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THINGS CAN GO BAD ON RESCUES VERY FAST, RICHIE HEARD, A LIFEGUARD FROM DEVON WHO HAS DONE TWO STINTS ON LESBOS FOR REFUGEE RESCUE SAYS.

Refugee Rescue has impacted on my life - like many other volunteers I have hardly seen friends and family...

4th October, 2016 690

huffingtonpost.co.uk

MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE TO REPLACE ANIMALS IN BRITISH LABORATORIES.

Latest statistics released from the Home Office showed there was a 7 percent increase in the number of animals used in experiments in British laboratories...

4th October, 2016 1871

LONDON'S OLDEST INDIAN RESTAURANT HAS BEEN AWARDED A MICHELIN STAR.

Michelin Guide 2017 The Ritz and London's oldest Indian restaurant win coveted star...

4th October, 2016 1156

THE FUTURES OF THE UK'S THREE REMAINING SPECIALIST HOTELS FOR BLIND PEOPLE ARE IN DOUBT, SPARKING FEARS THAT VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE COULD BE LEFT ISOLATED.

Action for Blind People says it cannot afford the upkeep of three hotels in Devon, Somerset and the Lake District...

2nd October, 2016 215

IN THE TINY DEVON VILLAGE OF STOKEINTEIGNHEAD, THEY ARE KNOWN AS ROZAMUND PERRIN'S CONTROVERSIAL SMALLS.

In 2014, Norwich city council told Margaret Jowsey that the line outside her flat was a hanging offence and ordered its removal...

15th September, 2016 1123

EAST CHILTINGTON RESIDENTS LEARNED OF THE PLANS LAST MONTH AND MET ON SUNDAY TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED FARM.

Southern water has a flow gauge - all the water comes from the South Downs, in winter it flows heavily...

9th September, 2016 155

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THERE ARE SOME IMPORTANT DIFFERENCES IN THE TWO SYSTEMS: FOR EXAMPLE, A HUNDREDWEIGHT IN BRITAIN IS 112 POUNDS, BUT THE SAME UNIT IS 100 POUNDS IN THE UNITED STATES.

Besides, the metric system has never actually been fully implemented in Britain...

31st August, 2016 3

CLOSE TO HOME, STUBBLE IS GLIMPSED THROUGH GATEWAYS OFF NARROW LANES ENCOMPASSED BY RANK HEDGE BANKS OVERGROWN WITH HONEYSUCKLE.

Country Diary Kit Hill, Tamar Valley Patches of sunlight enhance emerald regrowth in hay and silage fields, and the luminous glow of stubble and uncut corn...

31st August, 2016 0

MINISTERS 'SHOULD LET TRADERS SELL GROCERIES IN POUNDS AND OUNCES' IN WAKE OF BREXIT VOTE

He said I always have to translate everything back into pounds and ounces anyway...

30th August, 2016 27

ALMOST 1,500 BADGERS WERE KILLED DURING LAST YEAR'S BADGER CULL, ACCORDING TO DEFRA.

Badger cull protesters change tactics in response to expansion...

23rd August, 2016 10

HUNDREDS OF MYSTERIOUS ORBS WASHED UP ON BEACHES OF DEVON AND CORNWALL IDENTIFIED AS A??SEA POTATOESA??A

The sea potatoes or Echinocardium cordatum, to give the urchin its scientific name, lives in sand burrows and are commonplace on some sandy beaches...

20th August, 2016 9

MEASLES WARNING TO YOUNG PEOPLE AT FESTIVALS AFTER SERIES OF OUTBREAKS

Measles can be more complicated in teenagers than in small children...

8th August, 2016 323

BRANDON WAS PICKED UP BY A BUS RUN BY COMPANY TORBAY MINIBUSES TO TRAVEL TO SEVEN-MILE JOURNEY TO MAYFIELD SCHOOL IN TORQUAY, ON APRIL 27.

Three weeks ago I had a phone call from Torbay Council childrens' transport division...

8th August, 2016 70

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ANTOINE DELAFARGUE, 34, AND MICHAEL DE LAGARDE, 35, BOTH ENGINEERS, WILL SET OFF FROM PLYMOUTH, A CITY IN SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND, TODAY (FRIDAY, AUGUST 5).

