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. Covid 'could cost Cornwall £1bn of tourism cash'published at 15:15 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2021

    Visit Cornwall's boss said the projected loss would have a "major impact on business viability".

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  2. Waste charges introduced at recycling centrepublished at 10:04 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2021

    Charges for some waste will come in at Chelson Meadow recycling centre from the end of January.

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  3. 'Mum doesn't know what's going on'published at 08:25 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2021

    Two parents explained how they have struggled to adapt to home schooling again.

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  4. Two arrested after 17-year-old stabbed in parkpublished at 15:18 Greenwich Mean Time 11 January 2021

    A teenager was seriously assaulted in Plymouth's Central Park and taken to hospital.

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  5. Hundreds of Covid-19 breaches as people 'flout' rulespublished at 11:28 Greenwich Mean Time 11 January 2021

    A senior police officer says "people are beginning to flout" lockdown rules.

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  6. Young carer completes Land's End to John O'Groatspublished at 09:22 Greenwich Mean Time 11 January 2021

    Taylor Hardy, 12, raises more than £3,000 after covering the distance on a cycling machine.

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  7. Man arrested over 'unexplained' deathpublished at 11:07 Greenwich Mean Time 10 January 2021

    An investigation continues into the death of a man in his 40s found at a property in Plymouth.

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  8. Teenager stabbed as two assaulted in city parkpublished at 11:47 Greenwich Mean Time 9 January 2021

    A 17-year-old boy is one of two victims assaulted in Plymouth Central Park on Friday evening.

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  9. Public's help 'needed to enforce lockdown'published at 18:15 Greenwich Mean Time 8 January 2021

    Devon and Cornwall's Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer is urging the public to follow lockdown rules.

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  10. Oxford jab rollout starts in Cornwall and Devonpublished at 15:15 Greenwich Mean Time 8 January 2021

    Residents at care homes are among the first to receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.

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  11. Man died in 'unfortunate' paddleboard accidentpublished at 17:05 Greenwich Mean Time 7 January 2021

    Simon Flynn drowned after the current forced him under a moored boat.

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  12. Domestic abuse calls rise by 47% over Christmaspublished at 16:03 Greenwich Mean Time 7 January 2021

    First Light, which helps victims, said the pressure of Covid restrictions was behind the increase.

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  13. Care hotel opens to help ease hospital pressurepublished at 12:18 Greenwich Mean Time 7 January 2021

    The new facility in Plymouth is run by health provider Livewell Southwest and the local council.

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  14. MPs told to prioritise police for Covid vaccinepublished at 10:53 Greenwich Mean Time 7 January 2021

    Devon and Cornwall Police Federation says more than 230 officers are off work due to Covid-19.

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  15. Fishing boats 'gathering dust' as exports haltpublished at 18:31 Greenwich Mean Time 6 January 2021

    Shellfish exports to the EU have stopped, leaving tanks empty and boats "gathering dust" in port.

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  16. Recycling centres stay open in Devon and Cornwallpublished at 16:18 Greenwich Mean Time 6 January 2021

    Councils warn there could be queues and centres may have to close or turn people away.

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  17. Moyle makes permanent Gloucester movepublished at 15:27 Greenwich Mean Time 6 January 2021

    Gloucester sign Cornish Pirates full-back Kyle Moyle on a permanent deal after two months on loan.

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  18. Thousands of homes to get superfast broadbandpublished at 10:42 Greenwich Mean Time 6 January 2021

    More than 56,000 homes and businesses in Somerset are to finally get superfast broadband by 2024.

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  19. Missing man found dead in Devon riverpublished at 10:30 Greenwich Mean Time 6 January 2021

    Jonathon Curry's body was found in the River Taw after he disappeared in November.

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  20. Private sector 'should be used' to speed up vaccinepublished at 17:23 Greenwich Mean Time 5 January 2021

    The Conservative MP for St Ives has suggested the private sector should be considered to increase the speed of the Covid-19 vaccine rollout.

    Derek Thomas said: "At the moment we're relying on NHS practitioners [and] GPs, but there are private companies who are able to get the vaccine out quickly and safely."

    He explained people should not "underestimate the challenge" of the scale of rolling out the vaccine to millions of people in the UK.

    Derek ThomasImage source, UK Parliament

    The politician, who voted against the government imposing a lockdown in November, acknowledged the public health concern about the rising rates of Covid-19 in Cornwall.

    Mr Thomas said: "I accept we've got to get on top of this, we're asking people to do really difficult things it's human nature to have social interaction."

    The MP added he still believed he was right to vote against the earlier national lockdown and described the last three to four weeks as "very confusing" as Cornwall has "moved rapidly through to lockdown".