An 18-year old man has been arrested following a serious sexual assault on a woman in a village in Devon. Devon and Cornwall Police said the attack happened on Bridge Street in Uffculme, near Cullompton, at about 15:40 BST on Friday. The force said a man from Tiverton was arrested on suspicion of rape, sexual...
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Zhara Simpson BBC News, South West BBC South West Water said its bottled water stations in Devon have now been demobilised Schools have reopened after teams worked “very hard” to restore water supplies following a burst main on Sunday, South West Water (SWW) has said. The water company said on Thursday its network was back...
A woman has been charged in connection to a suspected acid attack in which a man in his 30s was injured and remains in a serious condition in hospital, police have said. Devon and Cornwall Police said Paris Wilson, 34, of The Quay in Plymouth was due to appear at the city’s Magistrates’ Court on...
Cameron Weldon BBC News, South West BBC Deanna Prestige said she and other tenants were unable to shower for a week Elderly tenants of a sheltered housing scheme were left without heating and hot water for a week after a gas leak. Deanna Prestige, 76, said residents of 12 flats at Romaleyn Gardens in Paignton...
Artificial intelligence (AI) is being used to help improve outcomes for stroke patients in Devon. The project SAMueL-2, which stands for stroke audit machine learning, helps to identify which patients can receive a procedure called thrombolysis, which involves administering drugs to break down blood clots. It has analysed a quarter of a million medical records...
Baxter said Ikitau was one of the “top centres” in world rugby. “He’s playing very well, he’s very keen to experience something else,” Exeter director of rugby Rob Baxter told BBC Radio Devon. “He’s talked a lot with the Australians who have been here at Exeter, they’ve all said that if he gets over here...
A murder investigation has been launched after a woman died following an incident in Kingsbridge, police have said. Devon and Cornwall Police said officers were called to a reported collision involving a vehicle and pedestrian at New Bridge on the A379 Embankment Road in Kingsbridge at about 04:45 BST on Wednesday. Police said the pedestrian,...
George Thorpe BBC News, Devon BBC Stephen Sanders’ sentencing hearing was held at Exeter Crown Court A man who used paganism and chocolate to help him sexually abuse and rape children has been jailed. Stephen Sanders, 62, of Raleigh Avenue, Torquay, was sentenced to 27 years in prison and told to sign the sex offenders...
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Jonathan Morris BBC News, South West Fathoms Free Seabirds found entangled in the net are thought to have diving for trapped fish Volunteers have spent five hours removing a 1,300ft-long (400m) abandoned fishing net from Plymouth Sound National Marine Park. The net, which had trapped and killed dozens of fish, seabirds, crabs, and lobsters, was...
Google The owners of the Domino’s in Plympton want to keep it open until 05:00 A Devon pizza shop’s attempt to extend its opening hours into the early hours of the morning has been described as “ridiculous”. Plymouth City Council’s licensing sub committee is set to review an application on Tuesday from Domino’s Pizza Westcountry...
A cliff fall in Devon has led to the closure of a coastal footpath, according to the local authority. A Facebook post from Teignbridge District Council said a section of path had been closed at Lee Mount in Dawlish between the steps from Early’s Wall and a large viewing shelter. The council said “significant sized...
South Hams Council Proposals include increasing the size of the pool and heating it A village swimming pool could reopen as part of £88,000 plans to transform a leisure site. South Hams District Council’s executive committee will on Thursday review proposals for the Meadowbrook Park pool in Dartington, which has been closed since 2022 and...
A “one-stop” service for patients suspected of a rare cancer in Devon has more than halved the average time for diagnosis. The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust said the facility at Exeter’s Nightingale Hospital was helping patients suspected of sarcoma – a type of malignant tumour in bone and connective tissue – get...