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Devon father one step closer to completing world-first swim to raise awareness of son’s brain condition

A father from North Devon is set to complete the final six lakes in his bid to become the first person to swim Switzerland’s ten largest lakes after his young son was diagnosed with a rare brain-attacking condition PANDAS, that caused sudden onset aggression, OCD and tics overnight.

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Clare's Law goes national in 2014

The government has announced plans to give police powers to disclose certain details of people’s criminal pasts to forces across England and Wales next year.

The Home Office led scheme gives people the ‘right to ask’ police if their partner has ever had convictions for domestic abuse and allow police to disclose details of a criminal in certain circumstances.

All requests must...

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Report into RBS passed to watchdogs

Business secretary Vince Cable has passed a report that claims RBS has put some “good and viable” businesses into default financial regulators.

Government advisor, Lawrence Tomlinson has released a report today which focuses on the way that RBS has been operating its Global Restructuring group (GRG).

The GRG is the ‘turnaround’ division of RBS which takes loans viewed as risky...

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Government announces cap on payday lending

The Government has announced that it plans to introduce a new law capping the interest charges of payday loans.

The cap which has yet to be set will be decided by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the new industry regulator.

The announcement marks a turnaround in policy as the government and the FCA have previously said that a cap was unnecessary.

The cap has been...

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RSPCA campaign for slaughter labels

The RSPCA has launched a new campaign to change the law on how labels on meat show how an animal was killed

The campaign began in response to a proposal in the European Parliament which on labelling that will indicate if an animal was stunned before death.

The society is calling for its supporters to contact MEPs to add their signature of support for the proposal. The RSPCA...

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Over 300 fake Wikipedia accounts traced to single company

Wikipedia the community generated online encyclopaedia has named and shamed a Texas PR agency that created over 300 fake accounts used to edit entries on the site.

The Wikimedia foundation a not-for profit organisation responsible of the site has served the PR company with a ‘cease and desist’ letter to stop manipulating articles and discussions.

The PR Company ‘Wiki-PR’ was...

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Crown Prosecution Service considers charges on Thomas Orchard case

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is considering a charges including corporate manslaughter against Devon and Cornwall Police over the death of Thomas Orchard.

Mr Orchard died after being held in police custody on 3 October 2012 where an emergency restraint belt was stapped across his mouth as a ‘...

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Family tribute for Geraint Hughes from Feock

The family of Geraint Hughes, found stabbed at a property in the Feock area, near Truro, last week have released the following tribute.

“We are devastated by the tragic loss of our devoted and caring father. He was always there for us and we cannot believe he is gone. The last time we were all together was at the wedding just six weeks ago. We will always cherish the happiness we...

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Farmers plead guilty of causing suffering to animals

Two Somerset men have pleaded guilty on four charges of causing unnecessary suffering to two sheep and two cows.

Derek Oatley, 71, and his 68-year-old brother Terrance Oatley, of Moor Lane Farm, Draycott near Cheddar, appeared at Yeovil Magistrates Court following an investigation led by Devon and Somerset Trading Standards.

Their investigations were in response to complaints...

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Missing man from Newbury with Devon links

Thames Valley Police is continuing to appeal for information regarding the whereabouts of a missing person with links to Devon

Jonathan Hayward, aged 50, was reported missing on Saturday (16/11) from a property in Monks Lane, Newbury.

Mr Hayward is white, 5ft 7ins, of stocky build, with light brown hair and has a brown and grey beard. At the time of going missing, he was...

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John Lewis calls for applicants to graduate scheme

Retailer John Lewis is urging final year students and graduates not to miss the deadline for its 2014 graduate scheme. The scheme closes to applications on 1 December 2013.

The graduate scheme offers jobs in one of five specialities; Retail Management, Buying, Merchandising, Corporate Finance and a brand new Technology Scheme.

The graduate programmes will set graduates on a...

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