A 23-year-old motorcyclist has died in a collision in Devon, police have said. Devon and Cornwall Police were called to the crash on a road between Youldon Moor Cross and Holsworthy Beacon at about 17:30 BST on Monday. The incident involved a red Suzuki motorbike and a white Ford Ranger pickup truck. The force has...
Miles Davis BBC Devon political reporter BBC Campaigner Dave Curno is concerned a road expansion scheme could threaten ancient woodland on the edge of Plymouth Trees in ancient woodland could be cut down and homes and gardens compulsorily purchased as part of a £156m scheme to improve a traffic junction. Plymouth City Council is consulting...
Matthew Hill BBC West Health Correspondent BBC The centre in Bristol brings 3D imaging and printing into one facility A cyclist left with devastating facial injuries after being knocked off his bike by a drunk driver is one of the first patients to benefit from a unique NHS body parts printing centre. The Bristol 3D...
Hardie was at Rangers as a youngster, making 17 senior appearances for the Glasgow giants and spending time on loan with Raith, St Mirren and Livingston during his time at Ibrox. He joined Blackpool in 2019, before moving on loan to Plymouth in January 2020 – scoring seven goals in 13 games as the Pilgrims...
Former Real Madrid and Wales star Gareth Bale is part of a US-based consortium’s attempt to take over League One club Plymouth Argyle. Talks with the private equity firm are said to be at an early stage. Plymouth owner Simon Hallett said last month that a previous agreement to sell a stake in the club...
Exeter have signed Harlequins’ versatile Canada international Maddy Grant for the 2025-26 Premiership Women’s Rugby season. The 24-year-old, who moved to Quins in December, has won 23 caps for her country and featured at the last World Cup, playing in the semi-final loss to England. Grant, who can play in the backs or the forwards,...
Nicky Kitson tells Michael Chequer about beautiful Bideford and the town’s community. Read full article at source...
Alison Stephenson Local Democracy Reporting Service Google About 35 jobs are expected to be created, the planning application says A hotel with 30 beds and a camping site for motorhomes is set to be built close to a retirement village in Holsworthy. A planning application to build on land adjacent to Rydon Village off the...
Two people who died in a skydive accident in Devon have been named by police. Belinda Taylor, 48, from Totnes, and Adam Harrison, 30, from Bournemouth, died in the accident at Dunkeswell Aerodrome at about 13:00 BST on Friday, Devon and Cornwall Police said. Read full article at source...
Alison Stephenson Local Democracy Reporting Service Red Earth The developer said the construction would cost more than £30m and was expected to take three years A Devon council has amended plans for the regeneration of a derelict riverside site in Bideford. Torridge District Council’s planning committee agreed the apartment balconies in the plans for Brunswick...
Mark: Great appointment after being relegated. Shows ambition to go straight back up with the new early signings. Need a top striker, with [Ryan] Hardie we will be flying. Leonardo: Rooney 2.0? Wish we had gone for an older, wiser, experienced manager to steady the good ship Argyle after recent seasons of turmoil and upheaval,...
A school in Devon has been forced to close due to a burst water main which has cut off its water supply. Some people in Totnes have reported having little or no water and South West Water said it hoped to restore the supply in the next three to four hours. Stoke Gabriel Community Primary...
The second phase of urgent repair work to Exmouth’s sea wall has been completed, a council has said. East Devon District Council (EDDC) said the “critical phase” of the project involved installing 150m (490ft) of steel sheet piling, extending the defences from the phase one works at the Sideshore Development to the old lifeboat slipway....
A community project in Exmouth, is aiming to teach more than 1,000 schoolchildren water safety at the seaside. Sideshore Sea Safety was formed in 2022, when it said just one school and a handful of pupils visited the seafront area in East Devon. This year there would be 24 schools and hundreds of children taking...
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust has appointed Neil Macdonald as its new chief executive. Mr Macdonald, who will begin his role on 6 October, joins from Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, where he has served as chief executive since 2018. The Plymouth NHS Trust is one of the largest employers in the region, with about 11,000...