Children design eco-greenhouse
BBC News (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Schoolchildren will grow fruit and veg in their own eco-friendly greenhouse made from plastic bottles.
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Thatched pub destroyed by blaze
BBC News (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
Six people, including a child, are taken to hospital after a thatched pub is destroyed by fire.
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Man Charged With Factory Copper Theft ; A 25-Year-Old Man Has Been Charged in Connection With the Theft of Copper From an Old Factory.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
A 25-year-old man has been charged in connection with the theft of copper from an old factory. Two men were originally arrested and released on bail in relation to the incident in Ottery St Mary, East Devon, in April.
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The Welsh-Argentine Guitar Duo
Music and Vision (Free subscription) | 21 hours ago
Welsh-Argentine Guitar Duo; Axminster, Devon, UK - Friday 11 July 2008
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DRM Mystery - Gone quiet in Plymouth
Critical Distance Weblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
In April of last year, BBC Devon started a 12 month trial of DRM, the digital system developed in the mid-1990's and designed to replace long, medium and shortwave. To date, it has been the only UK trial of the system for a domestic service - VT Communications have used Orfordness to beam into the rest of Europe on 1296 and RTL Luxembourg has been fiddling with a UK service (without much success)....
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Reserve ready to welcome back southern damselfly
Express & Echo (Free subscription) | yesterday
Devon Wildlife Trust has completed conservation work at its Venn Ottery nature reserve near Exeter to help save the southern damselfly, one of the UK's most threatened insects.
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Events celebrate NHS anniversary
BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Hospitals and staff are celebrating the 60th anniversary of the NHS in Devon.
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2pm update: City celebrates 60th birthday of NHS
Express & Echo (Free subscription) | yesterday
City MP Ben Bradshaw has visited the Royal Devon & exeter hospital on the 60th birthday of the national health service.
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Hot ticket: Ways with Words
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday
Sam Leith looks forward to the Ways With Words Festival at Dartington Hall, Devon.
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Cornwall and Devon Digital Dates
FrequencyCast Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Details of Devon and Cornwall’s Digital Switch programme were announced in July 2008. In July 2009, the Huntshaw Cross transmitter group, serving North Devon, will make the switch to digital. Later in July 09, the Redruth transmitter group, serving west Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly will see analogue turned off. Then, in August 2009. [...]
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Sea Scouts safe after river alert
BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday
A helicopter and lifeboats are called out after a number of Sea Scouts got into difficulties on a Devon river.
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Farmers set to take action
Times Online (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
For Paul Griffith, news that badgers are to be reprieved is the last straw. The cattle farmer from North Lew, near Holsworthy, Devon, is one of 1,200 farmers who wanted to carry out a licensed cull of the animals across the West Country to eradicate bovine TB.
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Police on alert for website party
BBC News (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
Police officers from across Devon are being sent to Torbay in case revellers turn up for a cancelled beach rave party.
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Crash motorcyclist named
BBC News (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
A motorcyclist killed in a crash with a goods vehicle in Teignmouth, Devon is named by police.
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Police stay on reveller patrol
Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
EXTRA police were patrolling Torbay in Devon today – just in case revellers turn up for a cancelled beach rave.
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