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News that parliament will be given chance to debate the government’s TB eradication programme and the inclusion of badger controls has been welcomed by the NFU.

The debate, which has been triggered by a public e-petition asking for further discussions on the current government policy to eradicate bovine TB, will take place on Thursday 25th October 2012.

NFU President Peter Kendall said that the parliamentary debate offers a fresh opportunity for the science to be fully explained and for any...

Since April 2009 Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service have attended domestic fire incidents causing eight fatalities within the West Devon area. In fact, in the same time period there have been 694 domestic fires in Plymouth, causing not only injury to 50 people, but also immeasurable suffering and disruption to people’s family and personal life.

The biggest cause of these accidental fires is cooking related. For the period from April 2009 until March 2011, 54% of Plymouth’s domestic fires were cooking related. Of these only 8% were attributed to faulty cooking...

Thousands of home extensions, which were previously blocked because they were unsightly, out of character with a local area or invaded neighbours' privacy, may now go ahead unimpeded under plans to extend permitted development rights, the Local Government Association (LGA) warns.

The LGA is also concerned that extensions which would previously have been improved through the planning process in order to make them acceptable to neighbours and reduce their negative impact on local amenities will in future go ahead unaltered, resulting in inappropriate development and...

The search for missing 65-year-old Mary Unwin, has been called off in Cornwall, coastguards have confirmed, following the discovery of the remains of what they believe to be her yacht in Sennen Cove.

A police spokesperson confirmed that the wreckage is thought to be missing 65-year-old millionairess Ona Mary Unwin's boat, although there is no sign of a body on board the stricken vessel.

Mary left Mousehole to go to Bideford at 6.30pm on Saturday evening, but the alarm was raised on Sunday by relatives in Bideford when she failed to make contact.

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