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Cawsand memorial service for marines who drowned in 1968 (BBC News)

A plaque was unveiled in memory of the three men who perished in an accident off the Devon coast.

It was a tragic night. Willy Stocks, a former Royal Marine and friend of Mr Shiel's who joined up with him in 1965, said the incident had had a "huge impact on everybody that was concerned". On Saturday, Mr Shiel was joined by members of the families of the three men, serving and former Royal Marines, and local MP Sheryll Murray for the commemoration.

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Drone disturbs resting St Mary's birds, conservationists say (BBC News)

Birds resting at a reserve after flying hundreds of miles were sent soaring by a drone, conservationists have said. About 150 golden plovers had arrived at ...

"What happened next was devastating," he said, adding: "A drone was flown over the nature reserve flushing all the golden plover, which had flown hundreds of miles to rest on the reserve. The spokesman said it was "fantastic" to see and hear the golden plovers on the island after their arrival from northern Europe. A spokesman for St Mary's Island Wildlife Conversation Society said the drone, which was operating in a no-drone zone, also "harassed" some sick Sandwich terns, one of which died.

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York blue badge ban: Coalition of campaigners in protest (BBC News)

Reverse the Ban (RTB), made up of 24 York groups, said the city council's "discriminatory decisions" hit disabled and older people the hardest. The council took ...

We are fighting for our right to be included." Disabled activist Anne Norton told the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) : "It is clear that the council has no coherent plan. This is the latest in a series of failures and disabled people are being discarded on the altar of convenience."

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