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Weekly News Update 14 June 2013

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• 'Unknown package' alert closes Plymouth roads: UPDATE

  Police have closed off both ends of Saltash Road in Stoke, Plymouth following the discovery of an unknown package.

• Plymouth lap dancing club licensee falls foul of no touching rule

  The licensee of Divas Lap Dancing Club in Plymouth  has been fined for systemic breaches of a 'no physical contact' rule.

• Fire crew pulls camper van from cliff edge at Combe Martin

  A FIRE crew stabalised a camper van that was dangerously close to a cliff edge in North Devon.

• Plymouth woman falls from fifth floor of Drake Circus car park

  A woman has been rushed to hospital after falling from the fifth floor of the Drake Circus car park

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• Crews tackle barn fire at Crediton

  FIREFIGHTERS worked into the early hours of this morning (Wednesday)  to put out a fire at a barn in Crediton.

• Local authorities facing 'bankruptcy'

  Nine out of 10 council leaders expect some local authorities to face bankruptcy or fail to deliver essential services over the next three years, a survey showed.

• Plymouth 'hate crime' against disabled people rises by over 900 per cent

  Reported incidents of disability hate crime in Plymouth have risen by 942 per cent.

• FOOTBALL: Tiverton sign two new strikers

  TIVERTON Town have signed an entire team of new players since John Clarkson took over as the new manager.