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Yahoo
23-05-2025
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'Crocodile returns' and 'Japan calls'
Here's our daily pick of stories from across local websites in the West of England, and interesting content from social media. Wiltshire councillors have been called "fun sponges" for telling people in Box to remove bunting to mark the annual Box Revels over the bank holiday, reports Somerset Live. There's a worry it could "seriously impact" attendance. The Swindon Advertiser says a bridge repaired six months ago has collapsed in Lechlade, closing off Hambridge Lane. The paper believes it was due to a car crash. A lot of sympathy for the owners of a Gloucester coffee shop, which bases its cakes on school-style tray bakes, after a break-in left them "devastated", Gloucestershire Live reports. And the A38 through Highbridge is due to be shut next month for a weekend, according to Maternity hospital evacuated after large fire Glastonbury glampers' concern after yurt firm goes bust South Korea's love for Wallace and Gromit "It all comes down to this" – excitement is building as Bath take on Lyon later in Cardiff in the Challenge Cup. Meanwhile, Bristol City fan-favourite Yu Hirakawa has been called up to the senior Japan squad for the first time. There has been a lot of Quedgeley locals speaking about the A38 slip road, which is going to be shut until 31 October. Frome Vale Labour has posted about about a rise in vandalism and antisocial behaviour around Oldbury Court. They want a Public Space Protection Order placed there "as soon as possible". And a much-loved crocodile is being brought back to Museum & Art Swindon. Follow BBC West social channels in Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire. Send your story ideas to us on email or via WhatsApp on 0800 313 4630. Headlines: Crop circles and village 'overtourism' High rise fire and eerie shipwrecks Headlines: Peregrine names and night buses
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'Crocodile returns' and 'Japan calls'
Here's our daily pick of stories from across local websites in the West of England, and interesting content from social media. Wiltshire councillors have been called "fun sponges" for telling people in Box to remove bunting to mark the annual Box Revels over the bank holiday, reports Somerset Live. There's a worry it could "seriously impact" attendance. The Swindon Advertiser says a bridge repaired six months ago has collapsed in Lechlade, closing off Hambridge Lane. The paper believes it was due to a car crash. A lot of sympathy for the owners of a Gloucester coffee shop, which bases its cakes on school-style tray bakes, after a break-in left them "devastated", Gloucestershire Live reports. And the A38 through Highbridge is due to be shut next month for a weekend, according to Maternity hospital evacuated after large fire Glastonbury glampers' concern after yurt firm goes bust South Korea's love for Wallace and Gromit "It all comes down to this" – excitement is building as Bath take on Lyon later in Cardiff in the Challenge Cup. Meanwhile, Bristol City fan-favourite Yu Hirakawa has been called up to the senior Japan squad for the first time. There has been a lot of Quedgeley locals speaking about the A38 slip road, which is going to be shut until 31 October. Frome Vale Labour has posted about about a rise in vandalism and antisocial behaviour around Oldbury Court. They want a Public Space Protection Order placed there "as soon as possible". And a much-loved crocodile is being brought back to Museum & Art Swindon. Follow BBC West social channels in Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire. Send your story ideas to us on email or via WhatsApp on 0800 313 4630. Headlines: Crop circles and village 'overtourism' High rise fire and eerie shipwrecks Headlines: Peregrine names and night buses
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Sport
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Bristol City forward Hirakawa called up by Japan
Bristol City forward Yu Hirakawa has been called into Japan's senior squad for the first time. The 24-year-old is part of the squad for World Cup qualifiers against Australia and Indonesia next month. Advertisement Hirakawa joined Bristol City on loan from J-League club Machida Zelvia in July before making the move permanent in February. He scored two goals in 19 Championship appearances for the Robins this season and has previously featured for Japan's under-22 and under-23 sides. Japan became the first nation to qualify for the 2026 World Cup in March and the games against Australia and Indonesia are their final matches of the qualification stage.
BBC News
23-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Bristol City forward Hirakawa called up by Japan
Bristol City forward Yu Hirakawa has been called into Japan's senior squad for the first 24-year-old is part of the squad for World Cup qualifiers against Australia and Indonesia next joined Bristol City on loan from J-League club Machida Zelvia in July before making the move permanent in scored two goals in 19 Championship appearances for the Robins this season and has previously featured for Japan's under-22 and under-23 became the first nation to qualify for the 2026 World Cup in March and the games against Australia and Indonesia are their final matches of the qualification stage.
The Mainichi
23-05-2025
- Sport
- The Mainichi
Football: World Cup-bound Japan call up 7 new faces for last 2 games
CHIBA (Kyodo) -- With a place at next year's World Cup already secured, the Japan Football Association on Friday called up seven newcomers to the Samurai Blue squad for the two remaining Asian qualifying matches. Brighton winger Kaoru Mitoma was among the mainstays left out of the 27-man squad to face Australia on June 5 in Perth and Indonesia five days later in Suita, Osaka Prefecture. The seven new faces include 18-year-old Fagiano Okayama midfielder Ryunosuke Sato, Bristol City's Yu Hirakawa and Sparta Rotterdam's Shunsuke Mito. "There are no dead rubbers for the national team," Japan head coach Hajime Moriyasu told a press conference in Chiba, near Tokyo. "There are no games we can afford to lose. I chose my players with the determination to win, no matter who plays." The Samurai Blue qualified for their eighth consecutive World Cup with a 2-0 win at home to Bahrain on March 20. The 48-team World Cup in 2026 will be cohosted by Canada, Mexico and the United States. * * * Japan squad: Goalkeepers: Keisuke Osako (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), Kosei Tani (Machida Zelvia), Zion Suzuki (Parma) Defenders: Yuto Nagatomo (FC Tokyo), Tsuyoshi Watanabe (Gent), Koki Machida (Royale Union Saint-Gilloise), Ayumu Seko (Grasshopper), Hiroki Sekine (Reims), Junnosuke Suzuki (Shonan Bellmare), Kota Takai (Kawasaki Frontale) Midfielders/Forwards: Wataru Endo (Liverpool), Yuki Ohashi (Blackburn), Daichi Kamada (Crystal Palace), Ryoya Morishita (Legia Warsaw), Shuto Machino (Holstein Kiel), Keito Nakamura (Reims), Kaishu Sano (Mainz), Yu Hirakawa (Bristol City), Koki Kumasaka, Mao Hosoya (Kashiwa Reysol), Takefusa Kubo (Real Sociedad), Yuito Suzuki (Brondby), Joel Chima Fujita (Sint-Truiden), Shunsuke Mito (Sparta), Kodai Sano (NEC Nijmegen), Kota Tawaratsumida (FC Tokyo), Ryunosuke Sato (Fagiano Okayama)
