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A World War II-era bomb weighing around 250kg explodes while being defused in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. No injuries are reported.
2023-02-10

The bodies of two disabled people are found in Roadford Lake, near Okehampton, Devon, England, a day after their boat capsized on the lake. Four others are in hospital, with one in critical condition.
2022-06-9

Six people, including the gunman, are killed and two more are wounded in a mass shooting in Plymouth, Devon, England. Eyewitnesses say that the shooting began at a house before the shooter "randomly started shooting" on the street.
2021-08-12

A major incident has been declared in Devon, England, after a double-decker bus overturned near the town of Totnes while operating a busy passenger service between the English Riviera coast and the city of Plymouth.
2019-10-5

Jet pilot Andy Hill, accused of eleven counts of manslaughter over a 2015 crash at Shoreham Airshow in England, makes an initial Magistrates' Court appearance. He indicates he will deny the charges and the case is transferred to Crown Court.
2018-04-19

At least 18 people are injured following a collision between two trains at Plymouth railway station in the city of Plymouth, Devon. The crash has caused significant disruption to rail services in South West England.
2016-04-3

The skeleton of a girl thought to have been stabbed to death by Roman soldiers is discovered in Kent, England, UK.
2011-04-28

The Metropolitan Police in London, England launch an investigation into the death of reggae musician Smiley Culture in a police raid in Surrey.
2011-03-15

More than fifty inmates at the Moorlands Young Offenders Institution in South Yorkshire, England, riot for the second successive night.
2010-11-4

The Duke of Edinburgh, on a trip to Exeter, Devon with Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, asks a female sea cadet if she works at a strip club before concluding that it is "probably too cold for that anyway".
2010-03-11