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BBC News
5 days ago
- Business
- BBC News
Seaton Hole: Major cliff protection work brought forward
A massive cliff protection scheme is likely to go ahead this year after a council agreed to bring forward Hole on the south coast has suffered repeated major landslips that have left beach users and coastal homes in Devon District Council said 7,000 tonnes of rock must be delivered by sea to Seaton by September to be able to press ahead with the project before prices go council's cabinet recommended an upfront investment of £673,500 this year to enable the £2.2m scheme to go ahead with a final decision due to be made by full council on 18 June. The council said the decision was "critical to help reduce delays and cost increases".Geoff Jung, cabinet member for environment at East Devon District Council, said: "Approval from council will allow us to push ahead and order the new rock to ensure best value for money now, as delays may result in higher costs being incurred next year."The project included increasing the volume of existing rock armour at the base of the cliffs, upgrading the steel baskets used to hold rocks in place and maintaining the current total cost is expected to be £2.2m and has already been approved by the Environment council said it was confident planning permission would be granted, as no major issues were raised during the pre-application report said there was a "small risk" of not getting planning permission but "in the worst-case scenario" that would result in the council having rock armour for future schemes.
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Yahoo
Memphis mother warns about homemade machine gun that killed her son: ‘Our city is in trouble'
MEMPHIS, Tenn — A mother is sounding the alarm about illegal devices being used to turn Glocks into weapons of war. She suffered the loss of her son because of it. It was January 1, a Saturday afternoon when snow that had blanketed Memphis was starting to melt. Debra Seaton was at her daughter's apartment in Orange Mound when she says some woman tried to fight her. Her son, LaCurtis Waller, saw and tried to intervene. 'You say something to them, and they ready to shoot you,' Seaton said. Within a matter of seconds, she saw a gun. 'I knew this was something powerful. It was just so loud, and it was like pop, pop, pop, everywhere,' she said. 'There were so many people out there. There were people running for their lives. Those people were actually running for their lives. There were children out there. My granddaughter was out there.' The panic soon settled, and the ringing in her ears was then interrupted. 'I heard this young man screaming that Curt was dead,' Seaton said. 'To see your child in the streets, shot and face down. It the snow and the ice. This was murder. Cold-blooded murder.' Memphis Murder Map 2025 Police said one other person was also shot that day. Seaton believes they were hit by a stray bullet. Police said they have issued one warrant in connection to the incident, but are still working to find the person who killed Waller. 'When [witnesses] were talking about it, they were saying that it was a Glock. A Glock with a switch on it,' Seaton said. WREG Investigators have told you about a switch. It's a tiny, illegal device criminals are attaching to their Glock to convert it into a machine gun. Criminals creating their own machine guns with switch Law enforcement continues to call it an emerging threat. They showed us how hard it is to control even for one of their most experienced shooters. Since 2021, the Memphis Shelby Crime Commission says Memphis police seized more than 500 switches. Despite the danger and destruction they pose, those caught with one have only been facing the lowest felony charge at the state level. A bill is now headed to the governor's desk to change that. If signed, it will increase the state penalty to a class C felony. Mother lobbies for tougher punishments for people putting switches on firearms A move one Memphis mother, Janice Walker, lobbied for. She recently told us her son was shot multiple times by a Glock with a switch attached to it. She was forced to say her final goodbye in the hospital's ICU. 'The doctor had to literally pop his heart with her hands to get him going again,' Walker said. 'I put my hand on his chest until he stopped. I had to immediately leave the room, because I could no longer breathe.' Seaton said she saw Walker's story. 'I sympathize with her. I said somebody needs to come together and get something done,' Seaton said. 'Our city is in trouble. We are in trouble.' Seaton believes there must be a call to action. She'd like to see more churches and mentors getting involved and intervening in young people's lives to break the cycle. Otherwise, she said this will keep happening and will keep destroying families. 'They took away a good man. A good kid. A good-hearted kid,' Seaton said. 'The guys in the neighborhood, who were messed up and homeless, he would bring them into my daughter's house, sit them down at the table and feed them.' She said Waller helped everyone. 'He was helping everyone! Even in the midst of his struggles, and he was struggling,' she said. 'Big Curt was the protector of his pride. He protected his grandma. He protected his cousins.' Her protector and loving son was full of love and mercy. 'Let me tell you something. Whoever that was, if they shot him and he lived, you know what he would have did? Later on down the road, he would have forgave him. That's how he was,' Seaton said. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
22-02-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Jordan Seaton makes list of college football's top 100 returning players
