A main road in Plymouth has been closed after a three-vehicle crash. It happened in Tavistock Road at about 11:00 BST, with police, the fire service, and paramedics all at the scene. Drivers have been advised to avoid the area while the road remained closed. Devon and Cornwall Police said the extent of any injuries...
Police are appealing for information after a knifepoint robbery in Kingsbridge. Devon and Cornwall Police said a man entered Morrison’s Daily on Fore Street at about 21:55 BST on Tuesday, wielding a penknife and demanding money from staff. The man, described as a white male in his 30s and about 6ft (1.8m) tall, was wearing...
Exeter prop Marcus Street says a desire to be pushed “outside my comfort zone” was a factor in his decision to join Premiership rivals Saracens in the summer. The 26-year-old has played more than 100 games for Exeter since coming up through the club’s academy ranks to the first team set-up in 2017. But after...
John Danks BBC News, Devon BBC Lydia was originally built in 1925 A luxury railway carriage used on the train that carried Winston Churchill during World War Two has undergone restoration work in Devon. The Pullman coach, named Lydia and originally built in 1925, has been in the workshop at the South Devon Railway in...
The Environment Agency has begun its weekly sampling of water at 155 monitored beaches and river bathing sites in Devon and Cornwall. Sampling will continue until the end of September, with updates available on the Swimfo website, it said. Samples are tested for harmful bacteria such as E. Coli and intestinal enterococci. The agency said...
A biker riding a Harley Davidson motorbike has died after a collision with a parked car in Devon. The crash happened at Beaford, near Great Torrington, at 17:50 BST on Thursday. Devon and Cornwall Police said the rider, a man in his 60s from Barnstaple, suffered fatal injuries and died at the scene. The force...
John Acres is at the Devon County Show and met Ginger Nut and Cookie Crumble, show pigs Read full article at source...
Anna Varle South West health correspondent BBC Trudy Herniman (left) was 23 years old when her mother, a farmer’s wife, took her own life Trudy Herniman was 23 years old when her mother, a farmer’s wife, took her own life. “She wasn’t someone who cried. She was very matter-of-fact and just got on with things,”...
Kevin Hay BBC News, South West BBC Stephen Keighley swapped sharp suits for “tatty clothes” after walking away from the hustle and bustle of city life Flashy cars, a prestige job and plenty of money – high-flying estate Stephen Keighley had it all. Underneath, he knew “something was badly wrong”. “One morning I was driving...
Bradley Gerrard Local Democracy Reporting Service BBC East Devon District Council rejected the plans for near Axminster Plans to build a lithium battery storage facility in East Devon have been rejected. Clearstone Energy had asked for permission to build and operate the battery energy storage system (BESS) south of Hazelhurst Raymonds Hill in Axminster. However,...
Elliot Ball BBC News, South West BBC The Devon County Show will be held between 15 and 17 May More than 95,000 people are expected to attend the Devon County Show during the three-day event, organisers say. The 129th show runs from Thursday until Saturday and will be held at Westpoint arena, near Exeter. According...
Elliot Ball BBC News, South West David White BBC Radio Devon Handout Rev Thomas has urged people to call the police if they see anything relating to the stolen lecture topper A hand-carved wooden eagle has been stolen from a church in Devon. Rev Andrew Thomas, of St Paul’s in Yelverton, said the sculpture was...
Two people found dead at a property in Devon both suffered gunshot wounds, police have said. Husband and wife, John Perkins, 66, and Kathryn Perkins, 67, were pronounced dead at a property at Briar Close, Exmouth, at 18:30 BST on 7 May. A spokesperson for Devon and Cornwall Police said the fatalities were linked and...
Planning permission is being sought to partially demolish a shopping centre in Torquay. Nine shops at the Union Square shopping centre are to be demolished if permission is granted by Torbay Council, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said. The plans were submitted by the council’s development partner, Willmott Dixon, which is planning wider improvements to...
An Exeter Chiefs rugby player has been banned from driving after he was caught drink-driving. Will Goodrick-Clarke told Exeter Magistrates’ Court he made a “massive lapse in judgement” during the incident in the Westclyst area of Exeter in April. The court heard the 29-year-old’s BMW driver was stopped by a routine police patrol near his...