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Barnstaple Maternity Unit Closure Forces Expectant Mothers to Travel Two Hours to Exeter

Barnstaple's North Devon District Hospital has temporarily closed its birthing wing due to staff shortages, forcing expectant mothers to travel nearly two hours

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Human remains in river confirmed to be missing teenage schoolboy

Human remains discovered in a river have been confirmed to belong to Taylor Charlton, a teenage schoolboy who went missing on May 8th in Barnstaple, north Devon

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Remains of missing 14-year-old boy pulled from River Taw after weeks of searching

The remains of 14-year-old Taylor Charlton, who disappeared from Barnstaple on May 8, were recovered from the River Taw after weeks of extensive searching.

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Barnstaple Maternity Unit Closure Forces Expectant Mothers to Travel Two Hours to Exeter

Human remains in river confirmed to be missing teenage schoolboy

Remains of missing 14-year-old boy pulled from River Taw after weeks of searching

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