Summary

  • Fatal motorbike crash victim named

  • Sharks 'at risk from industrial fishing ships'

  • Exeter Fringe Festival gets under way

  • Teenage swimmer rescued by Exmouth lifeboat

  • Updates from Friday 26 July

  1. Royal Cornwall Show cancelled for second timepublished at 13:37 British Summer Time 30 March 2021

    The show had been postponed from June to September, but organisers have now cancelled the show.

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  2. Hospital recycles 'tonne' of PPE each monthpublished at 11:06 British Summer Time 30 March 2021

    The Royal Cornwall Hospital says it is melted into plastic blocks and made into bins and bottles.

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  3. The science of hugs: Why do we miss them so much?published at 07:45 British Summer Time 30 March 2021

    Hugging people you don't live with is still off limits, despite lockdown rules easing across the UK.

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  4. Care home probe focuses on 'infection control'published at 18:38 British Summer Time 29 March 2021

    A police investigation into deaths at a care home in Sidmouth is "focusing on infection control".

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  5. Elderly woman found dead after house firepublished at 16:46 British Summer Time 29 March 2021

    Devon and Cornwall Police says the fire is not being treated as suspicious.

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  6. Fundraisers save Cornish fishing buildingspublished at 13:53 British Summer Time 29 March 2021

    A group campaigning to save the buildings raise more then £300,000.

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  7. Boy, 11, completes year-long tent sleep-outpublished at 10:39 British Summer Time 29 March 2021

    Max Woosey raises more than £500,000 by sleeping outside for a year for the North Devon Hospice.

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  8. 1,000 children join 'year in tent' boy's effortspublished at 13:26 British Summer Time 28 March 2021

    Max Woosey has raised more than £500,000 for charity by sleeping in a tent for a whole year.

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  9. Boy in tent makes 'big camp-out' for last weekendpublished at 18:12 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2021

    Max Woosey, 11, is inviting children around the world to join him in a camp-out on Saturday night.

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  10. Lorraine Cox 'may have died from drugs and alcohol'published at 17:17 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2021

    A toxic combination of ketamine and alcohol could have led to her death, expert says.

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  11. Council warns against 'illegal' early visitorspublished at 15:49 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2021

    Devon County Council said it will give tourists a warm welcome 'when the guidelines allow'.

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  12. Investigations continue into Royal Navy jet crashpublished at 14:01 Greenwich Mean Time 26 March 2021

    Two pilots who ejected from the Hawk T1 jet remain in a stable condition in hospital.

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  13. Red Arrows grounded after Hawk jet crashpublished at 21:35 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2021

    The RAF and Royal Navy suspend operations of their Hawk T1 jets after one crashes in woodland.

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  14. Royal Navy Hawk jet crashes in Cornwallpublished at 19:30 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2021

    Two pilots are taken to hospital after ejecting from the Hawk T1 jet near RNAS Culdrose.

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  15. Threats and abuse of call handlers on the risepublished at 17:26 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2021

    Devon and Cornwall Police say threats and abuse aimed at call handlers has risen in the past year.

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  16. Murder accused denies deliberately mutilating bodypublished at 15:39 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2021

    Azam Mangori, 24, tells the court "the only thing I have ever cut up in my life is chicken meat".

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  17. Reports of a plane crash: Latest newspublished at 11:03 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2021

    Emergency services are attending reports of a plane crash in Cornwall.

    Police said they received reports of an aircraft crashing in the St Martin area of Helston, near RNAS Culdrose.

    We'll bring you the latest updates as we get them.

  18. Royal Navy plane crash: Live updatespublished at 10:51 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2021

    Bringing you the latest updates after a Royal Navy plane crashed in a wood in Cornwall.

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  19. 'Charming' builder conned homeowners out of £80kpublished at 15:29 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2021

    James Lee Knight's work was of such a poor standard it needed re-doing, a court hears.

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  20. Vaccine centres to briefly close ahead of shortagepublished at 14:36 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2021

    A shortage in vaccine doses means centres at Stithians and Wadebridge will temporarily close.

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