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The final episode of a three-part BBC 2 TV drama-documentary series Armada: 12 years to save England - Endgame will feature a University of Exeter medical historian on Sunday 7 June at 9pm.

Dr Alun Withey will share his knowledge about the role of the barber surgeon on board ship and the sorts of things he had to treat in battle and the sorts of instruments he used.

Elizabeth I played by Anita Dobson shows the monarch as politically astute and presenter Dan Snow takes to the sea to tell the story of how England came within a whisker of disaster in summer 1588. He explores...

The fast actions of Exeter Golf and Country Club staff saved the life of one of their club members, when he suffered a major heart attack.

Mike Ritchie, 61, became unconscious whilst gripped by a severe heart attack as he sat in the jacuzzi at the club. A fellow member, Janice Voce, raised the alarm with 17 year old lifeguard Elliot Chandler, when she noticed Mr Ritchie slumped in the water. Elliot who has been a lifeguard for less than a year reacted immediately and with his fellow Lifeguard, Luke, pulled Mr Ritchie out of the water while pressing the alarm to summon other members...

A serious collision between an oil tanker and a car closed the A35 near Honiton for several hours today.

Two fire appliances from Honiton, one appliance from Colyton, the Heavy Rescue Vehicle from Middlemoor and the water carrier from Danes Castle were sent to a report of a road traffic collision involving a car and an oil tanker near Home Farm Hotel in Wilmington, near Honiton shortly after 11am.

On arrival crews confirmed that the collision involved a car and a road tanker and that one female person was trapped in the car.

The female was released by fire crews...

Police in Okehampton have arrested two men following the execution of a drugs warrant.

Following community intelligence and concerns officers executed a warrant obtained under the Misuse of Drugs Act at a property in Fore Street, Okehampton during the afternoon of Thursday 4 June.

Following a search of the premises approximately fifty bags of suspected herbal cannabis were seized.

Two men aged 23 and 22 years were arrested on suspicion of possession of a Class B controlled drug with the intent to supply.

Following interview both men were released on police...