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Bristol Rovers' trip to Plymouth Argyle to be rearranged after Pilgrims book Wembley final

Bristol Rovers were due to take on Plymouth Argyle at Home Park on April 1 but the fixture needs to be rearranged after the Devon club booked their place in the EFL Trophy final

Bristol Post

Plymouth shooter’s sister and brother criticise failure to toughen gun laws

Government under pressure to reform licensing system, with one MP describing it as ‘a thicket’

The Guardian - UK

Boy, 12, and his gran rushed to hospital after savage dog attack at holiday park

Cheryl May and her grandson Zac were at St Ives Holiday Park when they were attacked by what they described as a British bull terrier. Devon and Cornwall Police are now investigating

Daily Mirror

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Plymouth victims’ families demand law change after claim ‘catastrophic failures’ handed gunman Jake Davison licence to kill’

They spoke out after an inquest jury found there was a ‘seriously unsafe culture’ in Devon and Cornwall Police’s firearms licensing unit

Evening Standard

Calls for radical reform of gun laws after Plymouth shooting

‘Catastrophic’ failings that allowed gunman to kill five people increase pressure to overhaul 1968 legislation

The Guardian - UK

‘Catastrophic failings’ at gun licence unit, but no officers or staff lose jobs

The Independent Office for Police Conduct said that one member of Devon and Cornwall police staff received a written warning.

The Independent UK

Harland and Wolff to make frame at Devon yard as part of new deals

The shipbuilder has said it has secured six contracts for work across all its sites worth more than £10m

Birmingham Post

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Devon shipbuilder nets £6m for UK’s first electric workboat trial

Coastal Workboats is planning to stage the demonstration in the Shetland Islands, while it is also set to move into a new factory and head office in Honiton

Birmingham Post

Plymouth shooting: police force says sorry for issuing licence to gunman

Jake Davison should never have been allowed to have shotgun, Devon and Cornwall police tell inquest

The Guardian - UK

Devon community woodland project aims to create ‘lasting legacy’

Woods at Wembury will expand by 84 hectares with additional 90,000 trees along with hedgerows and banks full of wildlife

The Guardian - UK

New Beyond Paradise location 'just like the Caribbean - if it wasn't so cold'

Ahead of spin-off series of Death in Paradise, which starts next week, fans will catch up with DI Goodman and Martha on British soil as they begin a new adventure in Devon

Daily Mirror

Petrol station 'frozen in time' where the owner still fills the car for you

Blue Post, four miles west of Totnes, is a hidden Devon gem with an owner who resolutely refuses to bow down to the supermarkets

Wales Online

Back to the future? Devon diner hopes to revive spirit of Little Chef

First of new chain called Brightside gives nostalgic nod to 20th-century glory days of car travel

The Guardian - UK

‘Anything that puts the focus back on Torquay’: residents on the return of Fawlty Towers

Announcement that John Cleese will reboot the 1970s sitcom is met with a mix of excitement and concern in the Devon resort

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Birmingham Post

Devon transport firm bought out of administration, securing 144 jobs

Insolvency practitioner SFP said record inflation had placed ‘enormous pressure’ on Exeter-based STR Logistics

The Independent UK

Killer gunman Jake Davison should not have had shotgun licence, inquest told

Davison killed five people in a shooting spree in Keyham, Plymouth, in August 2021.

Wales Online

Two Welsh hotels named among the UK's top 10 new places to stay - and one hasn't even opened yet

A beach hotel in Carmarthenshire and a guest house on Anglesey were declared amongst some of the best new stays alongside the likes of hotels in Devon, Isle of Skye and London

The Guardian - UK

Parachute nightdress among recycled items on display at Devon fashion exhibition

National Trust aims to inspire visitors to reapply centuries-old skills to make their clothes more sustainable

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Daily Mirror

'Britain's shortest house' standing at just two metres tall on sale for £70,000

Ye Olde Toll House is thought to be the UK's shortest home and is former toll house based in the village of Newton Poppleford near Sidmouth, Devon. It is up for auction with bids currently at £70,000

Wales Online

The latest on the ferry proposal to link Swansea to the south-west of England

Swansea Council and North Devon Council sound enthusiastic

Liverpool Echo

Boy in care trafficked hundreds of miles away from his home to deal drugs

Teenager told care home staff he was going fishing in Wales before dealer put him on train to Devon

Daily Mirror

Police recreate Hot Fuzz by 'arresting' swan and taking it away in back of car'

Police say the bird was pulled from a nearby harbour in Plymouth, Devon, by a drunken man before being involved in a collision when he was waddling on a busy road

Daily Mirror

Abandoned 'Chernobyl-on-Sea' in UK that's still a derelict eyesore after 12 years

The old gasworks in Hollicombe is a stone's throw away from some of Devon's best beaches but it has been left to decay despite the area being cleared of toxic chemicals

Daily Mirror

Couple mistook for mum and son get engaged after 6 months -despite 29-year age gap

Luke Ellis and Steff White, of Devon, have fallen head over heels for each other and are now set to marry - despite what people think

The Independent UK

Tale of two tribes in Dartmoor wild camping row

A bitter dispute between a millionaire hedge fund boss and the campers he has banned from pitching on the land he owns is reaching boiling point, Matt Mathers reports

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