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. Devon to open two mass Covid vaccination centrespublished at 18:49 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2021

    Plymouth Argyle's Home Park stadium and Westpoint in Exeter will offer "thousands" more vaccines.

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  2. Cornwall to open mass Covid vaccination centrepublished at 17:49 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2021

    Staff at Stithians Showground near Truro will be able to vaccinate "thousands of people".

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  3. 'Selfish' sports club fined for operating barpublished at 17:06 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2021

    The fixed penalty notice is issued to an unnamed club for serving alcohol to its members.

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  4. 'Eerie' former Cold War bunker for salepublished at 10:52 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January 2021

    A bunker built during the Cold War is being auctioned with a guide price of £25,000.

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  5. 'Strangers saved my dog's life with CPR'published at 16:49 Greenwich Mean Time 21 January 2021

    Gwyn Parks said it was a "miracle" a passer-by stopped to help him when his dog Winnie collapsed.

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  6. Policing G7 is 'biggest security operation'published at 12:00 Greenwich Mean Time 21 January 2021

    Specialist public order officers will be drafted in to help Devon and Cornwall Police.

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  7. 'Reunited with dad after three months in hospital'published at 06:25 Greenwich Mean Time 21 January 2021

    Paul Warren had a stroke and Covid-19 restrictions meant his family could not visit him.

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  8. Ambulance staff abuse and assaults increasingpublished at 17:15 Greenwich Mean Time 20 January 2021

    The number of physical assaults against staff doubled over Christmas compared to the previous year.

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  9. Military deployed to Exeter Nightingale hospitalpublished at 15:29 Greenwich Mean Time 20 January 2021

    Troops will be used to help care for Covid-19 patients amid rising case numbers, the NHS says.

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  10. Ferries moored on Cornish river during lockdownpublished at 11:17 Greenwich Mean Time 20 January 2021

    Two cross-Channel ferries are moved from Dover to a Cornish river while the pandemic limits demand.

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  11. Truro City leave Treyew Road groundpublished at 08:59 Greenwich Mean Time 20 January 2021

    Truro City will groundshare with Plymouth Parkway after agreeing to leave their Treyew Road home for a new supermarket to be built.

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  12. Undersea photography offers 'escapism' in pandemicpublished at 07:41 Greenwich Mean Time 20 January 2021

    Georgie Bull, 21, says capturing the South West's marine wildlife was "vital" to her wellbeing.

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  13. Home-schooling pushed veteran 'to breaking point'published at 06:39 Greenwich Mean Time 20 January 2021

    Mark Ormrod, who is a triple amputee, says teaching his children was a "traumatic" experience.

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  14. Branson's rocket team go 'bonkers' with delightpublished at 14:30 Greenwich Mean Time 19 January 2021

    A lot was riding on Sunday's successful first launch of Sir Richard's Virgin Orbit rocket system.

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  15. Branson's Virgin Orbit rocket in launch successpublished at 14:29 Greenwich Mean Time 19 January 2021

    Sir Richard Branson's rocket company Virgin Orbit puts its first satellites into space.

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  16. Faster internet speeds for 'most challenging locations'published at 10:47 Greenwich Mean Time 19 January 2021

    Two isolated towns, Lynton and Lynmouth, will be getting faster internet speeds.

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  17. Dartmoor snowdrop festival goes onlinepublished at 08:43 Greenwich Mean Time 19 January 2021

    The Garden House hopes the festival will provide a "welcome relief" to people.

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  18. Hospital worker cared for dying sister on Covid wardpublished at 08:04 Greenwich Mean Time 19 January 2021

    Hospital worker returns to work days after caring for her sister, who died with Covid on her ward.

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  19. Fishing firms protest over post-Brexit disruptionpublished at 19:52 Greenwich Mean Time 18 January 2021

    Boris Johnson promises £23m in compensation for exporters which have lost orders due to delays.

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  20. Murder charge after 'painstaking' investigationpublished at 18:27 Greenwich Mean Time 18 January 2021

    A man has been charged nine months after the death of Callum Hill, 22, in Cornwall.

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