Matt Austin The Farmers Arms in Devon won gold in the Pub of the Year category Three businesses in Devon and Cornwall have won gold at the Visit England Awards for Excellence 2025. In Cornwall, Polmanter Touring Park won gold in the Camping, Glamping and Holiday Park of the Year category, while Treworgey Cottage won...
A childhood photo of a brother and sister from Cornwall has been reunited with them after turning up more than 300 miles away in a Lincolnshire charity shop. Chris Kirkum, 32, from Holsworthy, Devon, and his sister Jade Kirkum, 30, from Bude, Cornwall, were just children when they posed for the photo at Bude Junior...
Anna Varle BBC South West health correspondent BBC Janet Sutton had skin cancer removed from her forehead in December 2024 A new campaign has been launched to reduce the increasing rates of skin cancer amongst outdoor workers in Devon and Cornwall. NHS figures for 2024/25 show there were 5,728 diagnoses of the condition across Devon,...
Post offices across Devon and Cornwall that had been earmarked for closure might now stay open following public campaigns to keep them. The Post Office announced a proposal to run the threatened sites in Liskeard, Newquay, Bideford, Paignton, Teignmouth and Plymouth under a new franchise. All of the sites are wholly-owned by the Post Office...
Hospitals in Devon and Cornwall have been given more than £22m for vital repairs, the Department of Health and Social Care has confirmed. It comes as part of the £750m announced for the NHS in England in the autumn budget. Devon’s hospitals have been given more than £15m for improvements, while Cornish hospitals will benefit...
People are being reminded of the dangers linked to roads after a series of fatal crashes in the South West. Devon and Cornwall Police said its officers had attended “a number of very serious crashes” in the last month, some which had proved fatal. Ch Insp Dean Drury said a loss of life in a...
Cornwall beat Devon 31-27 to win the inaugural women’s Tamar Cup as the sides met for the first time in the County Championship. But Devon’s two losing bonus points ensured they topped their pool and reached the knockout stages in Division Two of the Gill Burns Cup while Cornwall finish third. “Any Cornish person knows...
Stagecoach Alison Hernandez, Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, said night buses could become a “a mainstay of having a night out” Seven new routes have been added to the night bus service across the South West. The Saturday night/Sunday morning service, set up by the police and supported...
A 37-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of child abduction after a police search in Devon and Cornwall. Devon and Cornwall Police issued an appeal on Tuesday for information to help locate the man, from West Yorkshire, and two children, who are known to each other, following concerns for their welfare. The force said the...
Jonathan Morris BBC News, South West Getty Images Octopus vulgaris is possibly drawn to the area by rising sea temperatures Fishers are observing a notable rise in octopus sightings along England’s south-west coast. Some say an “invasion” of octopus and a local bylaw are “decimating” the Devon shellfish industry. We asked experts what is happening...
BBC Gylly Beach was one of the sites of the protest Hundreds of swimmers, surfers and paddleboarders have taken to the sea in Cornwall and Devon as part of an annual protest against an “ongoing sewage scandal”. The nationwide Paddle Out Protest, hosted by Surfers Against Sewage (SAS), took place across 42 bathing sites across the UK on Saturday, including Gylly Beach in Falmouth, as well...
Lifeguards are returning to 32 additional beaches across south-west England on Saturday. The RNLI said lifeguards would return to four beaches in Devon and 28 in Cornwall, giving beachgoers the opportunity to visit 58 lifeguarded beaches across the region. It said warm weather was expected to continue, so advised those planning to swim in the...
People in the South West are being encouraged to get a spring Covid-19 vaccination. NHS England South West said more than half of people who were invited for the booster in the region had not taken up the offer. People who are eligible for the Covid-19 vaccination include those who are aged 75 and over...
The Environment Agency has begun its weekly sampling of water at 155 monitored beaches and river bathing sites in Devon and Cornwall. Sampling will continue until the end of September, with updates available on the Swimfo website, it said. Samples are tested for harmful bacteria such as E. Coli and intestinal enterococci. The agency said...
BBC The electric buses are due to start operating in June The first vehicles that are part of a new fleet of electric buses will soon be rolled out onto the streets of Plymouth and parts of Cornwall. Plymouth Citybus is replacing some of its current diesel vehicles with 50 zero emission double-decker buses as...