The vessel, the smallest independent vehicle built for use at sea and the first to be human- propelled, is expected to take around a week to reach France...

5th August, 2016 10

Trending News Headlines : Devon

A RECORD SPRING TIDE CUTS OFF THE NORMANDY ISLAND OF MONT SAINT-MICHEL WITH THOUSANDS FLOCKING TO VIEW THE ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME SPECTACLE

A record spring tide cuts off the Normandy island of Mont Saint-Michel, with thousands flocking to view the once-in-a-lifetime spectacle...

21st March, 2015 6973

MENTAL HEALTH CARE IN ENGLAND TO GET FUNDING BOOST

Nick Clegg It's an institutionalised form of cruelty the way we allow vulnerable children with mental health problems to...

14th March, 2015 4956

BEARING THIS IN MIND, I FINALLY FIND MYSELF RELUCTANTLY AGREEING WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

When a lioness whelped in an ancient Roman street, Caesar thought something was up...

5th July, 2015 3873

HE TREMBLED HOLDING A FREE HUGS SIGN AS HE BRAVELY STOOD ALONE IN FRONT OF THE POLICE BARRICADE.

His response about his concerns regarding the level of police brutality towards young black kids was met with an unexpected and seemingly authentic to Devonte, Yes...

1st December, 2014 2352

SIMON HARRIS WAS FOUND GUILTY OF SEVEN CHARGES OF INDECENT AND SEXUAL ASSAULT ON YOUNGSTERS IN GILGIL, AS WELL AS POSSESSING INDECENT IMAGES OF CHILDREN.

Harris, 55, of Pudleston, near Leominster, Herefordshire was cleared of seven charges, including rape...

16th December, 2014 1634

THE BEAVERS OF THE RIVER OTTER ARE THE FIRST BREEDING POPULATION IN THE ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS.

According to the DWT there is evidence of beaver activity on the River Otter from Honiton to Budleigh Salterton, a distance of around 13 miles...

28th January, 2015 1634

DEVON AND CORNWALL POLICE NEIGHBOURHOOD BEAT MANAGER STEVE PARSONS, SAID WE INVESTIGATED THIS CRIME FULLY.

Neil Tregarthen, from Truro, Cornwall, said he was prompted to hire the detective after Devon and Cornwall Police failed to investigate ...

4th March, 2015 1549

HE ALSO ARGUED THAT MORE PEOPLE WOULD SAVE MORE MONEY FOR RETIREMENT BECAUSE THE NEW PENSION PROVISIONS WERE "MORE ATTRACTIVE AND MORE FLEXIBLE".

But Pensions Minister Steve Webb dismissed as "completely wrong" claims that two million people would immediately be looking to take advantage of the new rules...

6th April, 2015 1426

AND UNLIKE AT GOVERNMENT-RUN SCHOOLS, ITS TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS AREN'T ASKED TO DO MORE WITH LESS.

At 7 15am in the northern Indian city of Lucknow, a stream of children flows through the gates of the Kanpur Road campus of City Montessori school...

16th December, 2015 1155

IT OWNS AROUND DEVON AND CORNWALL, INCLUDING BYSTOCK PONDS.

Cornwall Council wants businesses providing surfing, canoeing and kayaking from Council owned beaches to apply for a licence...

18th February, 2015 1116

THE 26-YEAR-OLD WAS ARRESTED IN HAYLE ON MONDAY NIGHT UNDER SECTION FIVE OF THE TERRORISM ACT, DEVON AND CORNWALL POLICE SAID.

Mail online uk police arrest man in cornwall for preparing act of terrorism connected to syria 17 mins ago...

4th November, 2014 963

RESEARCHERS FOUND THAT UP TO A QUARTER OF THE PLANET'S WELL-KNOWN MARINE SPECIES, FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN MONK SEAL TO THE PONDICHERRY SHARK, ARE IN DANGER OF BEING WIPED OUT.

The wide-ranging list of threatened species includes the smoothback angel shark, the eightgilled hagfish and the Amsterdam albatross...

