Plymouth Argyle youngsters Jack Matthews and Joe Hatch have agreed new deals for the 2025-26 season. Defender Matthews, 19, first agreed professional terms last year and spent last season on loan at Tavistock United and Taunton Town. Hatch, 18, was prolific up front for Argyle’s youth team last season and has signed his first professional...
A childhood photo of a brother and sister from Cornwall has been reunited with them after turning up more than 300 miles away in a Lincolnshire charity shop. Chris Kirkum, 32, from Holsworthy, Devon, and his sister Jade Kirkum, 30, from Bude, Cornwall, were just children when they posed for the photo at Bude Junior...
Kirk England Environment and tourism correspondent, BBC South West BBC Jonathan Smith helps farmers and growers “measure, manage and reduce their carbon footprint” A South West farmer said many in the industry were “embracing the challenge” of working more sustainably. Jonathan Smith, who farms on the Isles of Scilly and works with other farmers and...
Anna Varle BBC South West health correspondent BBC Janet Sutton had skin cancer removed from her forehead in December 2024 A new campaign has been launched to reduce the increasing rates of skin cancer amongst outdoor workers in Devon and Cornwall. NHS figures for 2024/25 show there were 5,728 diagnoses of the condition across Devon,...
Hattie McCann BBC News, Devon BBC After six months of being in their new homes, the dogs are still showing signs of trauma, say their new owners An animal charity in the south-west of England is urging people to be more careful when purchasing puppies from breeders. Nicki Ging, the Tavistock branch centre manager of...
Chloe Parkman BBC News, South West University of Plymouth Ms Chick was found seriously injured on West Hoe Road in January The family of murdered Plymouth university lecturer Claire Chick has launched a petition in a bid to mandate category A prisons for murderers. Paul Butler, 53, of Stangray Avenue, Plymouth, was jailed on 25...
Four men have appeared in court charged with murder after the death of a 24-year-old man in Exmouth. The man was pronounced dead from a stab wound on Saturday after reports of an assault in the garden of a property in Ashfield Close, Exmouth. Zac Davies, 23, of Hawthorn Grove, Exmouth, Dylan Chadwick, 23, of...
Nine people have appeared in Plymouth Crown Court in connection with the murder of a 38-year-old man from Plymouth. Danny Cahalane was taken to hospital on 21 February following a serious assault involving acid on Lipson Road. He died in hospital three months later on 3 May. All nine defendants have been charged with involvement...
Tesco has sold a piece of land which is vital to the delivery of a multi-million pound relief road for a town in Devon. Mid Devon District Council said the news marked “the overcoming of another major hurdle to finally deliver the road” in Cullompton. The council got £34m from central government in August to...
A cash machine has been ripped out of a Co-op store by ram raiders in one of two early morning attacks in Devon, police have confirmed. Three men using a Land Rover to batter down a Co-op shop front are thought to have been involved in one raid at Younghayes Road, Cranbrook, said the Devon...
Post offices across Devon and Cornwall that had been earmarked for closure might now stay open following public campaigns to keep them. The Post Office announced a proposal to run the threatened sites in Liskeard, Newquay, Bideford, Paignton, Teignmouth and Plymouth under a new franchise. All of the sites are wholly-owned by the Post Office...
Plymouth Argyle have made their fourth signing of the summer, bringing in midfielder Bradley Ibrahim from Hertha Berlin. The 20-year-old has joined on a four-year deal for an undisclosed fee. The Londoner spent last season on loan with League One Crawley, making 37 appearances in all competitions, having come through the ranks at QPR and...
Heartfelt Technologies The British Heart Foundation said more than a million people in the UK had heart failure An at-home ‘foot-recognition’ scanner could prevent heart failure hospitalisations, a study has found. The National Institute for Health and Care Research, with the involvement of Torbay researchers, said the device could detect a build-up of fluid in...
Alison Stephenson Local Democracy Reporting Service LDRS The council was 23 years into a 50-year lease to run the toilets North Devon Council has agreed to pay £250,000 to surrender a lease agreement, meaning it will no longer operate and maintain public toilets on Saunton beach. The council entered into a 50-year lease to run...
A Plymouth hospital will be redeveloped to meet the growing demand for rehabilitation and mental health services in the region, it has been announced. University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust and Livewell Southwest said the changes at Mount Gould Hospital were important as the population gets older. It means wards for general rehabilitation at Mount Gould...