Fuel giant fined over pollution
01/12/2009 20:15:49
An oil company and a fuel depot operator are fined after a major petrol leak causes a "critical" pollution incident in Plymouth.
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Firefighters tackle cottage blaze
01/12/2009 21:19:39
Crews from across east Devon tackle a blaze at a two-storey cottage on a farm site in East Anstey.
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Iran captured son 'coping'
01/12/2009 12:04:48
Families of sailors detained by Iran's navy, including a Plymouth university graduate, say they want the situation resolved.
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Poets' Corner call for Ted Hughes
01/12/2009 17:18:57
Poet Ted Hughes should have a plaque in Poets' Corner at Westminster Abbey, Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney says.
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Skateboard pigeon killer guilty
01/12/2009 13:39:08
A 19-year-old who admitted killing a pigeon with a skateboard is given a conditional discharge by magistrates in Exeter.
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'Historic' Palestine study centre
01/12/2009 15:21:53
Setting up the first centre for Palestine studies in Europe at Exeter University is historic, but long overdue, a historian says.
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Santa fun run scuppered by costs
01/12/2009 16:08:16
A charity fun run which normally attracts hundreds of people dressed in Santa suits is cancelled because of a lack of funding.
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Cancer unit 'should go to Truro'
01/12/2009 16:02:01
A new specialist centre for gynaecological cancer for Cornwall and Devon should be in Truro, independent experts say.
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