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Woman arrested after four injured in Limerick hit-and-run
A woman has been arrested after four people were injured, one of them seriously, in a hit-and-run in Limerick. The woman, aged in her 20s, was arrested in relation to the incident and is currently detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984 at Henry Street Garda station.Continue Reading
Parish council hits back at district’s ‘wringing of hands’ on affordable housing
Peter Watts, Chair of Modbury Parish Council, declared that he was speechless at South Hams recent declaration in a ‘News Release’ that there was a “housing crisis”. The same District Council, only recently, took a last-minute decision to abandon its role as developer of affordable housing in Modbury. The schemeContinue Reading
South Hill Bat Project – helping bats and humans share their space
South Hill Bat Project was thrilled to be nominated for an award from the Bat Conservation Trust, for work with Bats in Churches. Church Warden Miranda Lawrance-Owen stated how affirming this was for the work being done with our bats. The campaign to help local bats keep the roof overContinue Reading
St Margaret’s Sewing Bee Challenge
St Margaret’s Hospice is on the search for talented sewers to take part in their Sewing Bee Challenge. The hospice is inviting people to buy materials up to the value of £10 from one of their charity shops and transform them into an item which can be worn throughout theContinue Reading
This tiny solar-powered factory cleans up dirty water
For large parts of the world, good quality drinking water is hard to come by. The first solar-powered beverage factory is helping fix the problemContinue Reading
Netflix’s Squid Game draws you in with so much more than bloody gore
W atercooler moments are back, and the subject to know is Squid Game. Netflix dropped the dystopian South Korean drama on Sept 17 and in just a few weeks, it’s on track to become the streaming site’s most popular series of all time, leaving reigning number one, the spoon-licking frill-festContinue Reading
£10,000 raised for Calvert Trust Exmoor after London Marathon Fundraising
Participants in this year’s London Marathon have together raised more than £10,000 for Calvert Trust Exmoor. The money has been generated through the fundraising efforts of Frazer, Matthew, Roy, Clive and Stacey who took part in the marathon in London through their charity places and Alice, a virtual marathon runnerContinue Reading
‘Point’ of the exercise is to ‘Go’ for it!
Go Bears Go is worth chancing as an each-way proposition, price-wise, for a compelling group one Dewhurst Stakes over seven furlongs of ‘good to soft’ Newmarket this afternoon and I’ve two reasons for ’tilting at windmills!’ Rossa Ryan, a raging ‘favourite’ of this column, will be aboard Go Bears GoContinue Reading
Abraham to start for England in Andorra after quitting Chelsea to join Roma
FORMER Chelsea frontman Tammy Abraham is set to start for the Three Lions in tonight’s World Cup qualifier against Andorra, according to Sky Sports. The 24-year-old has impressed since his £34million switch to Roma in the summer. 1 Abraham (L) in England trainingCredit: Getty Abraham has scored four times andContinue Reading
COVID-19 could nudge minds and societies towards authoritarianism
shutterstock Eric Crudup/Shutterstock It is a little-known fact that humans have not one but two immune systems. The first, the biophysical immune system – the one we’ve all heard much about – responds to infections as they enter the body, detecting and eliminating intruders such as the coronavirus. The secondContinue Reading