A man has been left with fractured ribs and a punctured lung after being “set upon by a group”. The incident happened at about 01:05 BST on Saturday in Queen Street, Barnstaple, following a disturbance involving 12 to 14 young…
Exeter boss Rob Baxter has said he has not yet started formal negotiations with players approaching the end of their contracts. England centre Henry Slade is the highest-profile Exeter player whose contract runs out next summer, along with the likes…
Published On 15 Oct 202515 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Dozens of dilapidated stone buildings are all that remain of the once-thriving border village of Martoli, in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. Nestled…
A partnership that carries out vital health research across the South West Peninsula to directly benefit patients and NHS services has been awarded £15.5 million by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The Applied Research Collaboration South…
The largest-ever study on neophobia, or fear of novelty, has discovered the key reasons why some bird species are more fearful of new things than others. Published in the journal PLOS Biology, the global multi-species study was led by the…
The State Department says the US has ‘no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans’ after revoking visas over critical social media posts. The US Department of State says it has revoked the visas of six foreigners over…
A statue of the first female MP to take her seat in the House of Commons has been temporarily moved for repairs. Plymouth City Council said the bronze figure of Nancy Astor was taken away on Monday from its position…
Kirk EnglandSouth West environment and tourism correspondent BBC Stephen and Sharon Boulton, who live close to the proposed solar farm, say other options should be explored first “It’s going to be huge, absolutely vast,” says Stephen Boulton of the solar…
Here are the key events from day 1,329 of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Published On 15 Oct 202515 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Here is how things stand on Wednesday, October 15, 2025: Fighting…
United States President Donald Trump has pledged to boost Argentina’s economy with a $20bn currency swap, but only if the South American country’s right-wing president prevails in the upcoming elections. The president, the self-described anarcho-capitalist Javier Milei, was in Washington,…