Researchers at the University of Exeter were chosen to help with a new film and book. Read full article at source...
BBC The RNLI has reflected on the role it played during the war as the country marks 80 years since Victory in Europe, or VE Day The last lifeboat launch of World War Two in the UK happened in Devon, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) has said. The RNLI has reflected on the role...
Two people have died “following an incident” in Devon, police have said. A Devon and Cornwall Police spokesperson said the two people were found at a home at Salterton Road, Exmouth. They said the force was not looking for anyone else in relation to the deaths. The spokesperson added: “Our thoughts are with the family...
A teenage cyclist has suffered serious injuries in a collision with a white Ford Transit van in Plymouth. The crash happened at about 17:50 BST on Wednesday at Kings Road in Devonport. The boy, aged 15, was taken to Derriford Hospital by ambulance before being transferred to Bristol Children’s Hospital. Devon and Cornwall Roads Policing...
England winger Immanuel Feyi-Waboso could be fit for the summer international tours, says Exeter director of rugby Rob Baxter. The 22-year-old has not played this year after dislocating his shoulder in late December, with delays to his surgery following as England and Exeter discussed his treatment. Baxter says Feyi-Waboso, who scored a try in each...
BBC Ten Tors will see 400 teams of six travelling across Dartmoor Chloe Parkman BBC News, South West Thousands of people will descend upon Dartmoor at the weekend to take part in the 63rd Ten Tors challenge. The annual event, between 9 and 11 May, is usually attempted by 2,400 teenagers in 400 teams of...
Kevin Hay BBC News, South West BBC Max Embury was a Scout Car Commander “We did think of the casualties… and we were thinking why them and not me?” Three men from Devon and Cornwall have recalled their memories of their service during World War Two on the 80th anniversary of VE Day. Former Scout...
Emily Wood BBC News, Devon BBC Dr Catherine Ross from the Met Office in Exeter has researched how the weather forecast was shared during World War Two With the outbreak of World War Two in 1939, daily weather forecasts, which had been broadcast on the BBC since 1923, had to stop. The forecasts put together...
Eve Watson BBC News, South West BBC It will be 80 years since the announcement of the end of the war in Europe at exactly 15:00 BST People in Devon and Cornwall are marking the 80th anniversary since the end of World War Two in Europe. On 8 May 1945 at exactly 15:00 BST, Sir...
The ambulance service in the South West has announced up to 40 jobs could be at risk in a bid to save millions of pounds. The South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWAST) said its Corporate Support Services had to save £5m in 2025. Therefore, the service had entered into a period of consultation,...
Baxter refused to be drawn deeper on the reasons why Hunter and Hepher were suspended – last week chairman Tony Rowe said there had been a “clear disconnect” between the players and coaches. He would also not discuss if Hepher would still take a role helping Exeter’s academy players transition to the first team –...
Tributes have been paid to an 18-year-old man who died in a crash in Devon. Mali Dubois, from Bradworthy, died at the scene of the crash near Otterton in the early hours of 29 April. His family described him as a man with such a “bright future”, who was “kind and gentle” and that he...
Kevin Hay & Archie Farmer BBC News, South West BBC Beryl Darch was 10 years old and living in Tamerton Foliot when the war ended People living in Devon have remembered the celebrations that followed the end of World War Two in Europe, which happened almost 80 years ago. At the time, Beryl Darch was...
Chris George Barry Yeagers was 12 years old when he and his family were evacuated from Guernsey When Barry Yeagers turned 12 years old, he never expected to leave Guernsey for any reason, let alone the start of World War Two. But when it became clear Nazi Germany forces had their sights set on the...
A man arrested as part of a murder investigation on a cruise ship has been released on bail. A 60-year-old man from West Sussex died following an altercation about 90 minutes after MSC Virtuosa departed Southampton on Saturday evening. Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary arrested a 57-year-old man from Exeter, Devon, on suspicion of...