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THREE teenagers who vandalised an ancient Westcountry church have been sentenced - to say sorry to the congregation.

VIOLENCE erupted in a Torquay pub as two men, armed with a spade and a baseball bat, launched a revenge attack over an injured dog, a court has heard.

IT SOUNDS like a sketch from the hit comedy TV show Only Fools and Horses. A seemingly unremarkable pair of identical 18th century Chinese pottery parrots go to auction after spending decades in a South Hams attic.

A 10-YEAR-OLD boy is being investigated by police after a fellow primary school pupil was injured in what officers suspect may have been a racially-motivated assault.

The Devon County Council has agreed a A 25 million investment up to 2012 as part of a new cycling strategy to make Devon a premier destination for cycling tourism.

THE dream of a Westcountry World Cup is edging ever closer to reality with Devon County Council pledging 50,000 towards the Plymouth bid.

THE activities of a Mid-Devon hunt have formed the basis of a complaint against the BBC by an animal rights group.

FIREFIGHTERS were this morning battling a major building blaze in Devon. Fire crews were alerted to the blaze in Batts Lane, Ottery St Mary, in the town shortly before 6.30am. Six crews of firefighters, plus police and ambulances were at the scene within minutes.

A GANG who attacked and robbed a Braunton man after a party have been sentenced.

POLICE have confirmed the man killed in a crash involving a car and an ambulance at Whippingham on Sunday is 53-year-old Robert Hammond, of Esplanade, Sandown.

POLICE have warned there will be no let up in their crackdown on drugs as they seized another 5,000 of illegal substances in more raids in Brixham yesterday.

TWO POLISH men were falsely accused of rape by a North Devon woman who did not want her boyfriend to find out about their threesome, it was claimed at Exeter Crown Court.

POLICE are hunting a knife-wielding attacker who left his victim with cuts after he grappled to fight him off.

A RETIRED 83-year-old vet who allowed his lurchers to attack sheep in a Dartmoor village has been banned from keeping dogs for 10 years.

TWO men were arrested and more than 15,000 of drugs were seized in Brixham following a series of police raids yesterday.

SHOPPERS in Mid Devon can take advantage of free shopping in the run-up to Christmas.

THE TWO men arrested on suspicion of aggravated vehicle taking following a four-car smash on the A38, in which a Totnes driver was injured, have been released on police bail.

A FORMER Torbay teacher, who sexually abused a teenage boy over a two-week period and was also caught with child porn pictures on his computer, has been warned he could face up to 15 months behind bars.

BUILDER Ryan Davies was jailed for six months after he was convicted of possessing a flick knife in Dawlish.