Exeter’s England winger Claudia MacDonald has signed a new contract for the 2025-26 Premiership Women’s Rugby season. The 29-year-old, who has won 35 England caps, joined the club in 2022 and has scored 25 tries in 29 games during a spell that has been hampered by a serious neck injury. MacDonald earned an England recall...
Alex Osborne BBC News, South West Harding-Lee Media, Wildwood Trust Malenky and Nanuq arrived at Wildwood Trust’s park after travelling from their previous home in Belgium Two brown bear cubs thought to be war refugees have travelled hundreds of miles across borders to reach a forever home in a Devon zoo. The two-year-old siblings, Malenky...
Exeter centre Will Rigg is likely to miss the start of next season after undergoing foot surgery. The 25-year-old suffered a ligament injury in the win over Northampton earlier this month. Exeter’s medical staff expect the former Coventry player, who joined the Chiefs last season, to be out for three to four months. It means...
A man has died following a road crash involving a bin lorry in Devon, police say. Emergency services were called to the incident at Higher Warberry Road, Torquay, at about 12:45 BST on Tuesday. Devon and Cornwall Police said a man from the area in his 20s had died at the scene and the incident...
A charity shop in Plymouth described by residents as a community hub is to close in June. The Cancer Research UK shop in Stoke has been trading for more than 35 years but the charity decided in March to close it because it was “no longer a financially viable option”. Councillors in Stoke said they...
Police in Devon have told the public to expect heavy traffic and some road closures this weekend as a popular airshow returns to Paignton. Devon and Cornwall Police said it officers would carry out extra patrols during the English Riviera Airshow, which takes place between 30 May and 1 June. The force said people should...
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George Thorpe BBC News, Devon PA Media Lewis Pugh took 12 days to complete the swim around Martha’s Vineyard An endurance swimmer has said “we must stop killing sharks” as he completed a 60-mile (96km) trek around the area where Jaws was filmed. Lewis Pugh, a conservationist from Plymouth, swam in stormy weather around the...
Elliot Ball BBC News, South West Reuters A study has found 21% of the world’s oceans have become darker More than a fifth of the global ocean has become darker over the past two decades, according to University of Plymouth research. The process, known as “ocean darkening”, occurs when changes to the ocean’s upper most...
Anna Varle BBC South West health correspondent BBC Experts say vulnerable women need to be in female-only accommodation A charity working with victims of sexual violence is calling for action to stop vulnerable women being housed in emergency accommodation with men. Devon Rape Crisis & Sexual Abuse Services said it was “deeply concerned” by reports...
Rail users in the South West say they will be watching “with interest” to see what changes could be delivered after South Western Railway was renationalised. SWR was brought into public ownership on Sunday and the Department of Transport is now responsible for it until the Great British Railways is created later in the year....
Six men arrested on suspicion of modern-day slavery offences in Devon have been bailed, police said. The group was arrested by Devon and Cornwall Police after a crash involving a van and lorry on Dolvin Road in Tavistock on 19 May led to the discovery of eight potential modern-day slavery victims. Police said the suspected...
A former bank building in a Devon town could be converted into flats and a retail unit under new plans. The Georgian building in East Street in South Molton was previously used as a Lloyds branch, until it closed two years ago. Now developers want to create two flats, refurbish an existing apartment and provide...
Play park flooring has been damaged by vandals in a Devon town for the second time this year, police have said. Devon and Cornwall Police said newly laid and repaired flooring in the trampoline area of the Clifford Park play area in Kingsteignton had been damaged on either 19 or 20 May. The force said...
BBC Tahla Redwan, 20, of Hackney, London, appeared at Plymouth Crown Court on Tuesday A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a man in Plymouth. Tahla Redwan, 20, of Hackney, London, appeared at Plymouth Crown Court on Tuesday and denied murdering Shane Sweet. The 36-year-old was found stabbed to death in...