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Kids embark on magical journey

At the golden age of 81, former Exeter News and Photographic Service reporter Fay Knowles (nee Johanson) has announced the launch of her first children’s book - “Island Surprise: A Bahamian Adventure”!

Action packed and heart-warming, Fay says children will love and learn from this fun adventure story of family togetherness, simplicity and resilience!

“Island Surprise: A Bahamian Adventure”, a fully illustrated chapter book, tells of two young Bahamian boys, who are thrilled when their parents decide to take them to remote Coco Plum Island, to surprise their grandparents...

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Operation Easter - Police target anyone stealing birds' eggs

Easter is on the doorstep, birds are nesting, some have already laid eggs, and the national campaign to protect them is now underway. A new element to this year’s operation will target those who take the eggs or chicks of birds of prey, to sell to illegal falconries.

Collecting wild birds’ eggs is illegal and no longer just a schoolboy hobby. The police say it remains the pastime of a minority of individuals, who take whole clutches of birds’ eggs from some of Scotland’s rarest birds. The eggs are then stored in secret collections. Operation Easter will, for the first time, be run...

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Call for witnesses after a fatal road traffic collision on the A38

Update: The Police have renewed their appeal for any witnesses to this collision to come forward.

The dark-coloured Volvo left the Plymouth-bound carriageway between the Ivybridge offslip and Lee Mill.

Officers would like anyone who may be able to comment on the manner of driving of this car prior to the collision to contact them on 101, quoting log number 0631 of 220313.

Previously reported: Devon and Cornwall Police are appealing for witnesses following a fatal road traffic collision on the A38 at Westlake near Ivybridge. The collision happened in poor weather at...

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Superfast model brain to predict flooding during heavy rain

Heavy rain has once again resulted in widespread flooding across the country. With climate change likely to cause further severe weather events in the coming years, methods of quickly predicting flooding will become increasingly important.

A team of engineers and scientists from the University of Exeter has developed a model, 1,000 times faster than existing flood prediction systems, which can rapidly predict when and where flooding will occur. The model uses artificial intelligence to ‘learn’, in the same way that biological neural networks in the human brain process data....

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Lady killed in a landslip incident in Looe is named

Police have confirmed the identity of the person killed in a landslip incident in Looe, Cornwall on Friday morning was Susan Margaret Norman, a 68-year-old local female. The incident happened when a building, comprising mostly of flats, collapsed following a landslip at the rear of the property.

Her Majesty’s Coroner has been informed of the incident. The investigation into Susan’s death is being managed jointly between Devon and Cornwall Police and the Health and Safety Executive.

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IoD South West applauds Budget

Reacting to George Osborne’s Budget, Richard Ayre, chairman of the Institute of Directors in the South West, said: “We applaud the Budget; it offers the South West still more positivity coming as it does so quickly after the Hinckley Point planning approval announcement.

“As a national policy, deficit reduction is a necessity, George Osborne has stuck to his guns and it’s just what we wanted to see.

“Businesses will be glad that the downward pressure on Corporation Tax will continue. Britain must become the most competitive place to do business, and this will undoubtedly...

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250,000 civil servants strike across UK on 2013 'Budget Day'

250,000 civil servants are on strike across the UK on Wednesday as part of nationwide action from the sector's union, PCS.

The strike relates to pay and pensions, with PCS members, who include customs, immigration, benefits and Jobcentre staff, wanting a 5% pay rise, or £1,200.

A union spokesman said categories of workers involved in the action included staff in jobcentres and benefits and tax offices; UK Border Agency and customs staff at borders; passport agency employees; admin and training staff in prisons; driving examiners, coastguards, and staff at the DVLA; staff at...

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Electoral Commission recommends significant changes before next Police and Crime Commissioner elections

Only one in five people (22%) had enough information on their Police and Crime Commissioner candidates to make an informed decision, a report published today by the Electoral Commission finds.

The independent elections watchdog recommends significant changes before the next PCC elections in 2016 and identifies wider lessons for the way elections and referendums are delivered.

Turnout

Turnout at last November's polls was 15.1% - the lowest recorded level of participation at a peacetime non-local government election in the UK.

The report found:

The...

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DWP drops Supreme Court appeal over disabled children ‘bedroom tax’

The Department for Work and Pensions has announced that the Secretary of State has decided to drop his pursuit of an appeal at the Supreme Court on a case he had lost at the Court of Appeal.

The case, represented by Child Poverty Action Group, was Richard Gorry v (1) Wiltshire Council (2) Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.

CPAG is the leading charity campaigning for the abolition of child poverty in the UK and for a better deal for low-income families and children.

It is the host organisation for the Campaign to End Child Poverty, which has over 150 member...

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“Our society is in denial of the inevitability of ageing," says Baroness Greengross

The House of Lords Committee on Public Service and Demographic Change today publishes its report ‘Ready for Ageing?’ which takes an unprecedented, comprehensive look at the implications of a rapidly ageing population for a wide range of public services.

In response to the report Baroness Greengross, Chief Executive of the International Longevity Centre UK ( ILC-UK ) said:

“Our society is in denial of the inevitability of ageing. We have put off the difficult decisions for far too long.

"The Public Service and Demographic Change Committee argues that there has been a...

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Appeal to help locate missing Launceston woman

Police in Launceston are appealing for information to help trace a missing woman.

Joy Grigg, aged 50, was reported missing from her home at Tregeare near Launceston since early this morning (Wednesday 13 March). Joy is described as being a white woman, approximately 5’ 2” in height, medium build with light brown hair. She is believed to be wearing a nightdress with possibly a light blue coat and black ankle boots. Police are becoming increasingly concerned for her welfare and the Cornwall Rescue Group is currently assisting in a search. If anyone sees Joy or anyone matching her...

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