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Calls for railings on Devon sea wall before girl fell and died were ‘ignored’

Exclusive: safety experts and a coroner made the request after a death in 1992, 30 years before Ukrainian refugee Albina Yevko died

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‘It’s like a family bereavement’: Devon village mourns loss of beloved oak tree

On a calm, sunny day, Silverton’s Broad Oak fell after standing for hundreds of years, leaving many grappling with grief

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More than 100,000 trees to be planted in Devon to boost Celtic rainforest

National Trust says it hopes to establish 50 hectares across three sites close to surviving pockets of rainforest

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Country diary: This tree is a multiple, feeding on itself

Dartington, Devon: These are two yews of very different character, but the older, more gnarly one seems to be sustaining both death and life

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Devon schoolboy joins Mensa with higher IQ score than Einstein

Rory Bidwell, 12, achieves maximum of 162 on the test, above the 160 estimated for Einstein and Hawking

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Giant tortoise mystery: how did seven protected reptiles end up dead in Devon woods?

As discovery baffles community, police examine potential link to 2021 find in same forest

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Manson Junior MA and Verona review

Manson Guitar Works' most affordable UK-built guitars arrive as two well-spec'd, streamlined models – but how do these single-pickup instruments stack up?

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Police probe after seven giant tortoises found dead in Devon forest

Police are trying to work out who owned the tortoises, and how they died

Evening Standard

South West Water ‘not honest’ about drought preparations, watchdog claims

Devon and Cornwall had months of hosepipe bans as parts of country almost ran out of water in 2022

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Bats ‘leapfrog’ back to roost to stay safe from predators, study finds

Researchers able to model movements of greater horseshoe bats in Devon to help conserve foraging grounds

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Ticket to ride: why 2024 could be your year of travelling sustainably

From cutting your carbon footprint to watching the world go by, here are just some of the reasons to fall in love with rail this year – from those in the know

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‘Act out of love not anger’: green trailblazer calls for unity in movement

Satish Kumar, founder of ecological college in Devon, says a brighter future requires compassion and long-term thinking

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Friends of Ukrainian girl who fell from Devon sea wall blame rail chiefs for safety failure

Albina Yevko, 14, fled Ukraine for Dawlish and died after falling from barrier maintained by Network Rail

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‘It doesn’t get easier’: Thomas Orchard’s family on their search for truth

After 11-year wait for inquest into his death in custody, relatives say Devon and Cornwall police still need to admit mistakes

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‘Horrified’: Devon village in shock at felling of 100 ancient beech trees

Outrage in Colaton Raleigh after trees felled by government agency without consulting community

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Felling of Torquay’s famous palm trees ‘pure vandalism’, say residents

Council cutting down dozens of trees on seafront of ‘English riviera’ town in Devon provokes public outcry

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Minnows into seadogs: inside England’s new fishing apprenticeship

A recruiting crisis in the fishing industry has inspired a pioneering new initiative in south Devon

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Surfing was my life – then Britain’s filthy water left me with an incurable illness

The disease left me debilitated and jobless. What will it take for the water companies to clean up their act, asks surfer Reuben Santer

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Country diary: Thatching in the rain is unpleasant, but not impossible

Poundsgate, Dartmoor, Devon: At one point, bundles I have spent hours preparing in the barn are lifted off the roof and scattered across the garden 30ft below

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Gang leaders jailed for smuggling almost £1.5m of drugs in Cornwall and Devon

Members mostly from Merseyside often posed as holidaymakers to transport heroin and cocaine

The Independent UK

Best new hotels that opened in the UK this autumn

Cosy up in style on a cut-above staycation with a night at these wow-worthy new arrivals, as picked by hotel expert Ianthe Butt

The Independent UK

Law enforcement on class B and C drugs ‘pathetically weak for years’, says PCC

Alison Hernandez, Conservative PCC for Devon and Cornwall, said too much focus is placed on deaths from class A drugs such as heroin.

The Independent UK

Earl of Devon files for divorce from Baywatch star AJ Langer after 18-year marriage

Charles Peregrine Courtenay met AJ Langer at a Las Vegas casino in 2002 before marrying at Powderham Castle three years later

The Independent UK

Woman dies after being rescued from car that plunged into Devon river

Woman rescued from car but later pronouced dead

The Guardian - UK

Turn the stone to keep the devil away: Bonfire Night in a Devon village

In Shebbear, bellringers, a speech by the vicar and a hog roast combine in a fokloric ritual aimed at averting disaster

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