Major delays on M5 due to lorry fire
George ThorpeDevon and Archie FarmerDevon Watch: Dashcam footage of a lorry fire which closed part of the M5 There has been disruption on the M5 after a lorry fire forced the closure of part of the road in Devon. The…
‘We don’t want power, we want lights’: Madagascar awaits post-Rajoelina era | Protests News
Antananarivo, Madagascar – On a typical Sunday morning in Mahamasina, a suburb of Madagascar’s capital Antananarivo, Sarobidy Ramarimanana joined the queue at her neighbourhood water point just after sunrise. “I just wanted to fill my jerrycan and go to church,”…
Man seriously injured after group assault in Barnstaple
A man has been left with fractured ribs and a punctured lung after being “set upon by a group”. The incident happened at about 01:05 BST on Saturday in Queen Street, Barnstaple, following a disturbance involving 12 to 14 young…
Rob Baxter says Exeter yet to begin contract talks with players
Exeter boss Rob Baxter has said he has not yet started formal negotiations with players approaching the end of their contracts. England centre Henry Slade is the highest-profile Exeter player whose contract runs out next summer, along with the likes…
India’s Himalayan villages slowly reviving decades after conflict | In Pictures News
Published On 15 Oct 202515 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Dozens of dilapidated stone buildings are all that remain of the once-thriving border village of Martoli, in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. Nestled…
£15.5 million to continue South West health research partnership
A partnership that carries out vital health research across the South West Peninsula to directly benefit patients and NHS services has been awarded £15.5 million by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The Applied Research Collaboration South…
Major new study discovers diet and migratory behaviour shape neophobia
The largest-ever study on neophobia, or fear of novelty, has discovered the key reasons why some bird species are more fearful of new things than others. Published in the journal PLOS Biology, the global multi-species study was led by the…
US revokes six visas over Charlie Kirk death amid social media crackdown | Donald Trump News
The State Department says the US has ‘no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans’ after revoking visas over critical social media posts. The US Department of State says it has revoked the visas of six foreigners over…
Nancy Astor statue in Plymouth removed to fix wobble
A statue of the first female MP to take her seat in the House of Commons has been temporarily moved for repairs. Plymouth City Council said the bronze figure of Nancy Astor was taken away on Monday from its position…
Concerns over 2,700-acre ‘mega-solar’ scheme in Devon
Kirk EnglandSouth West environment and tourism correspondent BBC Stephen and Sharon Boulton, who live close to the proposed solar farm, say other options should be explored first “It’s going to be huge, absolutely vast,” says Stephen Boulton of the solar…