Exeter: Hodge; Brown-Bampoe, Slade, Tua, Wyatt; Skinner, Townsend; Blose, Yeandle (capt), Iosefa-Scott, Tuima, Molina, Vermeulen, Capstick, Roots Replacements: Frost, Sio, Roots, Tshiunza, Moloney, Cairns, Haydon-Wood, Vintcent Yellow card: Roots (39) Sale: Carpenter; O’Flaherty, R du Preez, Ma’asi-White Reed; Ford, Quirke; Rodd, Cowan-Dickie, Opoku-Fordjour, van Rhyn, Hill, J-L du Preez, B Curry (capt), D du Preez....
Hallett says he and the club’s existing shareholders – Argyle Green and the Holliday family – will match the level of funding they had planned with the new investor for this season, a level he says is twice the budget the club had when they won League One in 2023. Under Hallett’s ownership, Argyle have...
Charlotte Cox BBC News, South West BBC Students have been creating artwork to protest at the proposed cuts at the University of Plymouth Nearly 2,000 people have signed a petition launched by students in response to a review proposing cuts to courses and redundancies at the University of Plymouth. Focussing on proposals for the Arts,...
“My thanks go first to Plymouth Argyle, who made it possible for me to hold talks with FC Schalke 04,” said Muslic. “I’m also very grateful to all those at Schalke for placing their trust in me. From the very first contact, we had open and honest discussions.” The former Cercle Bruges boss signed a...
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man died in a garden in Devon. Officers were called at about 00:45 BST on Saturday after they received reports a man in his 20s had been assaulted and found in a garden of a property at Ashfield Close, Exmouth. Emergency services attended but...
Jo Loosemore BBC Radio Devon BBC Hundreds of scientists in the South West are looking into sea-based solutions to climate change Devon and Cornwall are at the global heart of finding sea-based solutions to climate change thanks to hundreds of scientists in the region, its universities have said. Their research has included restoring seagrass and...
The sound of bells is likely to be heard throughout Devon on Saturday as the county’s bell-ringers’ association marks its centenary. The Devon Association of Ringers said more than 100 towers, and more than 1000 ringers, would sound the bells from 10:00 BST through to 21:00 BST to celebrate its 100th anniversary. Bell ringers at...
Conservationists said they “burst into tears” after ospreys landed on special nesting poles in Devon. The Tamar and Tavy Osprey Project installed the nests on top of 56ft (17m) high telegraph poles in June 2024 on farmland in Warleigh Barton, Plymouth, with the hope it would help the rare birds to breed. A year on...
Plymouth Argyle have signed free-agent former Aberdeen defender Jack MacKenzie. The 25-year-old, who left the Dons this week, has agreed a three-year contract with the Pilgrims, who were relegated to League One this season. MacKenzie helped the Dons win the Scottish Cup last week when they beat Celtic on penalties and was called up to...
Surfers have taken to the waves for a 12-hour event on a North Devon beach to raise money for a charity project. Surf therapy charity The Wave Project hosted its Inclusive Surfathon at Croyde beach on Friday to fundraise for its adaptive surfing programme, which provides opportunities for people with physical disabilities to try the...
Scott Bingham & George Thorpe BBC News, Devon Devon and Cornwall Police Peter Wilkinson was found guilty of 21 separate offences during a trial in Plymouth A “sexual predator” who abused five vulnerable women over a 12-year period has been jailed. Peter Wilkinson, 53, was found guilty of 21 separate offences against the women in...
Torquay United centre-back Sam Dreyer has signed a new contract with the National League South club. The 22-year-old, who was named in the league’s Team of the Season, has agreed a two-year contract. Dreyer, who also became vice-captain during his first season at the club, played 41 league games last season. “This is great news...
A couple who kept 29 pets in a flat have been banned from keeping animals for eight years. Exeter Magistrates’ Court heard Mark West and Rebecca Sowden had kept 14 snakes, 12 cats, a tortoise, a bearded dragon and a leopard gecko in a one-bedroom flat in Taunton Close, Exeter. The court was told the...
Jake Wallace BBC News, South West BBC The Care Quality Commission launched the inspection in response to concerns A children’s health service in Devon which cares for young people with mental health needs has been rated as good following concerns about its setting. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) launched the inspection in response to concerns...
A man has been arrested after multiple vehicles were damaged by a forklift truck in a Devon town, police have said. Devon and Cornwall Police said it had received numerous calls at about 21:40 BST on Thursday about a forklift truck damaging up to five vehicles as it was driven along Queen Street and Quay...