Coming off an impressive true freshman season at Colorado, offensive tackle Jordan Seaton was named one of college football's top 100 returning players. On Saturday, College Sports Network released its top 100 returning college football players, and the Buffaloes' starting left tackle landed No. 44. Seaton started in all 13 games last season as Colorado's top offensive lineman, earning Freshman All-American honors from multiple outlets. Here's what College Sports Network wrote on Seaton: "A good chunk of the top offensive tackle talent in college football decided to declare for the 2025 NFL Draft, paving the way for the rise of a new bunch of impact makers. Jordan Seaton was a big-time get for the Colorado Buffaloes in the 2024 recruiting class, and heads into his sophomore season as one of the best in the country after earning CSN Freshman All-American honors for his performances protecting Shedeur Sanders." Looking closer at College Sports Network's list, Ohio State wide receiver Jeremiah Smith earned the No. 1 spot, and South Carolina EDGE Dylan Stewart followed at No. 2. Arizona State wide receiver Jordyn Tyson, who began his career at Colorado, was the highest-ranked Big 12 player at No. 13. While Seaton was the only Buff featured in the top 100, wide receiver Omarion Miller and cornerback DJ McKinney had strong cases. This article originally appeared on Buffaloes Wire: Jordan Seaton on list of college football's top 100 returning players
Axios
29-01-2025
- Entertainment
- Axios
Willie Mae's NOLA is serving up perfect fried chicken
While New Orleans awaits the reopening of the legendary Tremé restaurant Willie Mae's, we do have the next-best thing: a totally new Willie Mae's now open downtown. Why it matters: The menu includes the restaurant's beloved fried chicken recipe. The big picture: Willie Mae's Scotch House has been serving the city since 1957, but Hurricane Katrina forced a two-year closure that started in 2005. Then, a fire devastated the family-owned restaurant again in 2023. Rebuilding that location is ongoing, The Times-Picayune reports. In the meantime, the Seaton family opened Willie Mae's NOLA on Baronne Street in the modern, bright space vacated by NOLA Caye. Between the lines: The new location isn't the first time Willie Mae's has been downtown. The family previously ran a stand inside the Pythian Market, but that closed when the food hall shut down. The menu has other options, but it focuses on the family's famous fried chicken. You can get it as a platter with a quarter chicken and one or three sides, on a salad or on a chicken sandwich. Platters also come with a cornbread muffin. What I ordered: I got the quarter chicken with three sides ($24), including cabbage, mac and cheese and sweet potato fries. Much to my eternal dismay, the restaurant was out of fried okra that day, but the fries helped to slake my craving for them. The chicken was perfect as ever, with the slightly-spicy batter that fries a deep, crunchy, salty golden.
Yahoo
28-01-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Lakeville schools to consider removing posters promoting inclusion amid lawsuit
The Brief Lakeville School Board to vote on Tuesday whether to remove their "Inclusive Poster Series." Eight posters in total, but two of them promote "Black Lives Matter." The lawsuit alleged violation of policy against political statements, but some parents believe the posters only focused on inclusion should say. LAKEVILLE, Minn. (FOX 9) - The Lakeville School Board will discuss and vote on Tuesday whether a series of eight posters promoting diversity and inclusion will be removed from schools. This stems from a years-long lawsuit, upheld by an appeals court last year, alleging the posters violate a policy against political statements, specifically because two of them focus on Black Lives Matter. Those behind the lawsuit believe they all need to be removed. Some parents are upset, arguing the images that promote inclusion are important messages that should stay. The backstory In 2020, when some teachers requested to put Black Lives Matter posters in their classrooms in the wake of George Floyd, the district was clear they could not, citing their policy against political statements. But in 2021, when it came up again as part of a series of posters promoting diversity and inclusion, the district gave it the OK. Several parents and students filed a lawsuit after they were denied permission to put up posters promoting other viewpoints, arguing that Black Lives Matter is a political organization and claiming their own free speech was violated. "Proposals were made to put up All Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter," explained attorney Doug Seaton of the Upper Midwest Law Center, a conservative nonprofit which specializes in cases of what they see as government overreach. "And the district said no to those and only yes to the Black Lives Matter supported posters." Dig deeper After a district court tossed out the lawsuit, ruling that the posters were free speech, an appeals court reversed that decision in the summer of 2024. A settlement conference is now scheduled for February. Seaton is not opposed to the idea of the district creating new posters that promote equality among all students, but believes the current series of posters all need to be removed, not just the two that promote Black Lives Matter. "We're very hopeful we'll have a settlement in the case," said Seaton, "and a start to that would be for them to adopt a position, a policy, of neutrality and remove these posters from the school corridors and the classrooms." The other side Some parents are not happy with the idea that all the posters could be eliminated. One who spoke to FOX 9, but wished to remain anonymous, said she understands the issue with the Black Lives Matter posters, since they do have a political agenda. But, as the parent of a student with special needs, she feels the message of inclusion for all is very important. The CEO of the Down Syndrome Society of Minnesota wrote the district a letter expressing the same concerns. In a statement, she told FOX 9 that "as an organization that is focused on promoting inclusion for those that often find themselves in the margins, it is heartbreaking to see that people view inclusionary practices as harmful."
