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Barbados travel guide: Where to go and what to see on the Caribbean island

Tropical relaxation is a given, but Barbados is more than fly-and-flop holidays – hiking, snorkelling, history and fantastic food (plus rum) are all to be found on this beautiful island

The Independent UK

Long tale of recovery for labradoodles found at puppy farm as breeding still unregulated in WA

After 39 labradoodles were rescued from a puppy farm in Bridgetown, more litters were born, bringing the number in care to 55. Their psychological rehabilitation is ongoing 12 months later.

ABC News

Farmer says sheep 'left to suffer' after being shot by intruders on Bridgetown farm

A South West farmer voices his disgust after one of his sheep was shot, badly injured and left to suffer by intruders.

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Westpac to close four branches across regional WA as Bankwest reduces opening hours

Bank customers across regional WA face more branch closures and reduced opening hours as Westpac announces more closures and Bankwest moves many branches to two or four-day openings.

ABC News

Biden Picks Career Diplomat Michael Ratney as Envoy to Saudi Arabia

President Joe Biden intends to nominate career diplomat Michael Ratney to be US ambassador to Saudi Arabia, the White House said on Friday. Ratney previously served as the charge d'affaires at the US Embassy in Jerusalem and the US special envoy for Syria. Ratney, whose official biography says he speaks…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sunflowers a young farmer's sweet sentiment bringing joy to people stuck in isolation

Bella's harvesting of sunflower seeds and selling them in a roadside stall in Bridgetown has spread, with a company putting in an order for over one hundred packets.

ABC News

As bushfires tore through Bridgetown the power and phone lines were cut

Power and phone lines went out during recent bushfires in Western Australia and a major report is warning other towns will suffer the same fate unless more money is spent upgrading infrastructure.

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WA fires fuelled by 'changing climate', authorities say, as emergency warnings downgraded

The threat eases from four destructive bushfires in Western Australia's south after they razed several properties and critically injured one man over a horror weekend for fire crews.

ABC News

Climate concern amid intense WA bushfires

Four homes have been lost to a bushfire on Western Australia's south coast as climate change is linked to the intensity of blazes in the state this season.

AAP

‘Hellish night’: homes lost in WA bushfires as specialist crews called in from interstate

Multiple blazes threaten towns as emergency commissioner attributes intensity of fires to the changing climate

The Guardian - AU

Bridgetown and Denmark bushfires: Resident critical, at least five properties lost as blazes rage in WA south

A blaze burning near the Western Australian town of Denmark is downgraded on Sunday evening after a Bridgetown man suffers burns and several homes are lost to flames in fire emergencies in Western Australia's south.

ABC News

Qld says using ADF to evacuate aged care facilities ‘a last resort’ – as it happened

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WA bushfires: Emergency bushfire threatening lives and homes in Bridgetown, residents evacuated

People in Bridgetown in Western Australia's south-west are told to leave immediately with authorities issuing a bushfire emergency warning.

ABC News

West Indies beat England by 20 runs to win third T20 – as it happened

Over-by-over report: England rallied with the bat but could not surpass West Indies’ huge total of 224, with Rovman Powell scoring a century

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Brandon King leads West Indies romp after England’s batting out of hell

England lost the first T20i in West Indies by nine wickets after collapsing to 49 for seven in Bridgetown

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh Airport flights to Barbados halted over Virgin Atlantic 'subdued bookings'

Virgin Atlantic announced the 'hugely exciting' route between the Capital and Bridgetown in December, but will now ground the route for nine months with holidaymakers' trips cancelled after low passenger uptake

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