South West news

• Former Olympian arranged teen sex, trial told

  18-09-2024 18:44 via bbc.com
  
  Antony James denies 20 charges relating to sexual offences including rape and sexual assault.
  
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• Orange elephant returning to A38 after 'spruce up'

  09-11-2024 13:11 via bbc.com
  
  Its co-owners spruce up the statue after receiving comments from customers.
  
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• Charity Christmas tree festival has new venues

  09-11-2024 13:09 via bbc.com
  
  Plymouth's Festival of Trees will take place away from the Theatre Royal for the first time
  
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• Footpath closed after latest 'huge' cliff fall

  09-11-2024 12:11 via bbc.com
  
  Beer Coastguard Rescue Team says "more cliff falls will happen soon".
  
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• Rare pink pigeon successfully reared at zoo

  09-11-2024 08:21 via bbc.com
  
  The population of the species was believed to be as low as nine in 1991.
  
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• Health officials issue advice for parents

  09-11-2024 08:21 via bbc.com
  
  UKHSA says simple steps to reduce the spread of illness will ensure families face less disruption.
  
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• M5 repairs lead to road closures and contraflows

  09-11-2024 08:20 via bbc.com
  
  National Highways says maintenance to the concrete base of the road will be carried out.
  
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• Plymouth fined £45,000 for pitch invasion

  08-11-2024 22:02 via bbc.com
  
  Championship club Plymouth Argyle are fined £45,000 for a pitch invasion at the end of last season.
  
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• Man known as 'best smuggler' jailed for 17 years

  08-11-2024 18:10 via bbc.com
  
  Amanj Hasan Zada is jailed for running "a sophisticated enterprise" organising small boat crossings.
  
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• Sara Sharif's stepmum would not call 999, father tells jury

  08-11-2024 18:02 via bbc.com
  
  Beinash Batool searched on Google the difference between murder and manslaughter, a court hears.
  
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• Man admits murdering girlfriend he set on fire

  08-11-2024 17:35 via bbc.com
  
  Leigh Pateman admits murdering Ellen Marshall who died two years after he attacked her in her home.
  
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• Arena attack conspiracist ordered to pay £45k

  08-11-2024 16:54 via bbc.com
  
  Richard Hall claimed the Manchester Arena attack, which killed 22 people, was fake.
  
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• Jail for death crash driver on wrong side of road

  08-11-2024 16:51 via bbc.com
  
  Mateusz Sikorski was driving on the wrong side of the road when he collided with Christopher Boyle.
  
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• Call for fireworks restrictions after dog's death

  08-11-2024 16:32 via bbc.com
  
  Lily, a Yorkshire terrier cross, died from stress after a firework went off, her owner says.
  
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• Interim boss Carr says Robins sacking was 'shock'

  08-11-2024 16:05 via bbc.com
  
  Coventry City interim boss Rhys Carr says being asked to take charge following the sacking of Mark Robins came as an "absolute shock".
  
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• Thousands of poppies make up 'river of tears'

  08-11-2024 15:54 via bbc.com
  
  The village centrepiece is the culmination of volunteers making poppies for much of the year.
  
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• Murder arrest after fatal stabbing in Plymouth

  08-11-2024 15:46 via bbc.com
  
  A murder investigation is underway after Shane Jamie Sweet, 36, died in Plymouth.
  
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• Police watchdog probe after woman dies in custody

  08-11-2024 15:45 via bbc.com
  
  The 34-year-old was remanded to appear at court when she was found unresponsive in a cell.
  
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• BBC team completes Children in Need swim

  08-11-2024 15:36 via bbc.com
  
  Each BBC local radio station is contributing to reach 1,000 miles for the children's charity
  
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• EFL preview: Lions roar and a show of Steel

  08-11-2024 15:30 via bbc.com
  
  Surprise package Millwall are aiming to close gap on the Championship leaders, while the Steel City derby headlines the programme across the EFL.
  
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• Fire crews tackling blaze at waste recycling site

  08-11-2024 15:09 via bbc.com
  
  Labour MP Alistair Strathern is calling for a "national conversation" on lithium battery fires.
  
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• Sisters to make 'heartbreaking' trip to Spain after parents' flood death

  08-11-2024 14:50 via bbc.com
  
  Ruth O'Loughlin and Renee Turner say they hope to find out more about their parents' deaths.
  
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• Baby hospice saved as appeal raises £6m in a month

  08-11-2024 14:20 via bbc.com
  
  The children's hospice provider needed to raise £6.4m within a month to secure its survival.
  
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• Bodies of two people found after house fire

  08-11-2024 14:00 via bbc.com
  
  Crews managed to get inside the building after putting the fire out but found two bodies inside.
  
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• Nurse suspended after patient claimed she became pregnant wins case

  08-11-2024 13:54 via bbc.com
  
  Jessica Thorpe, who won an employment tribunal, says the past four years had been "a torture".
  
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• Why a pub changed its name to help save swans

  08-11-2024 13:52 via bbc.com
  
  Actor and comedian Johnny Vegas has also backed the campaign and wants others to support it.
  
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• Government drops £50 water bill contributions

  08-11-2024 13:48 via bbc.com
  
  The government says it is one of the difficult decisions it is taking to address a £22bn black hole.
  
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• 'Predatory' fake paramedic guilty of Tinder date rapes

  08-11-2024 12:55 via bbc.com
  
  Call handler Jamie Kadolski, 24, put stickers over his work ID card to hide his real role.
  
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• More complaints made against indecent assault GP

  08-11-2024 12:29 via bbc.com
  
  Stephen Cox is serving a 22-year sentence for the assaults on seven women in the 1980s and 1990s.
  
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• Wotton hails new-look Torquay after strong start

  08-11-2024 12:19 via bbc.com
  
  Paul Wotton says he "couldn't be happier" with how his Torquay United side have started the season.
  
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