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1258: Salisbury Cathedral was consecrated. 1842: Sir James Dewar, Scottish physician and chemist, and inventor of the vacuum flask, Born at Kincardine-on-Forth. 1917: The first RSPCA animal clinic was opened in Liverpool. 1931: Britain came off the gold standard to stop foreign speculation against the pound. 1944: Guy Gibson, British pilot and Victoria Cross winner for his "Dambusters" action against the Mohne and Eder dams, was killed when his aircraft crashed in Holland on its way back to b...

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Cathedrals

Shipping Movements

The shipping movements from Plymouth Sound for today include 7.45am HNLMS De Ruyter (Dutch Frigate), base to sea. 8.15am HMS Campbeltown (Type 22 Frigate), base to sea. 8.30am HMS Westminster (Type 23 Frigate), base to sea. 11.45am HMS Cornwall (Type 22 Frigate), on manoeuvres. 3.00pm HMS Raider, base to sea. 4.00pm HMS Talent (Submarine), on manoeuvres. 4.30pm HMS Westminster, sea to base.

Mushrooms May Blossom

A heavy shower. I wonder if there is an "official" length of time for a shower? This was real rain. Luckily I was near trees and Willow, a sensible dog if ever there was one, swiftened his gait and grinned as I caught him up. It was good to lean against a tree trunk to watch the landscape disappear as the curtain of water swept across the fields. I wonder if it will be a good autumn fungi year? Sometimes the appearance of fungi in autumn can be held back by an Indian Summer. Then some rain an...

Artistic Pupils Paint a Picture of School's Teaching Staff

Pupils have turned the tables on teachers at their Cornish prep school - by putting them under scrutiny. Children at Roselyon School in Par set about "capturing" their superiors on paper.

Pupils' Panel Plan to Cut Down On School Emissions

Bright sparks at a Westcountry eco-school are generating electricity from the sun, with a roof full of solar panels. Sir Robert Geffery's School in Landrake, Saltash, has been fitted with 48 panels over the school holidays.

Business Academic's History of Indian Firm Is Surprise Bestseller

An Exeter academic is topping the bestseller lists in India. Morgen Witzel, a senior fellow at Exeter Business School, recently entered the bestseller list for non-fiction for his book Tata, The Evolution of a Corporate Brand.

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Families' Pride at Posthumous Medals

The families of two soldiers killed in Afghanistan have spoken of their pride at being presented with special awards to recognise their loss. Serjeant Chris Reed, 25, and Rifleman Mark Marshall, 29, both served with Exeter-based TA regiment 6th Battalion The Rifles, and died in separate incidents in Helmand province.

Schools Face Long and Tricky Process to Become Academies ; Pam Tuckett Highlights the Benefits - and the Issues - of Academy Status for Schools

Recent days have seen headlines and politicians "jeering" at the small number of schools that have transferred to the new academy status from the start of the new school year. The first day back at school saw just three Westcountry schools (two in Devon and one in Cornwall) opening their doors as new academies. These front-runners are Broadclyst Primary School and Uffculme School in Devon, and St Buryan Primary School in Cor nwall.

Share of Power Gives the Lib Dem Conference Bite

It is not often a leader writer gets the opportunity to say, with any confidence, that the Liberal Democrat conference - which takes place this week - promises to be absolutely fascinating. But since the Lib Dems unexpectedly got their hands on the reins of power, as part of David Cameron's coalition government, the party's behaviour on the national stage has become much more interesting. The Lib Dems have always been important here in the South West, where they have tended to dominate local ...

Making a House a Home

Most people agree that before large swathes of countryside are given over to inappropriate housing development we should be looking hard at the housing that already exists and making sure as much as possible is used properly. Second homes are the obvious target and arguments about how communities with significant numbers of people seeking somewhere to live can reasonably sustain large numbers of holiday homes, occupied for just a couple of months a year, have raged for decades in our region.

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