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Motorist, 83, dies in horror crash

83-year-old motorist dies in two-vehicle crash on A30

AN 83-YEAR-OLD man has died after a horror crash on one of the Westcountry's main trunk roads. The A30 at Two Lanes, Lewannick, near...

Prescott battle bus misses Westcountry

John Prescott is touring the country in what he describes as a Battle Bus but in fact is more like a Transit van with some Labour stick...

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Health chief knew 'thrust' of legal advice

A SENIOR health boss has admitted for the first time that she knew the "thrust" of crucial legal advice about a controversial cancer...

Starlings fall dead from sky

EXPERTS are baffled after scores of dead starlings bizarrely dropped from the sky over one house in a small village without explanation...

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Police appeal after body found

POLICE are trying to identify a man found hanged on a Cornish housing estate. Police and ambulance crews were called to a cul-de...

Family's tribute to son killed in Africa

A POPULAR 26-year-old from the Westcountry who combined work with a love of surfing has been killed in a road crash in Morocco. Paul...

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Care home boss abused patients' drugs

A FORMER care home manager accused of murdering elderly residents has admitted abusing patients' drugs amid the "stress, pain and emoti...

Town halls 'face 23% cuts'

COUNCILS must prepare for their budgets to be slashed by almost a quarter because the Government refuses to tell them how much money...

500 natural species lost in two centuries

ENGLAND'S natural landscapes are considerably poorer than they used to be, according to a report published today which reveals the...

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Tankers are 'catastrophe waiting to happen'

Some of the tankers moored at Lyme Bay, off the Jurassic coast. Ministers are being urged to take action to move them

MINISTERS are facing calls to act with "urgency" to remove up to eight oil tankers from the Westcountry coastline or risk an "ecologica...

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Torquay relish chance to play for home fans

United defender Mark Ellis (right) has hailed his team's supporters

IN-form Torquay United are looking forward to being "back home" for the next two Saturdays. Crewe Alexandra visit Plainmoor this weeken...

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Saddle up for a demonstration with Olympic showjumper...

Charismatic Irishman Cian O'Connor will give a training clinic at Colraine, followed by an evening of entertainment at the Penventon Hotel

T HE British Showjumping (Cornwall) committee has pulled off a coup in drawing charismatic Irish showjumper Cian O'Connor to the county...

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Key showjumping events saved in last-ditch talks

T HE chairman of the South West Showjumping Club (SWSJC) yesterday announced that four of the most important showjumping events in the Westcountry's equestrian calendar will go ahead....

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Abbie aims to become an elite performer

Abbie Hughes, who has been selected for the South West regional foundation squad at dressage, on her nine-year-old chestnut gelding Da Vinci. Far left: Abbie competing in a Premier League competition on Weronella

I T IS no secret Abbie Hughes is aiming for the top. Focused, driven and with nerves of steel, she is a living example of inexhaustible...

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Prolific Polly edges closer to the record

Duxy Hill Lady pipped Own Line to the post to give Polly Gundry her 286th career win – just one short of Alison Dare

THE judge was kept very busy at Ideford Arch, where four of the seven races resulted in tight finishes. The closest came in the Mixed...

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Carter silks carried to victory once again

Jack Harris sails to a win on home turf with Rocklyn in the Open Maiden for over-eights

T HE going was good to soft and a bit tacky in places for the East Devon fixture at Bishops Court, Ottery St Mary, on Saturday. A good-...

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Rare notes go under the hammer

A £1 note from Exeter's General Bank will also go under the hammer

IT may only have been worth a fiver when it was issued, but a banknote is set to be sold for around £600 at auction next month.

At more than 100 years old, it is a rare survivor from the golden days of private banking in Exeter. Collectors are expected to bid up to £600 and possibly beyond for the note, which was drawn on the...

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