31st January, 2015 915

IT IS NOT CLEAR IF REVENUE AND CUSTOMS, WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR INVESTIGATING COMPLIANCE WITH THE NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE, WILL BROADEN ITS INVESTIGATION TO ANY OF THE COMPANY'S 56 OTHER BRANCHES.

MiHomeCare says Revenue and Customs are examining pay at its Penarth branch...

13th March, 2015 914

WE VE BEEN SHOWING PEOPLE WILD BEAVERS FOR NINE YEARS NOW.

Our project has shown wild beavers to 5,000 people on week-long wildlife programmes over nine years...

31st January, 2015 907

ITV.COM TAVISTOCK WOMAN DIES AT NATIONAL DIVING CENTRE 34 MINS AGO

Paramedics were called to the National Diving and Activity Centre at Tidenham in the Forest of Dean on Saturday...

17th November, 2014 792

EVENTUALLY THEY EXTRACTED A POSTCARD WITH A MESSAGE IN ENGLISH, GERMAN AND DUTCH, ASKING FOR IT TO BE RETURNED TO THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION IN PLYMOUTH, DEVON.

The bottle was among more than 1,000 thrown into the North Sea in batches by George Parker Bidder, as part of his research into the patterns of currents...

19th April, 2016 789

CODY STAPLES SAID HE BELIEVED IT WAS A "FREAK ACCIDENT" ...

Fireworks were legalised in Maine in 2012 after being banned for decades...

6th July, 2015 626

HOW AND WHERE DID UK LOSE CITY-SIZED AREA OF GREEN SPACE IN JUST SIX YEARS?

More than 7 000 hectares of forest was felled 14 000 hectares of farmland concreted and 1 000 hectares of precious wetland was drained to make way for urban sprawl...

2nd July, 2015 622

DEVON AND CORNWALL POLICE SAID IT WAS UNCLEAR WHAT HAD CAUSED THE CRASH.

A former care home worker has appeared in court in Truro to face murder and arson charges...

9th February, 2015 458

'OPENED MY EYES' HE SAID MR HARBIRD HAD BEEN VERY ANALYTICAL ABOUT BASE JUMPING.

Devon base jumper gary harbird dies in switzerland...

14th October, 2014 284

BEAVERS AT WORK ... DEVON DWELLERS REVEAL THEIR FLAIR FOR FIGHTING FLOODS

The Devon project targets three key indicators water storage, flood attenuation and water quality...

14th February, 2016 229

nytimes.com

HE JOINED PRIVATE EYE DIRECTLY FROM OXFORD, WHERE HE READ ENGLISH LITERATURE, EDITED A STUDENT MAGAZINE CALLED PASSING WIND AND WROTE COMEDY REVUES.

"In the old days, Private Eye was there to break stories," Mr. Hislop said .....

11th December, 2015 204

THESE SPIDERS ARE IN TRUTH RATHER DOCILE AND SLOW MOVING AND TEND TO LIVE INSIDE THEIR RATHER DENSE SQUARE WEBS FEEDING OFF THE INSECTS THAT STRAY INTO THEIR PATH.

Other false widow varieties, with common names like "cupboard spider" and "rabbit hutch spider", rather give away their preferred habitats...

26th October, 2015 179

FLAMES SHOOT HIGH INTO THE AIR IN CUERO TEXAS FOLLOWING A REPORTED PIPELINE RUPTURE

Flames shoot high into the air in Cuero, Texas, following a reported pipeline rupture...

15th June, 2015 142

A DOCTORS' GROUP IN DEVON HAS ISSUED A TEMPLATE LETTER FOR PRACTICES TO TURN DOWN REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION ON FIREARMS LICENCE APPLICATIONS.

UK gun licence changes 'place undue burden on GPs'...

22nd June, 2016 114

REQUIRING A SICK NOTE AFTER ONE WEEK TAKES TIME AWAY FROM PATIENTS WHO MAY NEED APPOINTMENTS MORE, DOCTORS SAY

Overstretched doctors urge two-week absence before workers need to see GP...

22nd June, 2016 96

SWANSEA BAY TIDAL ENERGY SCHEME 'MUST GO AHEAD', SAY LIB DEMS

Swansea Bay was supported by former Lib Dem energy secretary, Ed Davey, noted Farron in his speech in Cardiff...

