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Torquay United have signed midfielder Munashe Sundire following his departure from National League side Tamworth at the end of the season. The 28-year-old made 43 appearances for Tamworth after joining the club in February 2024, helping them win promotion to the fifth tier in 2023-24. Sundire, who can play in central midfield and also at...

Google Plymouth Crown Court heard how Benjamin Lilly had recorded girls aged between 12 and 15 while working at Plymouth Life Centre A lifeguard who used his mobile phone to record young girls undressing in changing room cubicles has been given a two year suspended sentence. Plymouth Crown Court heard how Benjamin Lilly recorded girls...

A 37-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of child abduction after a police search in Devon and Cornwall. Devon and Cornwall Police issued an appeal on Tuesday for information to help locate the man, from West Yorkshire, and two children, who are known to each other, following concerns for their welfare. The force said the...

BBC The legal right to wild camp on Dartmoor has been upheld by the Supreme Court in a decision that is likely to reignite the debate over public access to land in England. Judges unanimously rejected an appeal by landowners Alexander and Diana Darwall who said people should not be able to camp without permission...

A 20-year-old man has died in a motorcycle crash in Plymouth. The crash between a red Mercedes and a red Honda motorcycle happened on Kings Road, in Devonport, at about 10:50 BST on Tuesday, police said. Devon and Cornwall Police said the motorcycle rider, a local man in his 20s, died at the scene. Anyone...

A Devon charity has been awarded a large grant to help protect and restore an ecologically important area of marshy grassland. The Shallowford Farm Trust on Dartmoor provides children from inner-city areas with the chance to experience life on East Shallowford Farm. The trust has secured a grant of £227,166 from the Heritage Lottery Fund...

Dan Wareing BBC News, South West Surreal Succulents Boss Daniel Michael said he was “over the moon” with the news A nursery from Cornwall has won its fifth consecutive gold medal at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Penzance-based Surreal Succulents bagged the top prize for its exhibition of Succulents, a plant well known for its...

Part of the A38 in Plymouth had to be shut down after a deer was injured, police have said. Officers from Devon and Cornwall Police were called to reports of an injured deer on the central reservation of the A38 at Eggbuckland at 11:50 BST. An armed unit attended the scene to put the animal...

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