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Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport

Cornish Pirates were in danger of going out of business before new funding was agreed for the Championship club.

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Former owner Dicky Evans has returned as a director as part of a £1.5m 're-capitalisation' of the club, which includes a tie-up with the Chiefs Super Rugby franchise.

"The club was in great danger of going under," Evans told BBC Radio Cornwall. "I wouldn't have let it, no matter what happened, because my heart is in the club."

Sian Davies
BBC News Online

Scarlett Keeling's mother says she remembers her daughter as a "normal teenage girl". 

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"She wanted to be more grown up than she actually was," Fiona MacKeown said.

"She was very bubbly, she was always singing and dancing and had lots of friends. She was clever, lively and intelligent."

Jonathan Morris
BBC News Online

A parking warden seen slapping a ticket on a nurse's car - which was displaying a sign saying the nurse was on call - has provoked a storm of protest on Facebook., external

A Devon County Council (DCC) spokesman said the nurse could appeal but there was no exemption for double yellow lines, even for nurses.  

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Paul Brodie, who saw the warden issuing the ticket in Island Street, Salcombe said: "It was explained to him that the nurse was tending to an elderly patient but he just carried on.

"She was bandaging an elderly man's leg at the time."

Kelly Carr wrote: "I've had two parking tickets as a nurse both while I've been on duty! As much as I appealed I still ended up having to pay! It's disgrace."

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“We value and support those who provide care in our communities and we offer special parking exemptions which we promote through our website and through clinical commissioning teams," said a council spokesman.

“This exemption allows parking without time limit or payment in limited waiting areas, residents’ parking and on-street pay and display parking areas within the DCC boundaries."

BBC Radio Guernsey

The family of Guernsey woman, Sarah Groves - who was found dead on a houseboat in Kashmir - has responded to a court verdict that has cleared two men over the death of a British teenager in Goa.

The body of 15-year-old Scarlett Keeling from Devon, was found on a beach in Anjuna, Goa in 2008. Her mother, Fiona MacKeown, said she will appeal the verdict.

Miss Groves, 24, was found dead on a houseboat she shared with a local family in Srinagar, Kashmir, in April 2013.  

A Dutch national is accused of murdering Miss Groves, but he denies all the charges.

Ryan Morrison
BBC News Online

A Carpathian lynx that escaped from its enclosure at Dartmoor Zoo in July, the day after arriving, will be found a mate by the zoo.

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His escape hit the headlines around the world and it took three weeks for him to be captured and returned to the zoo. He was in quarantine for nine weeks while staff improved his enclosure. 

Zoo owner Ben Mee confirmed that with the lynx "settled and growing in confidence" in his new home, he will be paired with a mate in the next few months.  

Clare Woodling
BBC Spotlight

A 33-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a pedestrian was hit by a car near Holsworthy. 

The 35-year-old man was injured in the incident on the B3254 at Whitstone at around 02:00 on Wednesday. 

The woman has been released on bail pending further investigations. Police are appealing for witnesses.

Ryan Morrison
BBC News Online

A rail enthusiast fell on to the tracks in front of a steam train he was photographing while on holiday.  

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Malcolm Johnstone fell from the platform at Goodrington Sands station in Devon on Wednesday.  

Paramedics checked Mr Johnstone, who is from Worcestershire, and took him to Torbay Hospital with suspected neck injuries. 

He was kept in hospital overnight as a precautionary measure.

Victoria Derbyshire

Two men have been cleared of the rape and death of the north Devon schoolgirl, Scarlett Keeling in India.

Her mother, Fiona MacKeown described Scarlett as "just a normal teenage girl".

She told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme: "She wanted to be more grown up than she was. She was happy and lively and used to sing at the top of her voice through the supermarket. 

"She played saxophone and she was going to join a band. She used to ride the horses a lot - we had horses and she loved that. She used to swim - all of us used to get into the sea in Cornwall and swim. She was active and strong and healthy." 

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Placido Carvalho, 48, and Samson D'Souza, 37, were cleared of culpable homicide and grievous sexual assault at Goa Children's Court.  

Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport

Reuben Reid says he is aiming to be League Two's top-scorer this season.

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The 28-year-old joined Exeter City earlier this month, having scored 48 goals in the past three seasons for League Two rivals Plymouth Argyle.

"I'm not going to be happy doing mediocre things, I want to be the highest scorer," Reid told BBC Sport. "I want to be the sort of person who people say 'if he plays well they'll do well' and be that player that's winning games for the club."

