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Environment Secretary Owen Paterson has been urged to pressure banks to offer favourable rates to farmers as months of brutal weather have left the crucial Westcountry industry on the brink of crisis.The Secretary of State today hosts an emergency farming summit with producers and bankers after a "particularly tough" year for the industry, with...
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Government inspectors who warned that Devon and Cornwall Police risked not providing a "sufficiently efficient or effective service" are due to return to the force this week.The bruising assessment was made last summer by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC), which analysed how the 43 forces in England and Wales were coping with the massive...
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Barnstaple based sub-sea engineering firm J+S Ltd has officially opened its newly refurbished offices and reception area, after a £600,000 revamp.Its reception area has been expanded so the company can permanently exhibit its expanding product ra...
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The last living British Dambuster has told how he always believed he would survive the daring aid.
George "Johnny" Johnson, 91, from Torquay in Devon and who now lives in Bristol, was one of a secret squadron that blighted the Nazi war effort by destr...
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The last living British Dambuster has told how he always believed he would survive the daring aid.
George "Johnny" Johnson, 91, from Torquay in Devon and who now lives in Bristol, was one of a secret squadron that blighted the Nazi war effort by destr...
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Three people were killed on level crossings in the Westcountry in the last year, a third of the national total, new figures can reveal.The figures, published by Network Rail, also show that there were 11 near misses in the South West involving a pede...
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A "lost generation" of young adults are finding it impossible to break free from their parents as they struggle to cope with spiralling levels of debt.A worrying report has shown 18 to 30-year-olds living in the Westcountry rely heavily on the "Bank of Mum and Dad" to fund their basic living needs,...
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Devon and Cornwall Police Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer has admitted he has "reservations" about plans for private sponsorship of the force, saying it could damage public confidence in the service.Martyn Underhill, Dorset's police and crime commissioner, last week revealed he had already held talks with a possible sponsor as part of a plan being...
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Devon and Cornwall Police Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer has admitted he has "reservations" about plans for private sponsorship of the force, saying it could damage public confidence in the service.Martyn Underhill, Dorset's police and crime commissioner, last week revealed he had already held talks with a possible sponsor as part of a plan being...
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Devon and Cornwall Police Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer has admitted he has "reservations" about plans for private sponsorship of the force, saying it could damage public confidence in the service.Martyn Underhill, Dorset's police and crime commissioner, last week revealed he had already held talks with a possible sponsor as part of a plan being...
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Devon and Cornwall Police Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer has admitted he has "reservations" about plans for private sponsorship of the force, saying it could damage public confidence in the service.Martyn Underhill, Dorset's police and crime commissioner, last week revealed he had already held talks with a possible sponsor as part of a plan being...
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South West Water is to install more solar panels at its sites across Devon and Cornwall after breaking the million kilowatt-hour barrier last year.The landmark renewable energy total helped to power 23 water and sewage treatment works in the two counti...
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The good weather over the bank holiday has been labelled "morale-boosting" and could have generated as much as £30 million for the Westcountry tourist industry.Long hours of sunshine and temperatures in the mid to high teens saw an estimated 1.5 million people in Devon and Cornwall spend money while out and...
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The good weather over the bank holiday has been labelled "morale-boosting" and could have generated as much as £30 million for the Westcountry tourist industry.Long hours of sunshine and temperatures in the mid to high teens saw an estimated 1.5 million people in Devon and Cornwall spend money while out and...
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Devon's Minor Counties Trophy hopes are just about over for this season after a five-wicket defeat to Hertfordshire at Instow yesterday.No batsman made more than Gary Chappell with 35 as Devon toiled to 207 for nine in their 50 overs. The total alway...
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Two divers at risk of the bends were taken to hospital yesterday after separate incidents off the Westcountry coast.Brixham Coastguards were alerted to the first casualty at 11.40am after the diver suddenly surfaced from a depth of 26 metres (85ft) at...
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A new campaign has been launched to raise awareness of rape among teenagers.Devon and Cornwall Police said it wanted to remind young people aged 13 to 21 about the importance of consent and to "push home the message that No means No".Police said the central message of the campaign was that sex without consent...
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Two people have died and four other people were seriously injured after they were hit by an out of control speedboat.
It is understood a father and son died in the tragedy.
Six people – all thought to be from the same family – were thrown ...
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A waterskiing instructor has been hailed a hero following a speedboat accident which killed a man and his daughter and left four other members of the family seriously injured.
The family were on holiday in the coastal town of Padstow, Cornwall, when th...
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The UK Independence Party has won its first council seats in the Westcountry as Nigel Farage's party hailed breakthrough local elections.At Cornwall Council, the first election since becoming a "super" authority in 2009 saw the Conservatives ousted as the biggest group, with a hung vote possibly leading to a "rainbow" coalition of diverse...
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The UK Independence Party has won its first council seats in the Westcountry as Nigel Farage's party hailed breakthrough local elections.At Cornwall Council, the first election since becoming a "super" authority in 2009 saw the Conservatives ousted as the biggest group, with a hung vote possibly leading to a "rainbow" coalition of diverse...
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