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. Vaccination centres among priority gritting routespublished at 14:05 Greenwich Mean Time 10 February 2021

    Devon and Cornwall see freezing temperatures, and wind chill is making it feel even colder.

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  2. Nursery toddlers found alone near busy roadpublished at 08:31 Greenwich Mean Time 10 February 2021

    Busy Bees nursery says it was "devastated" the pair ended up unsupervised near a dual carriageway.

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  3. Barber shop fined for cutting hair in lockdownpublished at 19:20 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February 2021

    Police found a customer having their hair cut in a screened area of the shop.

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  4. Historic flood plains to be restoredpublished at 16:33 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February 2021

    The River Otter estuary will be flooded to reduce the impact of climate change.

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  5. Two kayakers rescued in rough seaspublished at 13:01 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February 2021

    The coastguard rescued the inexperienced pair attempting to reach Looe Island, Cornwall in the dark.

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  6. Terror offender at 13: How did it happen?published at 17:20 Greenwich Mean Time 8 February 2021

    A boy from Cornwall is the UK's youngest person to have committed a terror offence.

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  7. Man who died in trawler incident named locallypublished at 16:44 Greenwich Mean Time 8 February 2021

    A man who died in an incident on a trawler has been named locally as Leigh Spencer.

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  8. UK's youngest terror offender sentencedpublished at 15:05 Greenwich Mean Time 8 February 2021

    The boy downloaded his first bomb-making manual aged 13, and became the leader of a neo-Nazi group.

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  9. One dead and two rescued in house firepublished at 16:54 Greenwich Mean Time 7 February 2021

    Fire crews are alerted by reports of smoke and flames rising from a property in Plymouth.

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  10. Man dies in fishing boat 'incident' at seapublished at 16:11 Greenwich Mean Time 7 February 2021

    A man dies following an incident on a fishing boat 50 miles off the Isles of Scilly.

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  11. Multiple land mines found on beaches after stormspublished at 15:55 Greenwich Mean Time 4 February 2021

    Emergency services have been called out to about 10 unexploded devices on the same stretch of coast.

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  12. Wasps sign Cornish Pirates prop Walkerpublished at 13:44 Greenwich Mean Time 4 February 2021

    Wasps sign Cornish Pirates prop forward Marlen Walker on a short-term loan deal to cover depleted squad.

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  13. Mask and glove litterers face £150 finespublished at 17:51 Greenwich Mean Time 3 February 2021

    As well as causing litter, Cornwall Council says discarded items pose an infection risk to others.

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  14. 'Smart' bins could be rolled out in litter battlepublished at 17:21 Greenwich Mean Time 3 February 2021

    The solar-powered bins send an electronic signal when nearly full and are part of a new litter strategy.

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  15. Teachers pushed to 'breaking point' under lockdownpublished at 06:34 Greenwich Mean Time 3 February 2021

    Staff say their workload has "never been higher" while tackling in-classroom and remote learning.

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  16. Lack of grants 'a big blow' to Piratespublished at 15:57 Greenwich Mean Time 2 February 2021

    Cornish Pirates chief executive Rebecca Thomas says a lack of grants has made it harder for the club to return to Championship action next month.

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  17. Warning over dog attacks after 18 lambs killedpublished at 15:26 Greenwich Mean Time 2 February 2021

    Insurance firm NFU Mutual says more new dog owners are now walking in the countryside.

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  18. Teenage neo-Nazi is UK's youngest terror offenderpublished at 16:47 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2021

    The boy, who was 13 at the time of his first offence, was in a group that wanted a "white jihad".

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