Torquay United striker Cody Cooke says the Gulls believe they can win promotion back to the National League. Cooke, 32, has come off the bench to score the winning goal in both of Torquay’s past two National League South matches. He and his team-mates are on an eight-game unbeaten run that has included winning each...
Work to create a “mirror image” of one of Britain’s last remaining ancient temperate rainforests has started in Devon. Last week, volunteers from Moor Trees planted 450 saplings grown from acorns specially collected from Wistman’s Wood on Dartmoor. This work, which took place near the collection site, aims to support an expansion and regeneration plan...
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Miron Muslic says he is still positive despite Plymouth Argyle’s perilous position at the bottom of the Championship. The Pilgrims played out a goalless draw at Watford on Saturday for just their ninth point on the road this season. The result was just a second clean sheet away from home all season but Argyle remain...
Funding to support the “hidden issue” of children in Devon who have had a parent sent to prison is set to continue. The Not My Sentence support programme was developed in Devon in 2022 with one-to-one support from trained youth workers for young people with a close family member in jail. Topics include understanding the...
BBC Amsterdam is known as the “Venice of the North” thanks to its myriad of canals Five years after the collapse of airline Flybe, air passengers in the South West will again be able to travel to Amsterdam Schiphol from Exeter Airport. The new service, run by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, began on 30 March,...
Flood schemes in Devon and Cornwall will receive about £33m of government funding, the Environment Agency (EA) has said. It said the plan to put “fresh funding” into 70 flood schemes in the counties would help to “protect 27,000 more homes and businesses over the next year”. Projects earmarked in the scheme included a watercourse...
Five people have been arrested at a rave on Dartmoor, police have said. Ivybridge and Rural Police said officers were called to reports of an “ongoing rave” at Cadover Bridge at about 07:00 BST. Police said about 50 people and 35 vehicles were present when officers arrived and five people were taken into custody “for...
Julia Gregory BBC News, South West BBC Devon Air Ambulance founder Ann Ralli says it will be important to have the 168 staff under one roof Devon’s Air Ambulance founder has said it is crucial for the charity to have a new headquarters and air base. Ann Ralli said: “We not only have to keep...
Two teenagers have been arrested after a man was seriously injured in an assault, police have said. The victim was kicked in the head several times by two men and rushed to hospital. Devon and Cornwall Police said the attack happened outside Drake Circus in Charles Street, Plymouth at about 04:45 BST. The force confirmed...
The UK’s “largest queer festival” is coming to North Devon, organisers have said. The Out & Wild Festival, billed as the UK’s largest festival celebrating the lesbian, bi, trans, and queer women and non-binary people community, is set to take place in June near Bideford. Organisers said the event, which started during the Covid-19 pandemic,...
Andy Reeves/PA Wire Conservationists hope the project will benefit threatened and endangered wildlife, such as water voles A £5m project to boost wildlife and tackle climate impacts has started on land cared for by the National Trust. The Garfield Weston Foundation has delivered £5m in funding to deliver the three year-long project called Turning The...
Lisa Young BBC News, South West James Locke Derek Hernaman is driving George the Land Rover and Mildred the caravan around the coast of England A 69-year-old Land Rover called George is being driven around England while it tows a 79-year-old caravan called Mildred in a bid to raise money for charity. Derek Hernaman, left...
Lisa Young BBC News, South West Historic Royal Palaces YW Barry Gray served in the Royal Marines for 26 years before he was appointed a Beefeater A former Royal Marine from Devon has been appointed as a Yeoman Warder (YW) at the Tower of London. Barry Gray, who has been living in Yelverton, was a...
Torquay United moved up to fourth place in National League South with a 1-0 win at bottom-of-the-table Aveley. It took an 87th-minute winner from substitute Cody Cooke for the Gulls to get over the line and remain three points behind leaders Worthing with five games to go. Aveley, who were relegated as a result of...