Miles Davis
BBC News Online

A Taser is thought to have been used to threaten staff in an armed robbery at Thorverton Post Office in Devon.

Police said a man was later arrested on Bickleigh Crest on the A3072 after reportedly trying to take a vehicle from a passing motorist.

A 34-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of robbery. 

Jonathan Morris
BBC News Online

Two men have been cleared of raping and killing north Devon teenager Scarlett Keeling, who was found dead on a beach in Goa, India.

Here's how events have unfolded:

• Scarlett's bruised and half-naked body was found on the popular Anjuna beach in the north of Goa in February 2008. 
• She had been at a Valentine's Day beach party while the rest of her family had gone travelling.

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• Her death was originally treated as an accident but eventually police charged two local men, Samson D'Souza and Placido Carvalho, with causing her death. 
• The prosecution alleged that Mr Carvalho and Mr D'Souza, who was working at a beach-side shack near where her body was found, had plied Scarlett with drugs then attacked her.

• Today the verdict was handed down at Goa Children's Court.
• Smiling D'Souza said outside court: "I am happy with the verdict. Justice has prevailed."

• Scarlett's mother Fiona MacKeown said she was devastated by the outcome and promised to fight to overturn the verdict.
• "I am reeling," she said. "It's been eight years of agony. I feel devastated and will definitely be challenging the verdict."

Victoria Derbyshire

The mother of Scarlett Keeling told BBC 5 Live's Victoria Derbyshire that she would "regret for the rest of my life" leaving her 15-year-old daughter in Goa to attend a party.

She spoke after two men were cleared in India of killing Scarlett from north Devon.

North Devon Journal

The two men accused of the rape and murder of North Devon schoolgirl Scarlett Keeling in 2008 have walked free from an Indian court, external today.

Jonathan Morris
BBC News Online

A man cleared of killing north Devon teenager Scarlett Keeling said "justice has prevailed" as he walked free from court in India.

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Samson D'Souza, along with Placido Carvalho, were alleged to have plied the 15-year-old with drugs, raped her and left her unconscious on the beach where she subsequently drowned in 2008 in Goa.

But they were acquitted of charges of rape and culpable homicide at Goa Children's Court on Friday. D'Souza told reporters: "I am happy with the verdict. Justice has prevailed."

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Scarlett Keeling's mother Fiona McKeown said she would "continue the fight for justice" after the verdict.

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Justin Rowlatt
South East Asia Correspondent

The mother of fifteen-year-old Scarlett Keeling, who left her daughter to go to a party in Goa before she was killed, has defended her parenting style.

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"I am quite free with my children," Fiona MacKeown said before two men were cleared in India of raping and killing Scarlett from north Devon.

"I don't believe in completely controlling them.

"I believe I am here to support them as they grow up and to help them.

"And I think everyone is entitled to their own beliefs about bringing up their children."

Jonathan Morris
BBC News Online

Samson D'Souza, one of the two men acquitted of raping and killing north Devon teenager Scarlett Keeling smiled as he left the court.

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He told the BBC he had always been confident that he would be acquitted. "There was no evidence against me", he said.

Jonathan Morris
BBC News Online

Scarlett Keeling's mother has promised to fight to overturn a not guilty verdict on two men who were charged with the rape and killing of her 15-year-old daughter.

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Fiona MacKeown said: "I am reeling. It's been eight years of agony.

"I feel devastated and will definitely be challenging the verdict," she told reporters outside the court in Goa.

"We had been waiting all this time and it's just rubbish. India's whole judicial system has totally let me down," she added. 

"Somebody murdered my daughter in this country and somebody must be held accountable."

Justin Rowlatt
South East Asia Correspondent

The mother of Scarlett Keeling is in Goa, India where two men have been cleared of the rape and killing of her 15-year-old daughter in 2008.

Jonathan Morris
BBC News Online

The mother of a north Devon teenager Scarlett Keeling said she would always "regret" allowing her daughter to go to the Valentine's Day beach party in Goa, India where the youngster was killed.

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Speaking before two men were cleared in Goa of her rape and death, she told BBC News: "Mostly people don't know the facts when they say I left her on the beach on her own or with her 29-year-old boyfriend. He wasn't her boyfriend and I didn't leave her on her own.

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"They don't know the facts and I try not to take what they say personally. 

"Obviously, I will regret that decision for the rest of my life that I let her go to that party. I wish more than anything that I'd said no and kept her with us but I can't change the past. I just have to accept it and get on."