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Council could stop new vape shops and betting premises in Somerset towns
2+ hour, 50+ min ago (658+ words) A Somerset councillor has welcomed national plans to give councils more say over new vape shops, betting premises, and adult gaming centres, saying residents have felt "powerless" as town centres changed without adequate local control. The government has announced plans…...
Lucy Lee-Smith set for Canoe Sprint World Championships
4+ hour, 33+ min ago (391+ words) Norwich paddler Lucy Lee-Smith is excited to race at the ICF Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe World Championships with pressure off her shoulders. The kayaker from East Anglia will compete in the K1 500m and 1000m races in Poland, and she was not daunted…...
Earthquake response strains Colombia’s new government as search continues
3+ hour, 38+ min ago (448+ words) The search for survivors in the rubble of Colombia’s powerful earthquake was growing more desperate, two days after the quake brought down buildings, buckled roads and crushed cars. The devastation has tested Colombia’s new president Abelardo de la Espriella and…...
Upminster’s Oliver Beadle wins Learning Disability title at Wimbledon
7+ hour, 41+ min ago (531+ words) Upminster’s Oliver Beadle enjoyed an unforgettable experience at SW19, lifting silverware on the manicured lawns of Wimbledon. Beadle, 26, who came runner-up last year, won the Learning Disability and Autism (LD&A) event at the national finals at Play Your Way to Wimbledon,…...
Horsham teenager Austin Hunter wins Wimbledon junior wheelchair title
8+ hour, 3+ min ago (536+ words) Despite first picking up a racket eight months ago, Horsham teenager Austin Hunter has already lifted silverware on the manicured lawns of Wimbledon, enjoying an unforgettable experience at SW19. Hunter, 14, who plays tennis at Hurstpierpoint College, won the junior wheelchair event…...
Yvette Priestley wins women’s visually impaired B1 title at Wimbledon
7+ hour, 48+ min ago (490+ words) Ludlow’s Yvette Priestley enjoyed an unforgettable experience at SW19, lifting silverware on the manicured grounds of the All England Club. Priestley, 51, was playing at Wimbledon for the fourth time, and won the women’s visually impaired B1 event at the national finals at…...
Farnham’s Peter Willcox wins deaf tennis title at Wimbledon
7+ hour, 57+ min ago (521+ words) Farnham’s Peter Willcox enjoyed an unforgettable experience at SW19 this week, lifting silverware on the manicured lawns of Wimbledon as his coaching protégé watched on. Willcox, 45, who coaches at Aldershot Tennis Centre and Liphook Lawn Tennis Club won the deaf tennis…...
Bridgwater hotel to be closed to asylum seekers, government says
8+ hour, 33+ min ago (356+ words) The Holiday Inn Bridgwater will no longer being used to house asylum seekers, the Government has confirmed. The hotel is among 13 sites across England that have been closed to asylum accommodation in the latest stage of the Government’s plan to…...
Sophia Dean wins Play Your Way to Wimbledon 14&U title
8+ hour, 21+ min ago (545+ words) Swindon’s Sophia Dean capped off an unforgettable experience at SW19 by lifting the trophy on the manicured lawns of Wimbledon. Dean, 13, who trains at David Lloyd Swindon, won the 14&U girls’ singles event at the national finals at Play Your Way…...
Column: Brian Smedley on living through Europe’s new heat age
13+ hour, 50+ min ago (795+ words) I was floating in the Tyrrhenian Sea, pivoting on a sandcastle wedged under my head, contemplating the futility of immortality and the meaninglessness of time, writes Cllr Brian Smedley. The waves on this beach must have come and gone and…...