Bradley Gerrard Local Democracy Reporting Service Google Maps Nick Spence, a member of Feniton Parish Council, said the district council should have turned the application down A proposal to build up to 86 homes in a Devon village is due to be decided at appeal after planners failed to make a decision. Developer Taylor Wimpey’s...
A man who was arrested for carrying a knife at a Devon farm shop has been charged, police have said. Nicholas Courtney, 45, of no fixed abode, was arrested at Darts Farm, Topsham at 10:45 GMT on Monday. Devon and Cornwall Police said he had been charged with assault by beating an emergency service worker,...
Tom Espiner Business reporter, BBC News Getty Images Santander has announced it is set to close 95 branches across the UK, putting 750 jobs at risk. The High Street bank said its customers were increasingly shifting to banking online and it was aiming to start closing almost a quarter of its branches from June. As...
Plymouth Samaritans have teamed up with Citybus to help them with their outreach work. A bus with the mental health helpline’s livery is set to take to the streets of Plymouth, raising awareness of the charity’s work. The charity said the aim was to let the public know its volunteers were there to help people...
A six year old girl from Plymouth is channelling her energies into qualifying for the Kickboxing Youth World Championships in August 2026. Ivanna started kickboxing at three-and-a-half years old and trains four or five times a week at her dad’s studio. After coming second in the National Kickboxing Championships in Nottingham, she now must compete...
Exeter Chiefs have signed South African front row Joseph Dweba for the upcoming 2025-26 season. The 29-year-old who plays as hooker most recently played for South African side DHL Stormers where he has been since 2022. “I’m looking forward to becoming an Exeter Chief,” Dweba said. “I signed for the club because I believe it...
A round egg which has been described as “one-in-a-billion” has sold at auction. Alison Greene, an egg handler on Fenton Farm, near the Somerset border, identified the unusual shape before Christmas. The egg sold at Bearnes Hampton Littlewood Auctioneers in Exeter for £420, with proceeds going to the Devon Rape Crisis charity. A similar discovery...
Google Police were received reports of a man with a knife at Darts Farm A man who was carrying a knife has been arrested at a Devon farm shop, police have said. Devon and Cornwall Police said they received reports of a man with a knife at Darts Farm, Topsham at 10:45 GMT on Monday....
A man who is currently serving 42 weeks in prison for shoplifting has been sentenced to serve an additional 14 weeks after being charged with further offences in Devon, police say. Craig Sawyer, 51, appeared at Newton Abbot Magistrates’ Court via video link on 12 March, where he pleaded guilty to an additional five counts...
Paul Antony Butler has pleaded guilty at Plymouth Crown Court to the murder of university lecturer Claire Chick. Butler, 53, of Stangray Avenue, Plymouth, also admitted one charge of possession of a bladed article. Ms Chick, 48, was found seriously injured in West Hoe Road just before 21:00 GMT on 22 January and later died...
Google Daniel Cunningham was involved in four fly-tipping incidents, Plymouth Magistrates’ Court heard A council says it will “come down hard” on fly-tipping after a man who owned a van involved in four separate incidents of illegal waste dumping was jailed. Daniel Cunningham, of no fixed abode, appeared at Plymouth Magistrates’ Court earlier in March...
A council in Devon is investing a further £300,000 to tackle antisocial behaviour in town centres. Torbay Council said it was investing in Operation Town Centres – its plan to make the bay’s towns safer and more welcoming. The money, along with the £300,000 already committed, would build on the work that began last May...
A new pet crematorium is to open in South Devon despite more than 30 objections, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service. Goodmans Pet Cremations reassured South Hams Council’s planning committee that the facility in Ermington would be safe and odourless. Fay Goodman, who submitted the application, said there was a “concerning” trend for people...
An Exeter University art historian has solved the 70-year mystery over the theft of an original oil sketch, by Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck, from a stately home in Northamptonshire. The Portrait of Wolfgang Wilhelm of Pfalz-Neuburg was stolen in 1951 from Boughton House, the home of the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry. It was...
Villager Peter tells Richard Green about efforts to fight a thatch fire in Drewsteignton Source link...
