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. 'Very dangerous' man jailed for grooming girlspublished at 18:38 Greenwich Mean Time 24 February 2021

    A man from Plymouth is jailed after pretending to be 15 to convince children to send sexual photos.

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  2. Fly-half Alvarez leaves Cornish Piratespublished at 15:42 Greenwich Mean Time 24 February 2021

    Argentina fly-half Javier Rojas Alvarez leaves the Cornish Pirates after undergoing knee surgery.

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  3. Closed hotels call on support while 'burning cash'published at 14:29 Greenwich Mean Time 24 February 2021

    Hotels will not be able to reopen before May and the sector is calling for more government support.

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  4. Telescope to listen for 'advanced civilisations'published at 11:06 Greenwich Mean Time 24 February 2021

    Planned UK first hopes to be looking for extraterrestrial life within five years.

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  5. Flora Day cancelled by Covid-19 for second yearpublished at 10:55 Greenwich Mean Time 24 February 2021

    The annual festival usually attracts thousands of people to the Cornish market town of Helston.

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  6. 'I needed to know they were still looked after'published at 08:24 Greenwich Mean Time 24 February 2021

    A childhood cancer survivor becomes a funeral director after friends she made during treatment died.

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  7. 'Funding pressures' force 5% rise in council taxpublished at 20:01 Greenwich Mean Time 23 February 2021

    An average Cornwall Council resident will be charged an extra £1.52 a week from April.

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  8. Fire that killed three people 'not suspicious'published at 15:42 Greenwich Mean Time 23 February 2021

    Kaylie Rudge, Daniel Rudge and their four-year-old daughter Lillie-Rose Rudge all died in the fire.

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  9. Parking costs may rise to 'manage visitor demand'published at 10:47 Greenwich Mean Time 23 February 2021

    North Devon Council is being recommended to charge 40p more per hour at some coastal car parks.

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  10. Dinosaurs bringing 'smiles to people's faces'published at 09:47 Greenwich Mean Time 23 February 2021

    A woman is spreading joy during lockdown with a Facebook group filled with inflatable dinosaurs.

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  11. House fire deaths 'will impact whole city'published at 14:19 Greenwich Mean Time 22 February 2021

    A four-year-old girl and a couple in their twenties died in the house fire in Exeter.

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  12. Pirates to host Jersey in warm-uppublished at 10:51 Greenwich Mean Time 22 February 2021

    Cornish Pirates will host Jersey Reds in a warm-up match for the forthcoming Championship season.

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  13. Reservoir murder victim is namedpublished at 09:37 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2021

    Midlands man Edward Hinds had been staying in Cornwall in the weeks before he was found dead.

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  14. 'First wild beaver' spotted in Cornwallpublished at 15:33 Greenwich Mean Time 20 February 2021

    The Cornwall Beaver Project says it is "delighted" and "surprised" at the sighting.

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  15. Man arrested in reservoir murder investigationpublished at 12:27 Greenwich Mean Time 20 February 2021

    A 50-year-old man has been arrested after a man in his 30s was found dead with chest stab wounds.

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  16. Textiles firm 'proud' to help in Mars landingpublished at 18:15 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2021

    Heathcoat Fabrics is responsible for ensuring the rover had a "soft landing" on arrival.

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  17. PC jailed for sex act with woman in police stationpublished at 17:30 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2021

    Christopher Wilson took part in a sex act with a woman after she reported a crime.

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  18. Man, 77, jailed for rape and assault of childrenpublished at 15:41 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2021

    Joslin Murray, of Tolvaddon, Cornwall is sentenced to 17 years after admitting 23 sexual offences.

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  19. Cemetery plot sales rise funds council tax breakpublished at 11:44 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2021

    A Cornish council waives charges due to "strange windfalls", including more cemetery plot purchases.

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  20. 'There was no wildlife, there was nothing'published at 01:43 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2021

    Twenty years on from the start of the foot-and-mouth crisis, the Covid parallels appear stark.

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