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. Community rebuild for home destroyed in explosionpublished at 17:18 Greenwich Mean Time 31 January 2021

    Volunteers start to rebuild a couple's house that was wrecked in the blast.

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  2. Heart attack causes wire to be found in man's armpublished at 13:57 Greenwich Mean Time 31 January 2021

    The 39cm wire was not discovered until after David Fortes had a heart attack three months later.

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  3. Message in a bottle connects pandemic pen palspublished at 13:03 Greenwich Mean Time 31 January 2021

    A letter from a six-year-old Cornwall boy is found on a beach 70 miles away by a Devon girl.

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  4. Nearly £13,000 of new party fines on first nightpublished at 14:05 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2021

    Police in Plymouth hand out 16 of the £800 fines to people attending large illegal indoor gatherings.

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  5. World leaders should see the 'real St Ives'published at 07:39 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2021

    A councillor describes the popular resort, which will host the G7 summit, as "a town of two halves".

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  6. University extends student rent cancellationpublished at 18:53 Greenwich Mean Time 29 January 2021

    The University of Exeter extends its suspension on rent for students who have been unable to return.

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  7. Cycle trails scheme runs £5m over budgetpublished at 17:25 Greenwich Mean Time 29 January 2021

    The Saints Trails project for 30km of cycleways was to cost £19.1m but is now expected to hit £25m.

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  8. Teacher's abuse left pupil 'blighted' for lifepublished at 16:14 Greenwich Mean Time 29 January 2021

    Retired teacher James Deboyer, 71, has been jailed for nine years for indecent assault.

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  9. Cornwall still eyeing European footballpublished at 15:21 Greenwich Mean Time 29 January 2021

    Cornwall's best footballers hope they can make their debut in an international tournament despite the Covid-19 pandemic.

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  10. 'Train announcements calm me'published at 19:29 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2021

    Lewis Dart, who has autism, was sent a surprise message from train announcers during lockdown.

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  11. Covid-19: Ballet dancer moves to Isles of Scillypublished at 06:19 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2021

    Owen Morris has moved to the Isles of Scilly to work on a farm after Covid-19 put his career on hold.

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  12. Two vaccines in three days a 'weekend of hell'published at 19:05 Greenwich Mean Time 27 January 2021

    A computer glitch is being blamed for a woman receiving two coronavirus vaccine injections.

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  13. Christmas trees used to protect surf beachpublished at 06:27 Greenwich Mean Time 27 January 2021

    The trees are acting as windbreaks to "rehabilitate" part of Newquay's famous Fistral beach.

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  14. Covid-19: Inside a mass vaccination centrepublished at 19:27 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2021

    Ken Drage, 90, said it was a "tremendous relief" to be among first vaccinated at Exeter's centre.

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  15. Lockdown crowds 'destroying ancient woods'published at 12:08 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2021

    People are stripping moss, camping and setting fires in ancient woodland, says a councillor.

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  16. Opportunities 'missed' to help murdered pensionerpublished at 11:11 Greenwich Mean Time 26 January 2021

    The 88-year-old from Cornwall was killed by her "controlling" husband who had Alzheimer's disease.

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  17. Fire at school recorded as arson by policepublished at 15:28 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2021

    Police investigating the fire at a community college in Totnes believe it was started deliberately.

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  18. Stabbing leaves man with life-threatening injuriespublished at 13:55 Greenwich Mean Time 24 January 2021

    A 19-year-old man was airlifted to hospital after the attack in a park in Ilfracombe, Devon.

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  19. Firefighters tackle school portable building firepublished at 21:54 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2021

    Emergency services are in attendance at KEVICC Community College in Totnes, Devon.

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  20. Coronavirus: Case rates in Devon and Cornwallpublished at 18:57 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2021

    The latest number of cases of Covid-19 across Devon and Cornwall.

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