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Angel of mercy takes own life

Thursday, March 11, 2010

A WOMAN who tried to kill her husband in an act of mercy more than a decade ago has taken her own life at a Swiss euthanasia clinic.

In 1999, toymaker and artist Vicki Wood walked free from court after admitting the attempted murder of Tim Wood, who was diagnosed with...

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Motorist, 83, dies in horror crash

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

Thursday, March 11, 2010

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 Launceston in...

Prescott battle bus misses Westcountry

Thursday, March 11, 2010

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 stickers on the...

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Health chief knew 'thrust' of legal advice

Thursday, March 11, 2010

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

Starlings fall dead from sky

Thursday, March 11, 2010

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

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Police appeal after body found

Thursday, March 11, 2010

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

Family's tribute to son killed in Africa

Thursday, March 11, 2010

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 Brewer, a former...

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Care home boss abused patients' drugs

Thursday, March 11, 2010

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

Town halls 'face 23% cuts'

Thursday, March 11, 2010

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

500 natural species lost in two centuries

Thursday, March 11, 2010

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

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