All news on the topic: Devon
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Female pilot dies after plane crashes near former RAF airfield in Devon
The female pilot woman in her 40s was flying alone when the plane crashed near Dunkeswell Airfield on Friday morning.
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Brexit betrayed Britain’s fishermen as Starmer locks EU boats in UK waters until 2038
George Shipley doesn’t mince his words. The 34-year-old acting skipper stands on the quayside at Brixham harbour, the smell of salt and diesel thick in the early morning air, white plastic boxes stacked behind him and the Devon hills rising beyond the trawlers, and says what every fisherman here is thinking.
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Janice Sowden ordered to pay £4,000 over deaths of two care home residents
A care home manager has been ordered to pay £4,000 after two people in wheelchairs drowned when their boat capsized on a day out.
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Tesco evacuated after two caravans deliberately set on fire in Glastonbury
A Tesco store was evacuated after two caravans were deliberately set on fire, according to emergency services.
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Three Royal Navy personnel die after helicopter crashes during training exercise in Devon
Three Royal Navy personnel have been killed after their helicopter crashed into a field overnight.
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Royal Navy helicopter crashes near A30 in Devon as emergency response continues and roads remain closed
A Royal Navy helicopter has crashed into a field at Sourton Down near Okehampton in Devon, prompting a major emergency response and widespread road disruption across key routes in the area.
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Watchdog accuses prison service of exposing inmates to cancer-causing gas
The prison service risks facing severe penalties from the health and safety regulator after it exposed staff and inmates to dangerous levels of lethal radon gas.
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Inferno returns: Notorious Sherwood Palm hotel burns again on Easter Sunday after second blaze in three days
A hotel called "Britain’s worst" has gone up in flames for the second time in a matter of days.
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42 UK prisons under investigation after staff and inmates exposed to deadly radon gas
There are concerns that hundreds more inmates and staff may have been exposed to hazardous levels of cancer-causing gas, with the Ministry of Justice now investigating 42 prison and probation sites, The Independent can reveal.
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Storm Chandra brings flooding, travel disruption and school closures across the UK
Heavy rain and strong winds swept across the UK as Storm Chandra arrived, triggering weather warnings, flooding, transport disruption and widespread school closures.
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Body found in search for man missing after Christmas Day swim in Devon
A body has been found in the search for a 63-year-old man who disappeared in the sea during a Christmas Day swim.
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Major investigation triggered after doll mistaken for child’s body near Awliscombe
Police have confirmed that remains initially thought to be a “child’s body” found near a Devon village were in fact a “childlike sex doll”.
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Heavy rain triggers flooding and chaos across Devon and Cornwall
A night of heavy rain has caused flooding in Devon and Cornwall, forcing some businesses to close or delay opening.
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Major landslide at Budleigh Salterton beach narrowly misses holidaymakers
Sunbathers on a beach in Devon narrowly escaped a massive cliff collapse.
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NHS dentist fined £150,000 for keeping patients’ teeth too healthy
Britain has a hidden oral health crisis with children who’ve never seen a dentist needing multiple teeth removed after their first appointment.
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Two skydivers killed during jump in Devon: investigation into the tragedy underway
Emergency services were called to an incident at Dunkeswell Aerodrome at 1 PM on Friday.
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Fatal cliff fall: girl dies while rescuing pet in Devon
Keeleigh Plant, 18, had been trying to save her pet dog Bertie who had ran off chasing a rabbit towards Hope Cove in south Devon, when she fell 100ft to the rocks below
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Plymouth fire: City center in lockdown with locals told ’stay indoors’ amid huge blaze
The massive fire erupted in the center of Plymouth, prompting firefighters and police officers to rush to the scene and advise locals to stay indoors as they worked to control the blaze.
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Individual imprisoned for sending harmful communications to Jess Phillips
A man who sent ‘malicious communications’ to Labour minister Jess Phillips has been put behind bars.
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British man confesses to killing partner in Italy by stabbing
Michael Whitbread, 75, is on trial in Lanciano for murder of fellow Briton Michele Faiers, 66, in October 2023
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Four-month-old boy found dead in caravan, man arrested on suspicion of ’neglect’
A man has been arrested on suspicion of child neglect after a four-month-old baby boy was found dead in a caravan.
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Car crashes into hospital, injuring three, as fire and ambulance services respond to the scene
A car crashed into a temporary building at Torbay Hospital in Torquay, Devon, this morning, injuring three people as fire and ambulance services rushed to the scene.
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Man in his 30s fighting for his life after suspected ’chemical attack’
Five people have been arrested after a man was attacked with a ‘chemical’ substance on a high street.
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A man and his son have been jailed for a £1 million fraud involving the National Trust
A building surveyor has been jailed for swindling the National Trust out of more than £1 million through false invoices.
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Boss of South West Water’s owner gains £300,000 pay rise
Pay rise for Pennon Group CEO Susan Davy comes despite outrage over Devon diarrhoea outbreak caused by polluted water
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