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Nuclear dump bid for Cornwall

Nuclear dump bid for Cornwall

Thursday, January 08, 2009

SENIOR county councillors have made a controversial bid for Cornwall to store Britain's nuclear waste, writes WMN chief report Andy Greenwood.

The Government is currently seeking "expressions of interest" from areas that might want to host an underground...

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Heroics of wireless operator remembered

Clockwise from top: The White Star liner RMS Republic was rammed on January 23, 1909. Jack Binns – pictured in the 1930s with wife Alice on a cruise and as a young wireless operator – coordinated the world's first wireless rescue at sea. Jack's wireless room, which was would receive a hole in the collision, through which he could see the SS Florida through the gap in the wall

Thursday, January 08, 2009

A CENTURY after the first ever rescue at sea using a radio, enthusiasts from the Marconi Wireless Station in Cornwall are to celebrate the...

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Morris dancing under threat

Morris dancers perform in Totnes Square, Devon

Thursday, January 08, 2009

MORRIS dancing may have been condemned to extinction recently, but it is still thriving in the Westcountry. The Morris Ring, an association of...

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TA soldier's body flown home

TA soldier's body flown home from Afghanistan

Thursday, January 08, 2009

THE body of a Plymouth Territorial Army soldier killed in an explosion in Afghanistan on New Year's Day has been returned to British soil. Serj...

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Seven admit sex trade charges

From left: Yu Ming Lee, Grace Lim and Mee Wong all admitted charges relating to the trafficking of a Thai woman into this country, who was then forced to work as a prostitute to pay off a debt

Thursday, January 08, 2009

SEVEN Chinese and Thai people have admitted sex trade charges after a woman was trafficked from Thailand to a brothel in the Westcountry....



Councils get tough over unpaid taxes

COUNCILS GET TOUGH ON TAX

Thursday, January 08, 2009

MORE than 36,000 households in Devon received a court summons or were visited by bailiffs last year after failing to pay their council tax...

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Bail hostels to be built in secrecy

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Thursday, January 08, 2009

RESIDENTS and councillors will not be told about plans to build bail hostels in their neighbourhoods, according to a leaked memo. Communities...

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Police apology over body mix-up

Police sorry for body mix-up

Thursday, January 08, 2009

POLICE have issued a public apology two years after a body mix-up resulted in a family cremating the wrong woman. The case of the tragic...



Medical experts warn of radon risk

Medical experts warn of higher radon risk

Thursday, January 08, 2009

POLICIES to tackle a cancer-inducing radioactive gas that seeps into homes across the region "neglect" many at-risk properties, medical experts...

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Town lures shoppers with loyalty card

Town lures shoppers with loyalty card offer

Thursday, January 08, 2009

A LOYALTY card is being launched in a Cornish town in a bid to encourage shoppers to spend and stop their community from becoming a ghost town....

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North Devon District Hospital operation

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Xmas Xchange

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Credit Crunch

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North Devon Biosphere Reserve

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