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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said his government is talking to the US about joining president Donald Trump’s future ...
Two staff members of the Israeli embassy in Washington were shot and killed on Wednesday evening near a Jewish museum, Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem said. Ms Noem announced the deaths in a ...
The festival, which runs from Thursday, May 29 to Thursday, June 2, is in its ninth year and showcases 27 events.
A Somerset animal charity has announced its new CEO. Ferne Animal Sanctuary has given the top job to Emma Purnell. Ms Purnell, who joined the sanctuary in 2018 as finance manager, took the helm after ...
A food education club in Chard has announced the opening of bookings for its half-term cooking sessions. Project Food has said its ‘Good Grub Club’ will return once again this May half-term. The club ...
A new 5,000-tonne destroyer key to North Korea’s naval advancement was damaged during its launching ceremony attended by leader Kim Jong Un, state media reported.
The bilateral relationship is at its lowest point since South Africa enforced its apartheid system of racial segregation, ...
Those who had initially shown more “positive” ageing mindsets – such as believing that ageing was not stopping them doing what they wanted to do – appeared to have a better recovery after a fall, the ...
A new Greggs in Chard, that is recruiting, is seeking Somerset Council approval for the installation of illuminated signage, extract grilles and ...
Victims of fraud are being let down as UK policing tries to battle “21st century cyber-enabled cross-border crime” in a localised system set up in the 1960s, a report has found. Think tank the Police ...
Rising production costs are threatening the viability of UK theatre, a report has said. The cost of running and creating theatre has soared, rising “significantly faster than inflation”, according to ...