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Felix Nobes

I'm a journalist and communications advisor with experience publishing exclusive and original stories for international and national British publications. I've also been employed as a reporter at two regional titles in the UK. 

Al Jazeera •

In Sebastia, Palestinians fear ‘Judaisation’ amid rising Israeli violence

On March 6, Ayman Shaer found himself lying on the ground in the ancient square of Sebastia, bleeding and in unbearable pain.
“The soldiers were shooting people next to the ruins, and one of the bullets hit my leg as I ran,” the 27-year-old said.
“It entered my thigh. ... The whole bone was destroyed. I thought I was dead.
“The pain was indescribable.”
He lay near the remains of Sebastia’s Hellenistic acropolis, the “butterfly bullet” Israeli soldiers had shot him with expanding in his leg as it...
Al Jazeera •

‘Little Gaza’: Mourning loved ones Israel killed in West Bank refugee camps

Israel’s attacks in the occupied West Bank have killed both fighters and civilians, and left only destruction behind.Tulkarem, occupied West Bank – “I saw him and I knelt over his body, not knowing what to do. All his face was bloody, full of shrapnel – and his leg was cut off.”
These are the words of Mohammad Saaida, whose 14-year-old son Mujahed was hit by an Israeli air strike while playing football with his friends in Nur Shams refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank city of Tulkarem...
Novara Media •

Pregnant Women Are Desperate to Flee Gaza | Novara Media

“There is no life for us in Gaza,” said Roba Sameh, while clutching her tiny new-born child.
“My daughter cannot grow up here without clean water, food or clothes,” she said on a bitter winter night in Rafah, near the Egyptian border.
“It is very cold for her because we have no electricity – and everyday I hope to get her out of this nightmare.
“I only think about her escaping death.”
Sameh, a 23-year-old resident of what was Gaza City in the north of the besieged enclave, described the news of...
Al Jazeera •

‘My wife in Gaza asks me when she and my son will die’

Residents of Gaza trapped in the West Bank are living in fear of Israeli detentions and of the safety of their families.Nablus, occupied West Bank — “I want the war to end and to go back to Gaza,” said Mohammed Abu Seef, a wide-eyed, 11-year-old boy, holding back his tears.
“Please stop this. We are losing our loved ones.”Mohammed has spent his whole life in the besieged Gaza Strip, barring a trip to the Israeli city of Herzliya to receive medical treatment that has since morphed into a nightmar...
Cambrian News •

Millions of pounds wasted as 550 desks empty across office blocks

Each in-use desk in the block costs about £35,000 in public funds per year because only 40 of 287 available desks have been used per day so far between January and May 2023. In 2019, 177 staff on average used the offices. “They say working from home has brought benefits and it appears to me one of those is you now have a significant amount of space that could be amalgamated, and you could release significant savings amid budgetary challenges.”

Each in-use desk in the block costs about £35,000...
Cambrian News •

Aberystwyth marina will enter administration soon, director says

Sources close to the Y Lanfa site speculate it could be as early as next week while it is rumoured the Marine and Property Group Limited, which owns four Welsh marinas and has been in administration since April, could be sold. We have contacted the county council once more for comment on developments at the marina as well as the vital finances the cash-strapped council is being deprived of by the firm. Since the Cambrian News’ first story in October last year, the council has repeatedly refused...
Cambrian News •

Aerial images spark fears over sewage pollution as swimmers taken ill and fish die  

“It is standard practice to treat wastewater from other sites at larger nearby treatment works while maintenance or upgrades are being carried out.  Using a larger site such as Tywyn, which can treat additional flows while remaining compliant, will ensure we protect the environment while the works takes place. Should there be a capacity issue at Tywyn then we would temporarily stop tankering from our Dolgellau site to Tywyn. We would also add that our works at Tywyn has an ultra-violet treatment...
The Mirror •

Aliens are mutilating sheep and leaving 'very precise' clues, claims UFO hunter

Helena Worth says aliens are responsible behind the recent killings of two sheep in the Cambrian mountains in Wales, and has been obsessed with UFO spotting since she claimed to have seen one years agoA UFO hunter has claimed aliens butchered a number of sheep in Wales. Helena Worth, a self-described “amateur scientist”, became obsessed with aliens after she claimed to have spotted one flying over her home several years ago. The 41-year-old who works for Ceredigion County Council has now claimed...