Posts Tagged ‘devon’

VIDEO: Olympic torch relay: Day two highlights

Sunday, May 20th, 2012

Thousands of people turned out to see rock band Muse carry the Olympic flame in their Devon hometown on the second day of the torch relay.

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VIDEO: Olympic torch relay: Day two highlights

Body ‘found in van after crash’

Monday, March 26th, 2012

The murder of a Devon solicitor was discovered after her partner crashed his van while trying to dispose of her body, a court hears.

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Body ‘found in van after crash’

‘Wall-E’-style robot cleans tower

Saturday, February 4th, 2012

A water tower in Devon is cleaned by a robot which is said to resemble the children’s movie character Wall-E.

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‘Wall-E’-style robot cleans tower

Charity rehouses last battery hen

Thursday, December 29th, 2011

A chicken – being described as “Britain’s last battery hen” – is to be given a new home in Devon later.

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Charity rehouses last battery hen

VAT bid for military wives single

Monday, December 19th, 2011

Two military charities could benefit if the government agrees to a call from a Devon MP to donate the VAT raised by sales of the Military Wives Choir’s single.

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VAT bid for military wives single

Beatbox Rev wins Nativity contest

Sunday, December 18th, 2011

A Devon vicar wins a national competition for his beatbox version of the Nativity.

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Beatbox Rev wins Nativity contest

Stag’s head removed after threats

Monday, December 12th, 2011

The head of a giant red deer stag, believed to have been the biggest wild land animal in the UK, is taken down from the wall of a Devon hotel after threats.

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Stag’s head removed after threats

Rare Egyptian coffin identified

Thursday, December 1st, 2011

A coffin on display at a museum in Devon is a rare 3,500-year-old Egyptian sarcophagus, it emerges.

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Rare Egyptian coffin identified

Laser beams shone at two planes

Saturday, October 15th, 2011

Laser beams are shone into the cockpits of two planes carrying in total more than 240 people over Devon and Cornwall.

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Laser beams shone at two planes

Devon village tops family chart

Sunday, September 25th, 2011

A village in Devon has been rated the best place for families to live in England and Wales.

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Devon village tops family chart

Stone ‘robbery’ pair due in court

Thursday, June 16th, 2011

Two men are due in court over an alleged plot to harm and rob Brit award-winning singer Joss Stone at her Devon home.

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Stone ‘robbery’ pair due in court

Stone ‘murder conspiracy’ pair arrested

Wednesday, June 15th, 2011

Two men from Manchester arrested near the Devon home of Brit Award-winning singer Joss Stone are questioned on suspicion of conspiracy to murder and rob.

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Stone ‘murder conspiracy’ pair arrested

VIDEO: ‘Cat photographer’ snaps suburbia

Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

A three-legged Devon cat is getting her own exhibition of photos taken by a special lightweight camera attached to her collar.

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VIDEO: ‘Cat photographer’ snaps suburbia

Three-legged cat gets own photographic exhibition

Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

A three-legged Devon cat is getting her own exhibition of photos taken by a special lightweight camera attached to her collar.

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Three-legged cat gets own photographic exhibition

Sex abuse case police exhume body

Tuesday, April 12th, 2011

The dead sister of a convicted child sex attacker is being exhumed from a church graveyard in Devon by police officers investigating sexual abuse.

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Sex abuse case police exhume body