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John Danks
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Video Journalist at BBC Spotlight in the South West of England
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John Danks @johndanks.bsky.social · Aug 11
How easy is it to cycle around some of our towns and cities? I got on my bike to find out

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'Plymouth council lacks will to encourage active travel'
Plymouth City Council admits network gaps as a cyclist says people often ride on roads unprotected.
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Diver identifies 'wreck of steamship lost in 1869' www.bbc.com/news/article...
Diver thought to have identified wreck of steamship lost in 1869
Dominic Robinson says he discovered crockery on the wreck below the surface of the Celtic Sea.
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October 14, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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Ramblers create 100-mile walking route www.bbc.com/news/article...
Devon ramblers create 100-mile South Hams Way walking route
The South Hams Ramblers raise £5,000 and buy 860 waymarkers for the route.
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October 10, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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Campaign to save cinema where Beatles played www.bbc.com/news/article...
Campaign to save Plymouth cinema where Beatles played
Supporters are raising £1m as part of a bid to save the cinema to use as a cultural space.
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October 1, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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Presenter praises teens for helping harvest mice www.bbc.com/news/article...
Chris Packham praises Devon teenagers for helping harvest mice
TV wildlife presenter joins sisters as they release home-reared mice back into the wild.
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September 23, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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Church boxing class helping with personal battles www.bbc.com/news/article...
Exeter church boxing classes helping with personal battles
Ben Cookson says going to church four years ago helped him overcome an addiction to drugs.
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August 27, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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I love our town fair day, but there's always one violent idiot who has to ruin it for everyone, trundling around making threats.
August 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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How easy is it to cycle around some of our towns and cities? I got on my bike to find out

www.bbc.com/news/article...
'Plymouth council lacks will to encourage active travel'
Plymouth City Council admits network gaps as a cyclist says people often ride on roads unprotected.
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August 11, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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Treasury cuts to cycling and walking budget UNLAWFUL, rules Court of Appeal
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Treasury cuts to cycling and walking budget unlawful, rules Court of Appeal
Treasury cuts to cycling and walking budget unlawful, rules Court of Appeal FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 10 June 2025 In a historic judgment, the Court of Appeal has today ruled in Transport Action Network’...
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June 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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Supreme Court backs wild camping on Dartmoor www.bbc.com/news/article...
Wild camping on Dartmoor backed by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court upholds the legal right to wild camp on Dartmoor in Devon.
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May 21, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Woman breaks Land's End to John O'Groats and back record
Cyclist Sarah Ruggins beats the men's and women's record for the 1,677-mile round trip.
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May 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Budgie

I drew this today and it made me feel happy. I hope it makes you feel happy too.

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Cartoon: two people standing smiling outside and open front door. On the floor just inside is a small bird facing them. One of them is bending down and saying ot the bird "Hello, we're from the Office for Budgie Responsibility. Is there an adult at home?"
May 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Churchill's wartime train carriage restored www.bbc.com/news/article...
Churchill’s wartime train carriage restored in Devon
The carriage, which also hosted US President Dwight Eisenhower, is at the South Devon Railway.
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May 15, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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Can you spot the silver ball? Quite a bonkers hurling tradition in St Columb Major in Cornwall today
March 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Man charged with murdering university lecturer www.bbc.com/news/article...
Claire Chick: Man charged with murder of Plymouth university lecturer
Claire Chick, who was a nurse and university lecturer, was found fatally injured in a street.
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January 26, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Police name man wanted in connection with fatal attack on a woman in Plymouth last night. Detectives say 53 year old Paul Antony Butler may be armed and dangerous and shouldn’t be approached www.bbc.com/news/article...
Plymouth murder suspect could be 'armed and dangerous'
Police are searching for Paul Antony Butler after the death of a woman in the city.
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January 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Rooney leaves Plymouth Argyle
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Rooney leaves Plymouth & Man Utd relegation a 'possibility' - reaction & analysis
All the latest football news and reaction as Newcastle ease to victory over Man Utd, Ipswich shock Chelsea & Villa draw with Brighton.
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December 31, 2024 at 10:10 AM
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I spent a few days on Tresco while police and volunteers searched for Josh. His family are still looking for answers about the night he went missing

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Brother reflects on sibling's Tresco death 10 years on
Ashley Cox's brother Josh Clayton was found dead in the sea off the Isles of Scilly in 2015.
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December 29, 2024 at 8:09 AM
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Street clinics held for homeless people's pets www.bbc.com/news/article...
A vet examines a French bulldog belonging to a homeless woman at an outdoor pop up clinic
December 10, 2024 at 7:19 AM
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Largest UK seagrass restoration project ends with promising signs of recovery www.bbc.com/news/article...
Largest UK seagrass restoration project to end after five years
The project aimed to reverse decades of seagrass decline, and experts have seen signs of "recovery".
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December 3, 2024 at 7:30 AM
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Very pleased this was delivered today. Reissue of The Sundays majestic debut album. Just the tonic for a blustery wet weekend
The Sundays album ‘Reading, Writing & Arithmetic’ Grey vinyl record on turntable - A side of The Sundays debut album
November 23, 2024 at 12:50 PM
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Devonport based amphibious assault ships HMS Bulwark and HMS Albion to be scrapped.

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£500m defence cuts as ships, drones and helicopters scrapped
Critics said the move would leave UK defence weaker, at a time of growing international tensions and after over a decade of funding pressures on the armed forces.
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November 20, 2024 at 5:28 PM
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I had 'a target on my back' says sacked BBC presenter www.bbc.com/news/article...
Jack Murley: I had 'a target on my back' says sacked BBC presenter
A tribunal in Exeter hears how Jack Murley is dismissed by the corporation for social media posts.
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November 19, 2024 at 6:14 PM
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Transport Secretary making positive sounds about long term cycle funding

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Transport Secretary wants end to "perverse half cycle lanes" and hints at long-term funding for cycling and walking
Secretary of State for Transport, Louise Haigh, has said £100m for cycling and walking was the start, and long-term funding could be pledged in the Spring Spending Review, as she adds road deaths have...
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November 13, 2024 at 4:15 PM