The Pigeon Express
A row has broken out in an English village after the mayor, a Shetland pony, was removed from a local pub following a complaint to the council. Patrick the Pony, known for his love of Guinness, was made unofficial Mayor of Cockington in Devon at a ceremony attended by local Conservative MP Kevin Foster. The […]
An 87-year-old woman who died during a helicopter landing was blown over while walking on a footpath, police said. Devon and Cornwall Police said it was continuing to investigate the incident at Derriford Hospital on Friday. The “down draft” from the landing helicopter caused the woman, from Plymouth, to be blown over, the force added. […]
The mother of a nine-year-old boy who was killed by a dog apologised to his family for her “senseless actions” in leaving the animal alone with him. Frankie Macritchie was attacked by the 45kg American bulldog Staffordshire bull terrier cross in a caravan in Cornwall in April 2019. His mother Tawnee Willis, from Plymouth, was […]
A man allegedly beat a seagull to death with a spade in front of several children on a beach in Cornwall. The incident was reported along Porthgwidden Beach on Saturday. A woman witness speaking to Cornwall Live said a family sitting nearby repeatedly threw cans of Coca Cola at a seagull, injuring the legally protected […]
A pedestrian died after being hit by an ambulance in Devon County, southwest England early Saturday. A spokesperson for the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust said: ‘In the early hours of Saturday, July 17, an ambulance was involved in a collision with a pedestrian. ‘The pedestrian was treated on scene and an Operations […]