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. Free bodyboards for hire in push against pollutionpublished at 06:38 British Summer Time 20 May 2021

    It comes after more than 400 polystyrene bodyboards were discarded on one beach in 2020.

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  2. Ex-council boss says assault claim is 'nonsense'published at 18:57 British Summer Time 19 May 2021

    Brian Greenslade tells a court he cannot recall the alleged incidents during the 1990s and 2000s.

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  3. Why we want older farmers to hang up their welliespublished at 16:20 British Summer Time 19 May 2021

    Young farmers welcome a government grant to encourage older generations to retire early.

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  4. Drilling for green energy starts at Eden Projectpublished at 15:20 British Summer Time 19 May 2021

    A 450-tonne rig is attempting to drill nearly three miles into granite at the Cornwall attraction.

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  5. Battle of Britain pilot's medals sold for £110kpublished at 13:05 British Summer Time 19 May 2021

    Spitfire pilot Brian Kingcome was one of the RAF's youngest captains during World War Two.

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  6. Man's death no longer being treated as murderpublished at 13:04 British Summer Time 19 May 2021

    Police say the death of a man in his 30s is no longer being treated as suspicious.

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  7. Cruise ships leave Torbay after months in lockdownpublished at 12:35 British Summer Time 19 May 2021

    The first of the Holland Line cruisers left this week with an emotional goodbye to locals.

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  8. Child sex abuse trial hears girl's accountpublished at 19:08 British Summer Time 18 May 2021

    Jayden McCarthy denies abusing nine children at a nursery in Devon where he was an apprentice.

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  9. Police hire cruise ship to house G7 officerspublished at 18:30 British Summer Time 18 May 2021

    The MS Silja Europa, which is usually sailing the Baltic, will be moored off Falmouth for 10 days.

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  10. Woman 'had job fear after ex-council boss assault'published at 16:49 British Summer Time 18 May 2021

    A woman claims Brian Greenslade cornered her and repeatedly groped her while she was working late.

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  11. Dormant wave power plant to be sold for wind farmpublished at 13:13 British Summer Time 18 May 2021

    Wave Hub owner Cornwall Council hopes the deal will lead to more offshore power schemes in the area.

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  12. Former council leader 'groped three women'published at 16:01 British Summer Time 17 May 2021

    Brian Greenslade, 71, is charged with two counts of indecent assault and one of sexual assault.

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  13. Yetton and Richards commit to Truropublished at 11:09 British Summer Time 17 May 2021

    Truro City captain Jamie Richards and player-assistant manager Stewart Yetton are among eight players to sign new deals.

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  14. Man held over woman's death is releasedpublished at 17:25 British Summer Time 16 May 2021

    Devon and Cornwall Police say the death is no longer being treated as suspicious.

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  15. Fire destroys valuable work at Redruth arts centrepublished at 17:14 British Summer Time 16 May 2021

    An investigation is being carried out to establish the cause of the blaze at the creative hub.

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  16. Murder arrest after woman found deadpublished at 12:39 British Summer Time 15 May 2021

    Devon and Cornwall Police say the 60-year-old woman was found at a house in Okehampton earlier.

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  17. Police change G7 protest site after local pressurepublished at 09:53 British Summer Time 15 May 2021

    Local traders say using the original site in Truro would have meant cancelling a farmers' market.

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