Man tours Lightning McQueen car for Children in Need
Luke Russell/Dead Sharp Media Luke Russell is one of those raising money for Children in Need A man is touring with a fibreglass model of Lightning McQueen from the Disney Pixar film Cars to raise money for Children in Need….
Serious crash closes Devon A30 for several hours
PA National Highways said the road reopened at about 02:00 on Saturday A serious crash closed part of the A30 in Devon for several hours. National Highways said a van had flipped on to its roof on the road between…
Blue Islands ceases trading and cancels all flights
BBC The Channel Islands-based company employed about 100 staff Airline Blue Islands has suspended trading, with all future flights cancelled, the company has confirmed. In a statement, the airline said passengers should not travel to airports unless they have made…
Walkers protest over riverbank access
Alex Green,South West and John Ayres,in Galmpton BBC “Mass trespasses” are taking place on riverbanks across the country this month Campaigners have taken to the banks of the River Dart as part of a “mass trespass” over the right to…
‘Daredevil decorators’ protecting Tamar Bridge from corrosion
Watch: How the Tamar Bridge gets painted “You’re kind of just swinging there, like a conker in the wind.” That is how “daredevil decorator” Tom Harold described what it is like to be suspended in the air – sometimes at…
Navy removes live grenade and WW2 shell in Cornwall and Devon
A team of Royal Navy divers from HMNB Devonport disposed of a live grenade and a World War Two shell in two separate call-outs. The team first responded to a grenade found at the Cornwall Energy Centre in St Austell,…