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Plymouth sunken ship search reveals slavery artefacts

A shipwreck found off Plymouth could be one of the most important discovered in the UK, maritime archaeologists have said.

The Ships Project has found slavery artefacts, including copper tokens used to trade slaves, on the wreck off Drake's Island in Plymouth Sound.

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1 March 2022

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Kwame Daniels in front of the Telegraph building in Belfast. He is wearing thick-rimmed glasses, a green jacket, a red shirt and a ruck sack.

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Volunteers team up to unearth 19th century lighthouse

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Pirates Weekend returns for swashbuckling fun

Graham Loveluck-Edwards standing in a field above Dunraven Bay.

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Ancient roman villa ruins

See 'remarkable' concealed Roman villa unearthed

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Men working to tie up the bomb

Watch: WW2 bomb transported from garden to sea

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Mysterious shipwreck washes up on Canadian coast

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Patients treated to festive visit from ponies

Scuba diver using a metal detector

Moment ancient coins are found hidden in sea bed

Meet the team protecting the hundreds of sunken ships and planes around Northern Ireland's coast.

Protecting sunken ships and planes at sea

Northern Ireland

Couple taking photos on rail line

Watch: Couple take photo sitting on rail line

USS Yorktown in the depths of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in Hawaii

New footage shows historic World War II shipwrecks

Diver Steve Ellis in the water with a diving suit on.

Unknown shipwreck found by diver in Thames Estuary

Swimmer

Long-distance swimmer tackles the Hudson River

A wallaby seen in a garden

Wayward wallaby spotted in Devon garden

The Australian marsupial is seen grazing in the Devon garden before hopping away.

Kitesurfer Tom Bridge leaps from cruise ship

Ship leap 'probably scariest thing I've done'

Kitesurfer Tom Bridge leaps 129ft (39m) from the top of a cruise ship and makes a smooth landing.

The Reverend Leigh Winsbury works out at his gym in Hatherleigh, Devon

Vicar opens gym in church building

The Reverend Leigh Winsbury says the cut-price gym is open to worshippers and weightlifters.

Young person talking into a microphone being held in front of them

Young voters share their election priorities

The cost of living, the environment and better mental health support were among the issues raised.

Laura Crane at Nazare

UK surfer in a class of her own

Laura Crane gets towed into a monster wave at Nazare.

Charlotte Cheshire's video diary

Devon mum's video diary tells home-find struggle

Charlotte Cheshire speaks of the battle for an affordable home and council-funded emergency housing.

Newsround presenter Nina Blissett in front of a screen showing an unearthed unexploded WW2 bomb.

World War Two bomb safely exploded out at sea

A World War Two bomb has been safely exploded out at sea after being discovered in a back garden in Plymouth.

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Police puppies put through their paces

Two litters of German shepherd puppies are on track to become Devon and Cornwall police dogs.

Erasure

Artist wants people to rub out her work

Why artist Fran Gynn is giving people an eraser and asking them use rub out her work.

Steve Wharton goes out with his children

First time outside in 18 months for man with MND

Steve Wharton took his children to soft play on his first trip out of the house in more than a year.

South Sands Hotel

Doors burst open as waves crash into hotel

Storm Ciarán brings chaos to a hotel as sea-facing doors are blown off their hinges by huge waves.

Car in the sea

Devon and Cornwall battered by wind and waves

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Car washed into sea gets smashed about by waves

The 4x4 vehicle was left unattended when it was dragged off a promenade during Storm Ciarán.

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Poor driving in Devon and Cornwall caught on camera

A record number of submissions is made to the police road safety initiative Operation Snap.

Blackberries in a hand

Early blackberries sign of 'climate breakdown'

Early fruiting from blackberries is a sign of "climate breakdown", an expert forager claims.

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Students finish coast path walk on breakwater

The Devon Royal Navy students were granted access to the breakwater to finish the walk.

People playing on harbour wall and slipway

Child swept into sea by harbour waves

Warnings are issued after a child is swept to sea at Ilfracombe Harbour.

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Boys save up to buy Big Issue seller a new dog

Rebecca Grass said she was at "rock bottom" when her dog was killed until three boys helped.

Antony Lawrence

Shrek star returns to home town in lead role

Antony Lawrence is playing the lead role of Shrek in the latest UK theatre production.

Steve Hopper feeds Milly the fawn

Man and dogs helping to hand-rear baby deer

Steve Hopper and his dogs have been helping to raise the fawn after it was "mistakenly rescued".