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A scuba diving Easter Bunny was the star of the show at Living Coasts last weekend.

The Easter Bunny swam with the penguins at Torquay’s coastal zoo in front of packed crowds.

Visitors played games of pebble bingo and noughts-and-crosses with the aquatic rabbit.

Living Coasts’ Clare Rugg explained: “We wanted to do something new and different for visitors. The English Riviera is a great place for diving, and people can book a dive experience with the Living Coasts penguins, so we decided to invite the Easter Bunny to dip his paw in the water!”

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Two appliances from Okehampton and Hatherleigh were called to a tractor fire which occured yesterday ( Saturday 19th April ) afternoon.

Crews were called to the incident, in Loveland, Northlew, Okehampton, by a farmer reporting that his tractor was on fire.

On firefighters confirmed that the tractor, towing a spinner full of fertiliser, was well alight but the spinner was not involved/affected.

The incident, which took place at 4.40 pm, resulted in two breathing apparatus and two hose reel jets being used to extinguish the fire, which started accidentally.

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Those living in the South West trust Google more than their partners, family, friends and even social media, new research has shown.

Sixty per cent of people in Bristol, Devon and Cornwall admit they would rather ask the search engine for the answer to a question than their partner. Londoners and those from the North West trust Google the most.

The research by search engine marketing agency, Search Laboratory, showed that people living in the South West are much more likely to trust the search engine rather than a loved one to give them the correct answer to a problem....

Police, the fire service and ambulance crews were called to an area near Colyton on Friday, 18th April after reports of a light aircraft crash. A microlight, with two people on board, had crash landed near the village just after 10am. Sadly a man, aged in his fifites from Wiltshire, died at the scene. A nine year-old boy, also from Wiltshire, was taken to the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital with serious injuries. The collision is being investigated by the Air Accident Investigation Branch, not the police. The Coroner has been informed....