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Community Living Abroad: How UK Families Are Building New Lives in Portugal

If you spend time speaking to UK families who have moved abroad in recent years, Portugal comes up repeatedly. It is no longer seen only as a holiday destination or a retirement location. It has become a long-term lifestyle choice for working families, remote professionals, and early retirees looking for a different daily rhythm.

Across Lisbon, the Algarve, the Silver Coast and Madeira, new communities are forming that feel increasingly international while still connected to Portuguese culture. What stands out is not just climate or coastline, but how everyday life feels more...

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Search for missing 65-year-old female skipper called off

The search for missing 65-year-old Mary Unwin, has been called off in Cornwall, coastguards have confirmed, following the discovery of the remains of what they believe to be her yacht in Sennen Cove.

A police spokesperson confirmed that the wreckage is thought to be missing 65-year-old millionairess Ona Mary Unwin's boat, although there is no sign of a body on board the stricken vessel.

Mary left Mousehole to go to Bideford at 6.30pm on Saturday evening, but the alarm was raised on Sunday by relatives in Bideford when she failed to make contact.

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02 customers experience network problems

Authored by Marc Astley
Posted: Sat, 10/13/2012 - 12:35am

Thousands of 02 customers were affected by a network problem yesterday.The company said about 10% of its customers had been unable to make or receive calls, or use data however, the cause of the fault was identified and fixed during the afternoon.

02 also issued the following Q & A:

Q. What has gone wrong?

A. One of our network nodes which help connect and manage traffic, failed at lunchtime today. This meant that a number of our customers have had difficulty connecting to our network to make calls or use data. A fix was found by 3.30pm and since then we have...

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Hundreds attend anti-Islam film rally in West Yorkshire

Authored by Marc Astley
Posted: Fri, 10/12/2012 - 11:26pm

Hundreds of people attended a rally against the anti-Islam film, 'Innocence of Muslims', in Halifax, West Yorkshire, yesterday afternoon.

All seven Calderdale mosques were represented at the afternoon rally, including those in Elland, Todmorden, and the five in Halifax.

Officers in groups of two are in position alongside community wardens in readiness of crowds assembling following afternoon prayers.

Hundreds walked from Madni Mosque to Queens Road for speeches from the rally's organisers as well as local politicians.

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Crash leaves woman with life-threatening injuries

Authored by Marc Astley
Posted: Tue, 10/09/2012 - 8:41pm

Police are appealing for witnesses after a crash that left a 20-year-old woman with life-threatening injuries.

The accident happened at approximately 8.25pm on Monday 8th October on the A390 Grenville Road near Lostwithiel.

The vehicle, a green Fiat Punto, lost control on a right hand bend, crossed the carriageway and left the road colliding with a tree.

As a result of this collision the driver of the Fiat Punto, a woman from the Looe area, received serious life threatening injuries and was taken to Derriford Hospital in Plymouth.

A specialist forensic...

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Missing elderly man rescued by police dog in Wadebridge

Police dog Eddie and his handler, Police Constable Colin Harper located a vulnerable, elderly missing man this morning in the Wadebridge area. The man aged 90 years had been reported missing by his wife at 6.50pm yesterday evening after he failed to return from a walk. He was last seen at 2.00pm when he set off on his walk on the Camel trail. Following a search he was located at around 10.50am this morning lying in a field. He was taken to hospital by ambulance for a check but was not injured. The search was hampered by poor weather conditions which prevented the use of both the...
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Exeter Osteopaths support National Back Care Awareness Week

British Osteopathic Association Supports National Back Care Awareness Week

The British Osteopathic Association (BOA) is giving its full support to this year’s National Back Care Awareness Week, which takes place from 8th to 12th October. The theme, this year, is “Builder’s Back Pain”.

Daniel Hayward from Exeter Osteopaths commented: ‘The BOA is delighted to give its support to National Back Care Awareness Week which aims to raise awareness of the causes and treatments of this debilitating condition. Back pain accounts for half of all chronic pain people suffer and is the...

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Rare spider discovered on National Trust land

Authored by Marc Astley
Posted: Tue, 10/09/2012 - 8:48am

A rare spider has been uncovered on National Trust land at Prawle Point in South Devon. The moon spider (Callilepis nocturna) was known to have previously inhabited this coastal site, although it has not been recorded since 1990.

Whilst common throughout Europe, the moon spider has been recorded at just 2 other sites nationwide: in Pembrokeshire, South Wales, and Tennyson Down on the Isle of Wight.

After the rediscovery of the presumed-extinct short necked oil beetle on another Trust site in the area in 2007, this find once again highlights the conservation value of much of...

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Police investigate fatal crash in Falmouth

Authored by Marc Astley
Posted: Tue, 10/09/2012 - 8:13am

Police are appealing for witnesses after a fatal crash in Falmouth.

The accident happpened at 1125am yesterday on the A394 between Treliever roundabout and Longdowns near Penryn.

A Black Volkswagen Bora travelling towards Treliever was in collision with a Leyland DAF lorry travelling in the opposite direction.

The female driver of the VW Bora was pronounced deceased at the scene.

The weather at the time was described as good visibility with low cloud and wet roads, but it was not raining at the time.

A full investigation into the circumstances of the...

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Campaign to ban Page 3 gathers momentum

Authored by Marc Astley
Posted: Mon, 10/08/2012 - 6:19pm

A campaign to ban topless women on Page 3 of British tabloid newspaper, The Sun, has continued to gain momentum reaching 44,567 signatures (at the time of writing) in a matter of weeks.

The petition calls on the editor of the publication, Dominic Mohan, to remove the bare breasts from the self-proclaimed 'family orientated' paper.

The call to action reads: 'We are asking very nicely. Please, Dominic. No More Page 3. George Alagiah doesn’t say, ‘And now let’s look at Courtney, 21, from Warrington’s bare breasts,’ in the middle of the 6 O’ Clock News, does he, Dominic? Philip...

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Boy 12 killed in hit and run accident

Police are appealing for witnesses after a road traffic collision in Bradford in which a 12 year old boy died. The incident happened at around 7pm on Saturday 6 October, on Rooley Lane, Bradford when a marked police car stopped a red coloured Seat Ibiza in a lay-by on Rooley Lane for a check. When the officers got out of their car to approach the vehicle it made off at speed along Rooley Lane before shortly afterwards colliding with the boy on a crossing close to the Asda store. Bilal Raffey Khizar tragically died of his injuries. The vehicle did not stop and continued onto the Chain Bar...

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