right-wing commentator Katie Hopkins will be performing there as part of a stand-up comedy tour.A newly-qualified teenage driver was sentenced to two years' detention after killing three friends and seriously injuring two children and an adult in a "catastrophic" head on there was some good news for Swindon's conservationists after Wiltshire Wildlife Trust and a group of councillors discovered a population of rare Great Crested Newts in the town. Our top three from yesterday What to watch on social media Bristol's popular nightclub, Motion, updated its followers with the sad news that it will be closing its doors at its Avon Street site for the last time in July. Bosses have promised that this is "not the end", and that they will go out with a animal rescue charity posted on Facebook about a "horrific" incident they had to deal with. They were called after a member of the public found a dead pregnant cat's body in a bin bag in Hanham, near the Swindon Advertiser shared the wonderful moment an 11-year-old girl heard again for the first time after undergoing life-changing surgery.
BBC News
22-04-2025
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- BBC News
Headlines: Trans rights and fantastic nights
Our pick of local website stories Hundreds of people attended a protest on Bristol's College Green in support of trans rights following the recent Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a woman, Bristol 24/7 At First Sight participant Ella Morgan was among the residents are talking a trip down memory lane after Gloucestershire Live asked them which defunct night clubs they would like to revisit for just one more in Cheltenham and KCs in Gloucester were among the venues clubbers miss the father of a girl with a rare genetic condition who wants an upcoming show from right-wing commentator Katie Hopkins at the Grand Pier in Weston-super-Mare to be cancelled speaks to the Weston Hopkins recently posted a video mocking people with limb fire that destroyed the World War One-era hangar at Old Sarum airfield features heavily in the Salisbury Journal.A new bakery in Burnham-on-Sea had a sell-out first day, according to the town's news site. The former premises of the Crusty Cob has reopened after being taken on by the owners of nearby bakery Maisey's. Our top three from yesterday Student launches site to match flatmates using AI Demolishing millionaire's 'man cave' cost taxpayer £220k EE worker is seen carrying cat by scruff of neck What to watch on social media The mess left in Bristol's Castle Park following the annual "420" celebration in support of cannabis consumption has caused shock and anger online.A new mural on the side of the former Debenhams store in Swindon by graffiti artist HazardOne is popular and has been praised for bringing a bit of colour to the area.A claim that a van dweller parked on Clifton Downs walking a "big aggressive dog" punched a passer-by has garnered a lot of attention on Reddit.
Russia Today
11-02-2025
- Business
- Russia Today
Tractors block central London in massive farmers' protest (VIDEO)
Tractors blocked the streets around the Houses of Parliament in London on Monday as British farmers gathered to rally against the government's plans to change the country's inheritance tax policies. The changes will force many farms into bankruptcy, analysts say. The policy announced in the budget by the ruling Labour Party last year will come into effect in April 2026, scrapping a longstanding exemption that meant no inheritance tax was paid to pass down family farms. According to the updated policy, agricultural assets worth over £1 million ($1.24 million) would be liable for the tax at 20% when handed down to heirs after the owner's death. The day-long tractor rally, organized by Save British Farming, was staged as British lawmakers debated an e-petition with nearly 151,000 signatures calling to preserve the current inheritance tax exemptions for working farm estates. The protest is intended to protect the country's food security, political commentator Katie Hopkins told RT, emphasizing that the farmers were not demanding subsidies or other state funding. 'They're just asking to keep the farms they inherited from their parents so they could give them to their kids. They're just asking to get up at five o'clock in the morning so they can feed the nation,' Hopkins said. .mediaplayer { min-height: 150px; } .jwplayer .jw-controls .jw-controlbar .jw-icon-cc { display: none; } .media__video_noscript { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; right: 0; bottom: 0; height: 100%; width: 100%; } .full_transcript_text { display: block; } Much like previous rallies, the farmers entered Westminster on their tractors honking and holding signs reading 'We all need a farmer,' ' Food security first,' and 'Let's stand together,' among numerous other slogans. According to Dan Willis, one of the participants in the rally, land owned by farmers is not an asset for trade as it is used for growing crops and grazing livestock. 'We may sit amongst this massive asset, but without that asset, that's how we earn our living,' he said. 'Once you start taxing my tools, I can't do my job, and I can't pay any taxes.' 'Understand the basic mathematics of how they've got it so far wrong; it is unsurvivable from how we can move forward as it stands today,' Willis highlighted. Tom Bradshaw, the head of the National Farmers Union, argued that the farmers do not object to paying taxes, but that they prefer to pay tax on produce 'rather than a death tax, which is simply unaffordable and unacceptable.' Amid protests in November, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer defended imposition of the controversial tax, arguing that the overwhelming majority of farmers would be exempt from the measure. Starmer also said that the government was taking 'tough decisions that were necessary to stabilise our economy.'
