Mrs Dowle, 54, of Beacon Heath, Exeter, had to go to the city's accident and emergency unit for treatment after the needle pierced her skin, making her finger bleed.
She has now been given a three-month...
A jury will today return to Exeter Crown Court for the trial of two men accused of being involved in a machete gang attack. The prosecu...
A JURY will today return to Exeter Crown Court for the trial of two men accused of being involved in a machete gang attack. The prosecution alleges John Preston drafted in his friend Alfred...
A BUS driver has been acquitted of sexually touching a woman without her consent at a city hotel, following a trial at Exeter Crown Court. The jury unanimously acquitted 36-year-old Kelvin...
MUM Janet Dowle is facing an agonising wait for the all-clear after she pricked her finger on a syringe left in public toilets. Mrs...
CLEANSING chiefs in Exeter are asking residents to make sure family and friends staying during the summer know how the city's recycling system works. The warning comes as one elderly...
UNISON, the UK's largest public sector union, has written to MPs calling on them to lobby the Local Government Association (LGA) in a bid to bring the ongoing dispute with local government...
A MAN was airlifted to hospital with serious back injuries after he was cut free from a crashed car. Emergency services were called to the A379 near Kenton at about 12.15pm yesterday...
Devon was the wettest place in the UK last month, the Met Office has revealed. The county was inundated with almost three times its...
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Webber's No. 3, England international Lee Haywood, believes that they are more than capable of winning.
"Worthing is a very special place to play and...
DEVON'S Amy Rose team were disappointed they could not give Morchard Bishop's Nikki Payne a winning send-off. The under-31 team were reigning inter-county champions but suffered a shock...
RUTH Rogers and Natalie Melmore recovered their poise to clinch a place in the quarter-finals of the Bowls England women's national pairs championship at Royal Leamington Spa yesterday. The...
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July 30, 2008
Phew! That's 2.5lb off the gain of 3lb I made over my holiday, so I am on course for a good weight loss before the end of August.
Yoghurt and fruit for breakfast. Salmon and salad followed by fresh cherries for lunch and tried out a new WeightWatchers macaroni cheese for...
THE gentle art of haggling has been practiced for thousands of years in countries around the world but the Brits just don't get it....
A GROUP of Devon artists and craftspeople will be celebrating their first anniversary with an exhibition of work next month. The exhibition by Artistic Edge, at Strawberry Hill, Dunsford,...
HERE'S one for those of you who sit in front of the TV watching fascinating psychological dramas such as Big Brother and the X Factor....
DEVON plays host to a festival with a difference this autumn. Revolution 08 is the first ever youth volunteering and conservation festi...
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