Police have appealed for witnesses after a single-vehicle crash in North Devon. Devon and Cornwall Pollice attended the scene on the B3233 near Instow, Bideford at about 10:50 BST on 6 June. Police said the collision involved a grey VW Golf GTI which collided with a tree. Two men in their 20s were subsequently taken...
The deaths of three men in Plymouth are believed to be linked and drugs-related, police have said. Devon and Cornwall Police said officers were called to a property on Welbeck Avenue in the city at about 14:50 BST on Saturday where two men aged in their 20s and 30s were pronounced dead. The force added...
Detectives have arrested a man on suspicion of murder as part of an ongoing investigation in Devon. Devon and Cornwall Police said the arrest took place on Monday and followed inquiries into the death of a man in Exmouth. Police said: “A 26-year-old man from Exmouth remains in police custody where he will be interviewed...
Stevenage have signed defender Saxon Earley from fellow League One side Plymouth Argyle for an undisclosed fee. The 22-year-old returns to the Lamex Stadium on a permanent deal after a loan spell with the club in 2022. He is the second player to swap Plymouth for Stevenage in a week following midfielder Jordan Houghton on...
Jane Douglas Senior Journalist BBC Campaigners outside Tavistock Town Hall, showing support for the reinstatement of the Tavistock to Plymouth rail link Rail campaigners are battling for £1.5m government cash in the upcoming Spending Review to make a business case for a railway link in Devon. TavyRail campaign group would like to see a five-mile...
Alice Cunningham BBC News, Suffolk Moyse’s Hall Museum/West Suffolk Council Remains of the Berthasaura leopoldinae were first found in Brazil over 10 years ago The world’s first accurate sculpture of a recently documented toothless dinosaur has gone on display. Remains of the Berthasaura leopoldinae were first discovered in Brazil in 2012 and publicly revealed by...
Clara Bullock & Matt Faulkner BBC News, Somerset The Exmoor Oral History Archive is available to listen to on the South West Heritage Trust’s website Interview recordings that capture personal stories and pivotal moments in Exmoor’s history have been published for the first time. The audio was recorded between 2000 and 2002 by archivist Birdie...
Ben Woolvin BBC South West home affairs correspondent PA Media The Fire and Rescue Services Association said the viability of some fire stations depended on the payments A union has warned some rural fire stations are at risk of closure due to a decision to phase out a role which sees firefighters be first responders...
A Devon council is planning to install solar panels on three of its leisure centres to help make them more financially sustainable. South Hams District Council said it would install the panels at facilities in Ivybridge, Dartmouth and Totnes. The authority said work to install panels on a fourth leisure centre, Quayside Leisure Centre in...
BBC Josie Long performs a work in progress of her new show Now Is The Time of Monsters at the Exeter Comedy Festival In 2022, comedians Charlotte Evans and Will Adamsdale began what was then Exeter’s only regular new material comedy gig. Held in a tiny cafe, they said often the only noise in crowd...
Fire crews have been battling a barn blaze in Devon since the early hours. The agricultural building in the Littleham area near Bideford was full of hay, straw and machinery, Devon and Somerset Fire Service said. Firefighters were called to the scene shortly before 04:00 BST and they found the barn “well alight”. Crews from...
Charlotte Cox BBC News, South West Google A 45-year-old man was found unconscious in a Tavistock car park Detectives are carrying out house-to-house inquires after a man was found unconscious in a Devon car park with a serious head injury, police have said. Officers appealed for witnesses after they were called at 04:00 BST to...
Jack Silver BBC News, South West Newquay Zoo Newquay Zoo hopes seven-year-old Parsley will mate with its female Chapman’s zebra, Luna A Cornish zoo has welcomed a new arrival – a male zebra from Devon. Seven-year-old Parsley, a Chapman’s zebra (Equus quagga chapmani) made the journey from Dartmoor Zoo down to Newquay Zoo. He has...
Jack Silver BBC News, South West Tracy Lenga Volunteer Anita Dowman (centre in blue jeans) first visited Shallowford Farm in Dartmoor in 1992 as a child on a camping trip Volunteers from around the South West have been sharing their stories for Volunteers’ Week. Nearly 60% of people in Devon and Cornwall volunteered at least...
People’s stories, memories and reflections are being collected for an accessible interactive trail in North Devon. North Devon Council said the Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon hoped to capture real-life experiences of places in Barnstaple as part of a new community trail on digital platform Humap. It said the museum wanted the community to...