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North Devon to get £2.7 million new lifeboat

An example of a Tamar class lifeboat. Picture: RNLI

Friday, May 01, 2009

A new £2.7 million lifeboat is coming to North Devon, the RNLI has announced.

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Tractor breakdown delays commuters

Tractor breakdown delays commuters

Friday, May 01, 2009

Commuters on the A39 Atlantic Highway experienced long tailbacks when a tractor broke down.

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Apprentice carpenter on the mend after being hit by car

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Thursday, April 30, 2009

A Bideford teenager, who was hit by a car in Instow, is due to be released from hospital this week.

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Barnstaple crack house eviction

Pulchrass Street, Barnstaple

Thursday, April 30, 2009

Hard drug users have been evicted from a house in Barnstaple after police obtained a "crack house closure" order.

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Tributes to court usher who died in fire

FATAL FIRE: Former court usher John Blanche died in a fire in this bungalow at Lydicleave, Bickington. Picture: Mike Southon 0904-184_08

Thursday, April 30, 2009

Tributes have been paid to the retired court usher who died in a fire at his Bickington bungalow.

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The full story behind the conviction of drug smuggler Alan Austin

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Thursday, April 30, 2009

A North Devon man has been convicted for his part in a major international cocaine smuggling operation

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Exmoor blaze destroyed 1,500 acres

Thursday, April 30, 2009

AN EXMOOR farmer is counting the cost of a suspected arson attack which caused one of the largest moorland fires in recent history. At its height...

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Two walk unhurt from plane crash

ACCIDENT: The BAC 167 Strikemaster which came down between Witheridge and Nomansland on Sunday. Picture: Mike Southon 0904-182_01

Thursday, April 30, 2009

A pilot and passenger made a miraculous escape after the plane they were flying was forced to crash land in a field near Witheridge last...

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Barnstaple and Rio - a comparison.

Thursday, April 30, 2009

Alan Austin chose to divide his time almost equally between Barnstaple and Rio de Janeiro. How do the two places compare?

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Austin's home in a sleepy cul-de-sac

DRUGS: The Corsa which was used by Alan Austin's drug gang to smuggle cocaine. Inset is the cocaine haul found in the Corsa being driven by Louise Brindle. . Pictures from Dorset Police.

Thursday, April 30, 2009

Convicted cocaine smuggler Alan Austin divided his time in recent years between his bungalow in Beechwood Close in Barnstaple and his beachside...

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Ask the Super

Supt Stuart Lander

The most powerful policeman in North Devon and Torridge talks to Journal - and offers to answer your questions.

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Todd Carty in Barnstaple

On the beat with PC Anna

PC Anna Fielding

Barnstaple community editor Adam Wilshaw spent an evening in Frankmarsh and Gorwell, on the beat with PC Anna Fielding.

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Hospital operation

North Devon District Hospital operation

Watch orthopaedic consultant Nicholas Treble perform a knee replacement operation at North Devon District Hospital

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