Anna Varle BBC South West health correspondent Anna Pinchuk Cardiologist Anna Pinchuk fled Kyiv with her daughter in March 2022 A cardiologist who fled Ukraine with her daughter three years ago is nearing the end of exams that would allow her to practise in the UK. Anna Pinchuk, 39, fled Kyiv with her daughter seven-year-old...
More than 80 lives were saved in 2024 by lifeboat crews and lifeguards in the South West. Data from the RNLI shows volunteer lifeboats were launched 1,475 times while lifeguards responded to 6,892 incidents, helping 9,178 people over the course of the year. A combined 82 lives were saved in the region by the two...
A big wheel tourist attraction has been given planning permission for the next four years in the historic gardens of a seaside resort. The 45m (150ft) wheel has been a feature on Torquay’s seafront since 2012. Torbay Council’s planning committee voted unanimously on Monday to grant permission for the wheel to be in place from...
Miles Davis BBC Devon political reporter Torridge District Council Len Ford stopped being a councillor after he was jailed for abuse against officials A former councillor who was jailed for a “tirade of abuse” against a senior official has been removed from his role with a by-election now being held. Len Ford represented Appledore on...
Firefighters have tackled a blaze at a property in a Devon village. Crews were called to the fire in a single-storey building in Burlescombe at about 05:00 GMT. Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said the fire was under control by 08:40. It said investigations were currently underway to confirm the cause of the...
Lisa Schneidau tells us one of Devon’s oldest ghost stories. Photo: James Kitto Read full article at source...
Lisa Newton owns Devon’s Finest Chocolate Bombs & Treats Read full article at source...
Devon and Cornwall Police The new mobile police station has been in various locations around Torquay Public feedback gathered from a mobile police station has led to increased uniformed patrols and arrests in Torquay, Devon and Cornwall Police has said. The force has been running the community initiative in various locations in the town since...
Hattie McCann BBC News, Devon Nicholas Horne for Tamar Crossings The stories will be compiled into an exhibition about the Tamar Bridge A social history project is aiming to tell the stories of people who work in the toll booths on the Tamar Bridge. Fotonow CIC, based in the Royal William Yard in Plymouth, want...
PA People were given bottled water to help avoid using tap water A parasite outbreak in Devon contributed to a nearly £40m bill for South West Water owner Pennon, the company has said. The May 2024 outbreak left some people in hospital after cryptosporidium, which causes sickness and diarrhoea, contaminated the water supply in the...
A man has been seriously injured in a city centre bus crash in Exeter, police have confirmed. Devon and Cornwall Police said officers went to South Street, Exeter, at about 11:30 BST on Monday after receiving reports a bus had collided with a pedestrian. The force said the male pedestrian suffered serious injuries as a...
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...
Former Royal Navy Officer Becks Pearson is in charge of the project Read full article at source...
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...