Western Morning News - May 16, 2025
Western Morning News - May 16, 2025
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May 16, 2025
Hotel plan approved for care home site
CONTROVERSIAL plans for a new hotel in an idyllic seaside resort in Cornwall have been approved by a planning inspector.
2 mins
MP calls for more action on Gaza situation
A CORNWALL MP who was detained and “confronted by guns” at the Israeli border on a fact-finding human rights mission to the West Bank has demanded in Parliament that the UK Government does more to stop the “slaughter and starvation” in Gaza, writes Lee Trewhela.
1 min
Football legend is honoured with blue plaque
THE remarkable career of the first black footballer to receive an England call-up is to be honoured with a national blue plaque.
3 mins
Show backlash for Labour over 'awful' rural policies
LABOUR has been accused of viewing the Westcountry's rural communities as \"targets rather than constituents\" over controversial plans to reform significant farming policies.
5 mins
'Exceptional' turnout for heavy horses
THE actor Martin Clunes yesterday opened the Festival of Heavy Horses, now in its third year and one of the most visited attractions at the Devon County Show.
1 min
Pirates ahoy this weekend
SOARING temperatures are expected to help entice a record crowd of about 45,000 people to Plymouth’s waterfront for the annual Pirates Weekend this weekend.
1 min
Royal Marine is first to be made head of Royal Navy
GENERAL Sir Gwyn Jenkins has been named as the new head of the Royal Navy, the Ministry of Defence said, following the earlier than expected departure of his predecessor.
2 mins
Pothole worries on 'forgotten' roads
RESIDENTS are concerned over a series of growing potholes on a rural road in Doddiscombsleigh, near Exeter.
1 min
Warning from RNLI ahead of weekend
THE RNLI has announced it will be returning to beaches across the Westcountry coast this weekend, due to safety concerns.
2 mins
Plan to redevelop and grow beach resort
A BEACH resort in Cornwall, which has been operating since the 1950s, has applied for a complete redevelopment which would see the replacement of 103 holiday units with the addition of up to 87 more.
1 min
Man jailed after threat to burn his mother alive
A 28-YEAR-OLD man has been jailed after he made threats to kill during an armed incident.
2 mins
Knifeman on the run after shop raid
A KNIFEMAN is on the run after attempting and failing to take cash from a Morrisons store in Kingsbridge.
1 min
Swimmers protest to stop pool closure
PROTESTERS fighting to save an Exeter swimming pool have taken their campaign on to the streets.
1 min
City Labour group loses third person in PM protest
A SPEECH by the Labour Prime Minister which suggested the UK risked becoming “an island of strangers” has played a part in the loss of a third Plymouth Labour councillor in as many days.
1 min
Economy grows at fastest quarterly rate in a year
THE UK economy grew at the fastest rate in a year over the first quarter of 2025, in a boost to Chancellor Rachel Reeves, new official figures show.
1 min
Prime Minister to announce new crackdown on people smugglers
SIR Keir Starmer was set to increase co-operation with Albania on tackling illegal immigration and organised crime, as he visited the country yesterday.
1 min
Backlash on plans to release inmates
MINISTERS are facing a backlash from victims and domestic abuse watchdogs over planned changes to prison recall which would see some offenders released within a month to free up jail space.
2 mins
More concern on assisted dying Bill
ANOTHER leading medical body has raised concerns about the risks of the assisted dying Bill “failing to protect vulnerable patients”, on the eve of its return to Parliament.
1 min
Supermarkets pledge to keep sourcing UK meat
ALDI and the Co-op have pledged to continue sourcing meat from British farms, amid ongoing UK-US trade talks.
2 mins
Trump suggests US and Iran are close to nuclear weapons deal
UNITED States President Donald Trump has said that the US and Iran have “sort of” agreed to terms on a nuclear weapons deal, offering a measure of confidence that an accord is coming into sharper focus.
1 min
Zelensky sends team for talks with Russians
UKRAINE'S President Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday said he is sending a team headed by his defence minister to Istanbul for the first direct peace talks with a Russian delegation since the early weeks of Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
2 mins
Children 'need more exercise to tackle rising levels of depression'
A new international study of children from birth to age 18 concluded that organised sports appear to protect youngsters against mental illness. Ella Pickover reports
2 mins
Village unites in bid to buy its pub
Lee Trewhela reports from Portloe, a Cornish community with lots of second homes - and a determined group of locals striving to preserve a precious asset
2 mins
Guy Henderson on Friday
Read Guy's column every week in the Western Morning News
2 mins
On this day
1763: Dr Johnson and James Boswell met for the first time at Tom Davie's bookshop in Russell Street, London.
1 min
Long tradition of sporting excellence
Read Guy's column every week in the Western Morning News
2 mins
SOUND AND VISION
MAKE SOME NOISE FOR THE CHEEKY NEW ELECTRIC ABARTH SCORPIONISSIMA
3 mins
I realised the world doesn't end if I say no
RADIO AND TV PRESENTER VICK HOPE TALKS TO LAUREN TAYLOR ABOUT HOW SHE GOT BACK TO NATURE, FOUND BALANCE AND LEARNED TO SEE EMOTION AS A STRENGTH
4 mins
A bitter pill to swallow?
CAMILLA FOSTER FINDS OUT IF YOU SHOULD TAKE ANTIBIOTICS FOR A COLD AND WHAT THE IMPACT OF DOING SO MIGHT BE
2 mins
UK SMEs owed £122bn in late payments
SMALL and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are owed approximately £112bn in late payments, according to new research.
1 min
Profits surge at utility giant ahead of water charge hikes
United Utilities' profits have risen significantly ahead of it being allowed to charge more for water bills
1 min
CAN WE GET A WHOOP?
WE TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT NEW KID ON THE FITNESS TRACKER BLOCK HAS TO OFFER
2 mins
Buttler to miss IPL finale to be available for England series
JOS Buttler has confirmed he will be leaving the Indian Premier League before the play-offs, ensuring he is available for his first England series since standing down as captain.
3 mins
Somerset boosted by Henry's return for Sussex clash
MONTH later than expected, New Zealand pace ace Matt Henry is set to line up for Somerset as they resume County Championship action against Sussex at the County Ground today.
3 mins
Buckland appoint Cusack as new manager
BUCKLAND Athletic have wasted no time in appointing a new manager with the Western League side naming Matt Cusack as their new boss, writes Stuart James.
2 mins
Summer transfers have two windows
IT promises to be a busy summer of player departures and arrivals at Plymouth Argyle after their relegation from the Championship, and for Exeter City as they gear up for a fourth successive season in League One.
1 min
Cole's goal voted the best in League One for April
REECE Cole's stunning volley in Exeter City's 2-1 win at Bristol Rovers has been voted the EFL League One goal of the Month for April.
2 mins
Ambitious Bundu will leave Pilgrims
MUSTAPHA Bundu will be leaving Plymouth Argyle this summer, with interest in signing him from other clubs in England and also in Germany, his agent has told WMN sport
1 min
Western Morning News Newspaper Description:
Publisher: Reach Publishing Services Limited
Category: Newspaper
Language: English
Frequency: Daily
The Western Morning News is a daily regional newspaper founded in 1860, and covering the West Country including Devon, Cornwall, Isles of Scilly and parts of Somerset and Dorset in the South West of England.
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