6th February, 2016 83

smh.com.au

THE 1868 ABORIGINAL CRICKET TOUR OF ENGLAND IS A KEY MOMENT IN AUSTRALIAN HISTORY, DR SCULTHORPE, CURATOR AND SECTION HEAD OF OCEANIA AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM, SAID.

A boomerang on display in a regional British museum, one of several items identified as survivors of Australia's first cricket tour of England...

17th July, 2015 73

SIR MALCOLM RIFKIND ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT HE WILL STEP DOWN AS MP FOR KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA.

Geoffrey Cox, Conservative MP for Torridge and West Devon, also earned several hundred thousand pounds outside of his Parliamentary capacity, working nearly 2000 hours last year as a QC...

25th February, 2015 69

BUT I THINK DAIRY FARMERS WILL DWINDLE IN NUMBERS AS YOU NEED TO MAKE A PROFIT TO KEEP GOING.

I went down to London with five friends, who are all either local dairy farmers or studying agriculture...

27th April, 2016 59

Related News Headlines : Devon

MEANWHILE, WATER FIRMS HAVE BEEN PREPARING FOR TUESDAY'S HEATWAVE.

A UK weather a??Absolute droughta?? in southern England as rainfall plummets below August average and extra water readied for heatwaveA...

16th August, 2016 158

independent.ie

MICHAEL HEALY-RAE LABELS BAN ON OVER-70S DRIVING SCHOOL BUSES AS 'AGEISM'

Earlier he outlined how bus drivers over 70 can't bring children to school...

25th July, 2016 9

bbc.com

THE LATEST CLASHES BETWEEN ENGLAND FANS AND POLICE IN LILLE HAVE LEFT MANY WONDERING WHETHER MORE CAN BE DONE TO STOP SIMILAR VIOLENCE IN THE FUTURE.

Professor Anthony King, a sociologist and expert in hooliganism from Exeter university, explains why English football and violence still seem to go hand in hand...

17th June, 2016 45

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I RECALL READING ABOUT SOMEONE WHO HAD BUILT A ROBOT SUBMARINE TO PUTTER AROUND IN A LARGE AQUARIUM TANK.

Brazen NZ octopus breaks free from aquarium, escapes down drain to the ocean...

13th April, 2016 286

CORNWALL COUNCIL SAID 10 PROPERTIES IN WEST CORNWALL HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY SURFACE WATER, TWO HAVE BEEN FLOODED IN ANGARRACK AND THREE IN BLACKWATER.

The Environment Agency said the one severe flood warning - in place for Portreath, on the north Cornwall coast - had been downgraded...

6th February, 2016 38

SURELY, IT WAS THE RECENTLY OPENED WORKING WITH NATURE FLOOD DEFENCE SCHEME ABOVE PICKERING THAT SAVED THE TOWN?

In fact, the North York moors - where the water that floods Pickering comes from...

7th January, 2016 106

independent.ie

IN BALLYVOURNEY, CO CORK, GARDAI CLOSED ROADS AS FLOOD WATERS TURNED TO RIVERS.

The worst driving conditions last night were in Clifden, Co Galway and Achill, Co Mayo, according to AA Roadwatch spokesperson Arwen Foley...

15th September, 2015 201

independent.ie

IT HAS A HEIGHT OF 12,346FT ABOVE SEA LEVEL.

The national coordinator for disaster reduction agency issued instructions urging people to take shelter, wear masks, cover water tanks and be aware of evacuation routes...

8th February, 2015 7

ALBANIA FLOODS MADE WORSE BY DEFORESTATION PRIME MINISTER SAYS

Albania floods made worse by deforestation, prime minister says...

5th February, 2015 525

NIAGARA FALLS CLIMBER BECOMES FIRST PERSON TO MAKE ASCENT OVER FROZEN WATERFALLS

Video Niagara Falls climber becomes first person to make ascent over frozen waterfalls...

31st January, 2015 173

A SIBERIAN TOWN'S STREETS HAVE FROZEN SOLID AFTER A WATER MAIN BURST DURING A SNOWSTORM

A Siberian town rsquo's streets have frozen solid after a water main burst during a snowstorm...

29th January, 2015 1011