Sale Sharks have agreed a two-year deal to sign Exeter Chiefs lock Jacques Vermeulen from next season. Vermeulen, 30, who can also play in the back row, moves to Sale after six years at Sandy Park, making over 100 appearances and winning the Premiership and European Challenge Cup double in 2020. The 6 ft 6,...
Firefighters are dealing with a fire involving two semi-detached thatched properties in north Devon. Devon and Somerset Fire Service said 12 fire crews were at the homes in Georgeham, with both roofs alight. People people living in the area are advised to keep their windows and doors closed due to the smoke. Road closures are...
Guy Henderson Local Democracy Reporting Service George Thorpe/BBC The castle is 900 years old Councillors are appealing to English Heritage to rethink its plan to shut 900-year-old Totnes Castle’s gates during winter to save money, over fears it could affect the town’s economy. South Hams Council has voted to ask the heritage body to scrap...
Having lost many of their established international stars in the summer of 2023, a new-look youthful Exeter side finished seventh last season with 10 wins from 16 games. But this season things have not gone to plan, with defeat in the Premiership Rugby Cup final last week extinguishing any hopes of ending the campaign with...
Matt Smith co-ordinated a ‘Phone Waffling Service’ for the lonely and isolated #It039s #years #Covid #lockdown Source link...
Exeter City manager Gary Caldwell did not deserve to be sent off in their 0-0 draw at Lincoln City, according to his assistant Kevin Nicholson. Caldwell was dismissed from the dugout in the aftermath of the Grecians having a late goal disallowed at Sincil Bank. Ryan Trevitt’s stoppage-time strike was adjudged to have hit Angus...
Torquay United manager Paul Wotton says he did not mind that his side played ‘hoofball’ to get their 1-0 win over Bath City. After a goalless first half Wotton brought on a second striker in Cody Cooke as his side adopted a more direct style of play. The decision worked as Cooke got the only...
Martin Jones & Kaushal Menon Muralidharan BBC West Investigations BBC David Quinton waited more than a year for his CETV valuation and said he wants to join a group seeking compensation for the long waits Teachers unable to get divorced because of delays getting their pensions valued are taking legal action against the government. Hundreds...
South Hams District Council The award winners were chosen for their outstanding community work Organisations and individuals doing stand-out work in their local communities in south Devon have been recognised with a series of awards. The South Hams Community Awards – now in its second year – aims to highlight outstanding examples of community involvement....
Jonathan Morris BBC News, South West Flashback to lockdown when dinosaurs roamed the streets As the pandemic turned lives upside down, people found unique ways to lift spirits and bring smiles to their communities. Five years on from the first lockdown, we met up with some of those who tried to bring joy to others....
A multimillion-pound hub for health and wellbeing classes at a Devon university is set to open in September. Plymouth Marjon University said the facility, based in a renovated building on its campus, would serve as a “state-of-the-art” home for its courses and community health clinics. The university said the hub had been funded through a...
Andrea Ormsby BBC News, Devon BBC Fintan Hood, 20, had to shield because of a rare immune deficiency condition A student from north Devon has recalled the difficulty of being forced to isolate for 448 days during the Covid-19 pandemic. Five years on from the first lockdown, 20-year-old Fintan Hood said it was a “surreal”...
11-year-old River will be performing as part of the North Devon Symphonia. #Meet #Devon039s #answer #Mozart Source link...
The National Trust has plans to reopen one of its attractions in Devon after it was closed due to a mudslide caused by flash flooding. Simon Thompson, visitor operations and experience manager at Lydford Gorge, near Okehampton, said the plan was to open the Devil’s Cauldron walkway on Monday – following its closure in late...
Jake Wallace BBC News, South West BBC Multiple trees fell across Exmoor during Storm Daragh in December Trees felled at a national park in Devon during Storm Darragh are helping support insects, conservationists have said. Exmoor National Park Authority said the storm – which brought winds of up to 88mph (142km/h) in December – caused...
