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On 23 March 2007, a team of eight sailors and seven Royal Marines in two rigid-hulled inflatable boats from the Type 22 frigate HMS Cornwall had been searching a merchant dhow for smuggled automobiles when they were detained at approximately 10:30 Arabia Standard Time or 11:00 Iran Standard Time by the crews of two Iranian boats; a further six Iranian boats then assisted in the seizure.
The Camelford water pollution incident involved the accidental contamination of the drinking water supply to the town of Camelford, Cornwall, in July 1988. Twenty tonnes of aluminium sulphate was inadvertently added to the water supply, raising the concentration to 3,000 times the admissible level. As the aluminium sulphate broke down it ...
Georgina Barnes - BBC News, South West. August 24, 2024 at 8:43 AM. ... [Danny Johnson] A wallaby which was spotted running on the roads of Cornwall has died after being hit by a vehicle.
A warning has been issued after a possible World War Two grenade was found on a beach in the Isles of Scilly. HM Coastguard said it received calls about the incident at about 19:15 BST on Sunday ...
2. Website. www.cornwall.gov.uk /fire. Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service covering Cornwall, England. As of April 2019, the service employs over 400 retained firefighters, 203 full-time firefighters, plus 170 support and administrative staff. [1] Created under the Fire Services Act 1947 as "Cornwall County ...
Devon and Cornwall Police confirmed it was called to the incident at Cheriton Bishop Post Office at about 03:40 BST on Friday. A car believed to have been "stolen from a nearby address" had "since ...
Devon and Cornwall Police (Cornish: Kreslu Dewnens ha Kernow) is the territorial police force responsible for policing the ceremonial counties of Devon and Cornwall (including the Isles of Scilly) in South West England. The force serves approximately 1.8 million people over an area of 3,967 square miles (10,270 km 2).
The Penlee lifeboat disaster occurred on 19 December 1981 off the coast of Cornwall, England. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifeboat Solomon Browne, based at the Penlee Lifeboat Station near Mousehole, went to the aid of the vessel Union Star after its engines failed in heavy seas. After the lifeboat had rescued four people ...