Naked feller chases thieves

A naked man from Cornwall chased thieves after his chainsaws were stolen.

Paul Menheniot, from St Mabyn, feared for his livelihood after he heard men breaking into his truck on Tuesday morning.

But the thieves escaped along with his two machines.

Mr Menheniot, who is a tree feller, has since been offered a new chainsaw by someone who heard about his plight.

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Police investigate holiday assault

Police in Cornwall are investigating an allegation of serious sexual assault on a woman by four men.

A woman has reported the assault on her took place near holiday apartments at Perranporth over the Easter weekend.

Detectives have been told that the men were all wearing woolly hats.

They are appealing for information from anyone who may have seen anything suspicious at the Sandy Bay apartments.

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Free holiday for US terror heroes

American firefighters who helped deal with the terrorist attacks in New York last September are being given a free holiday in the west of England.

Staff at Bristol International Airport have raised £15,000 to provide the break for 13 firefighters and three police officers.

Firefighters at the airport will also present the group with a cheque for £46,000 for the families of emergency staff who were killed.

Organisers have also planned a welcome dinner and a golf challenge match.

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Peace hope as brothers move out

People on a Weston-super-Mare housing estate are hoping tensions in the neighbourhood will ease now two teenage brothers have moved out.

Ben White, 17, and his brother Robert, 15, were banned from the Bourneville Estate and other parts of the town when their Anti-social Behaviour Orders were extended.

North Somerset Council has now evicted their family from its home on the estate.

After a court hearing last month, the council said the boys had each been linked to nearly 100 offences of harassment, joyriding, intimidation and shoplifting.

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Devon man starts mule trek

A man from Ivybridge, in south Devon, has begun a four-month trek through France and Spain with a mule.

David Snelling has spent five years planning Operation Henry to raise money for charity.

But he had to cancel it twice, the first time two years ago he had a stroke.

Last year he had to abandon the trip because of foot-and-mouth disease.