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Detectives have launched a murder enquiry following the suspicious death of 17-year-old in Kingsbridge in the early hours of this morning.

Police and ambulance crews were called to Prince of Wales Road at 2.20am on Sunday 6 July following reports that the teenager had been injured during an altercation involving people at the taxi rank.

On arrival they found the boy, from the Kingsbridge area, had sustained serious injuries.

Members of the public went to the aid of the boy and commenced CPR before paramedics arrived. He was taken to Derriford Hospital where he was...

A five-day old spectacled eider duckling exchanges a glance with zoo keeper Sarah Tingvoll at Living Coasts in Torquay.

Spectacled eiders are rarely seen in zoos - Torquay’s coastal zoo and aquarium is one of only five public collections in Europe to house them. Only one other zoo in Europe has bred them in the last twelve months. But clearly these ducks have taken to the English Riviera.

Living Coasts’ Clare Rugg explained: “They are hard to keep because they have very particular needs, including a large salt water pool for swimming and displaying and thick vegetation in...

The weather is heating up and as we don our straw hats and paste on the sun cream, our garden friends may need a little helping hand to survive the sizzle.

Hot weather can place wildlife under stress. The yellow stems of dry grasses provide fewer calories to grazing animals. The heads of wildflowers go over the top more rapidly denying nectar-seeking insects a food source. Worms bury themselves deep in the soil, beyond the reach of birds. Oxygen levels in rivers and streams drop as their levels fall. These and many other side-effects of the sizzling weather can have a harmful...

Members of the public took to Facebook last night to warn others about a female they believe has commited fraud.

They stated, via the social networking site, that a fundraising page was made by the female in remembrance of Nicole Hartup.

12 year old Nicole Hartup sadly passed away in May after falling from a wall at a Wonford Youth Club.

However, instead of using the funds for good causes, Facebook users claim the female has kept the money.

Users vented their anger online, with one writing:

"I think it is absolutely DISGUSTING that xxx xxx has stole(...