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A second Christmas postal strike has taken place by south-western workers.

Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service had to act quickly this morning (Tuesday, December 11, 2012) to tackle a fire in Mitcheldean.

A Cornish MP has approved the news that plans for regional NHS pay will not go ahead in the South West.

More than half the public toilets in the Bath area could be shut.

A North Cornish meat processing firm has closed down, it emerged at the end of last week.

The joint administrators at a leading retailer say 42 staff are being made redundant at a call centre in Clevedon.

A police station has opened in Devonport six years after it was given the green light.

The Permarin and Exchequer Quay loos could be saved in Penryn after the prospect of the town council being given a grant towards maintaining them. The town council had agreed to take on the running of the Permarin facilities, but only the disabled toilets on the quay.

First Devon and Cornwall bus bosses say they will seek to settle a pay dispute as soon as possible.

A Gloucestershire engineering company is to officially open a new healthcare manufacturing plant.

All of the beds at Poltair Hospital, near Penzance, are to be closed in the short term because of staff shortages. The closures were as a result of an operational review, its managers Peninsula Community Health said.

A union visiting Derriford Hospital staff stated that possible pay cuts were not constructive.