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Tony Hogg's new office under fire for £250,000 six-month spend
Devon and Cornwall's police and crime commissioner has run up a bill on outside consultants and agency staff of almost £250,000 in the space of just six months.Conservative candidate Tony Hogg was...
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Teen college students launch their own professional computer game at Penwith...
TEENAGERS on a computer games development course are to launch their own game for Android phones – that will see the hero as a janitor battling his way out of a possessed Penwith College.Pandora's Mop...
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Families triumph over "incessant noise" from motor cross course
FAMILIES who suffered "appalling" noise from diggers and motorbikes day and night during the construction of a motocross track nearby said they were relieved their ordeal had ended.Neighbours of...
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Businesses say yes to a St Ives BID
BUSINESSES in St Ives have voted overwhelmingly in support of plans to create a Business Improvement District for the town.A launch event of the St Ives BID Steering Group at the Western Hotel...
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Camborne British Legion notice board row
THE FORMER chairman of Camborne Royal British Legion has accused a troubled community centre of underhand tactics.It follows a row over a noticeboard that was removed from outside the Donald Thomas...
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St Columb is stuck in time after the town clock broke and has not been...
ST COLUMB has been stuck in time for six months – after the town clock broke and has not been repaired.The time has shown 12 o'clock for half a year and some residents, including former guesthouse...
View ArticleCrossing the line from fiction to the shady world of abuse
The Fifty Shades novels chart the progression of the relationship between two main characters: Anastasia Steele, an innocent and naïve student, and Christian Grey, an older, substantially more...
View ArticleMinister's view of 'boring countryside' is misguided
If anyone thought that by putting a Conservative with a large 'C' in charge of planning we would get conservative, with a small 'c', policies on issues like rural development then they must be sorely...
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PICTURES: Sun didn't have his hat on, but the visitors did
Burlesque dancers, feather boas and vintage fashion livened up a wet weekend at a National Trust property.The risque dancers and 1940s-style singers entertained crowds as Killerton House near Exeter...
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Message of thanks for lifeboat crew's mammoth shift
A Cornwall lifeboat spent 19 hours at sea in just a 34-hour period, covering 170 nautical miles and assisting 12 mariners.The Lizard lifeboat was first tasked by Falmouth Coastguard at 1.30pm on...
View ArticleDog bites police officer called out to incident
A police officer was bitten by a dog as he attended an incident in which a man was attacked and badly hurt.The victim of the assault was left with serious but non-life-threatening injuries in the early...
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Arrested in Australia - Devon killer is caught after 15 years on the run
A killer who mutilated his aunt in a frenzied knife attack in the Westcountry has been arrested in Australia after 15 years on the run.Simon Hennessey was jailed for life for stabbing the woman to...
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Supermarkets urged to help farmers in Devon and Cornwall
Supermarkets are failing to support the countryside and the rural economy, campaigners have warned.After a turbulent year for farmers – with poor weather estimated to have cost the industry more than...
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PICTURES: Recognition at last for veterans on forces day in Falmouth
Westcountry war veterans were honoured with long-awaited awards in a ceremony during Armed Forces Day at the weekend.All generations of the services gathered in Falmouth on Saturday and escaped the...
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PICTURES: Time to add new chapter to car's biography
The headline 'man sells car' normally wouldn't make it into a newspaper – but Martin Hesp has discovered an extraordinary tale behind the sale of an extraordinary car.Many people regard motor vehicles...
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Boy, 12, airlifted after collision with Nissan car on A377 Alphington Road in...
A 12-year-old boy suffered serious head injuries in a collision between his bicycle and a car. The young boy was taken to hospital from the scene on the A377 Alphington Road in Exeter at about 5pm on...
View ArticlePolice seek man who attacked woman
A woman escaped with minor injuries after she was attacked in a town centre at night. The woman was assaulted as she walked down a street in Newton Abbot in South Devon at about 1am on Saturday. She is...
View ArticleCargo ship goes to aid of yachtsman offshore
A man has been rescued from a sinking yacht in bad weather hundreds of miles off the Cornish coast. He was rescued by a cargo ship 300 miles west of the Duchy early on Saturday morning, after his craft...
View ArticleFire brigade called as driver hits gas pipe
A driver escaped unharmed after colliding with a gas pipe and causing a leak. The car hit the pipe on Friday afternoon as its driver reversed into a garage, prompting the small leak. Three fire engines...
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Police charge woman after dog attack on girl in Torquay
A 31-year-old woman has been charged with owning a dangerous dog after a teenage girl was bitten on the face and arm in a play area in Devon.Devon and Cornwall Police said the 14-year-old was bitten on...
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