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By Daniel Clark Covid cases in Devon and Cornwall fall below 1,000 for first time in nine weeks. Main picture from file: John Fielding The number of new coronavirus cases confirmed across Devon and Cornwall in the previous seven days has fallen below 1,000 for the first time since the start of October. A rolling weekly total of 869 new cases has been confirmed across the two counties – the lowest since the week ending October 2 – w...

A SINGLE mother and her ex-boyfriend have been found guilty of biting, battering and force feeding a 17-month-old toddler who was found covered in bruises. The former couple met through Tinder and had joint care of the little boy in the weeks before doctors found 18 different areas of injury on his head and body. They had just moved to Seaton in East Devon from Southbourne, Dorset, in January 2018 when a pharmacy worker saw bruising on the child’s face and alerted social workers. A mo...