Devon

Page last updated at 21:44 GMT, Tuesday, 5 January 2010

Snow in Plymouth
Drivers are being warned of dangerous conditions on roads across Devon and Cornwall with more snow forecast.

Livestock and rare birds are being affected by food and water shortages in cold weather, animal groups and farmers warn.

No-one is to face charges following the death in hospital of a woman whose feeding tube was inserted into her lung.

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People are asked to watch birds during the freeze

Hospital cleaners strike over pay
Nearly 200 staff including cleaners, porters and cooks at North Devon District Hospital walk out in a pay dispute.

Muse win record cover prize
The sleeve for the latest album by Devon rockers Muse is named the best record cover of 2009 in an online poll.

Company wins SWW contract
A construction company based in Norfolk wins a £50m contract to look after water networks in the south west of England.

Wards closed in virus infection
Eight wards at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital are closed to visitors because of an attack of the winter vomiting bug.

Couple in lorry crash are named
A couple who died when their car was in a collision with a lorry on a main road in north Devon are named by police.

No IPCC inquiry into Tors death
There will be no independent investigation into the police's handling of the death of a teenager on a school trip.

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