Google Police said there were two men and a woman reported in the area at the time of the assault. Three witnesses to an attack on a teenage girl on a Devon walking trail are being urged to come forward. Devon and Cornwall Police said they received reports of a man trying to pull the...
Devon & Torbay Combined County Authority has privately produced a Local Growth Plan that is intended to guide regional development for the next decade before holding a brief public consultation on its contents with the minimum-possible publicity. It says the plan has been “shaped by extensive engagement with stakeholders across the region” but when asked...
Caroline Robinson BBC News, Devon BBC Becci Hey has been installing sanitary bins in the toilets for two years Sanitary bins are to be installed at toilets in a seaside town following a row over a lack of waste disposal facilities. Photographer and artist Becci Hey, 58, has been installing sanitary bins in Hope Cove’s...
George Thorpe BBC News, Devon Family handout Adam Harrison died when a parachute he was using during a tandem skydive did not open A skydiving instructor who died during a tandem jump had a way of “turning ordinary days into unforgettable adventures”, his family said. Adam Harrison was killed when the parachute he was using...
Caroline Robinson BBC News, Devon BBC Councillors backed proposals to trial areas where all potholes would be filled, rather than just dealing with safety defects A council has agreed to trial changes to the way it fixes potholes in parts of Devon. Devon County Council backed proposals to trial areas where all potholes would be...
Exeter City will host Plymouth Argyle in the first Devon derby for more than two years in October. New Pilgrims boss Tom Cleverley will experience his first derby on Saturday, 25 October after the 2025-26 League One fixtures were released earlier on Thursday. The return game at Home Park is scheduled for Saturday, 11 April...
A plan for up to 100 homes to be built on land near a historic house has been approved. The proposals for Tidcombe Hall in Tiverton were rejected for a second time by Mid Devon District Council’s planning committee last year, with the plan attracting some 170 letters of objection. Opponents at the time expressed...
Emma Ruminski BBC South West arts reporter Jane Perkins Jane Perkins working on her interpretation of a van Gogh picture Describing them as never-ending “jigsaw puzzles”, Jane Perkins creates huge collages out of tiny found items. Plastic toys, buttons and everyday things are recycled and carefully placed to make striking portraits or recreate grand masters....
Charlotte Cox BBC South West Wildwood Trust The antics of Mish and Lucy prompted an outpouring of support A pair of bears who escaped and raided their keepers’ food store in Devon are in the honey once more thanks to generous community donations. European brown bears Mish and Lucy sparked a “code red” on Tuesday,...
Anna Varle BBC South West health correspondent BBC Prof Tim Nutbeam said speed could improve the chances of survival and slow “methods weren’t reducing spinal movement – they were just slow” Fewer crash victims are being cut free from vehicles since a Devon doctor’s research led to changes in national guidance for trauma care. Prof...
Chloe Parkman BBC News, South West Handout The leatherback turtle was spotted on Thursday A leatherback turtle has been spotted swimming off Devon’s coast. Video footage of the species swimming through calm waters near Beer, Seaton, was recorded by a paddleboarder on 19 June. Ed Parr Ferris, conservation manager at Devon Wildlife Trust, said the...
Cameron Weldon BBC News, South West BBC Tom Coverley worked at the factory in Plymouth between 1975 and 1987 A man from Devon has returned to the chewing gum factory where he used to work as part of his celebrating his 100th birthday. Tom Coverley, from Plymstock, worked at the Wrigley factory on the outskirts...
BBC Operation Lockspring aimed to reduce the number of road collisions and educate the public More than 30 motorists have been arrested during a four-day campaign targeting dangerous driving. Devon and Cornwall Police said Operation Lockspring was working to reduce the number of collisions on roads and to educate the public about the importance of...
Jonathan Morris BBC News South West BBC Becci Hey is in a tug-of-war battle with the council over sanitary bins in public toilets Public toilets at a seaside town in south Devon are at the centre of a row over what campaigners call people’s dignity and hygiene. Becci Hey has been installing sanitary bins in...
Detectives are linking a spate of burglaries in which cash has been stolen from residential properties. Devon and Cornwall Police said the incidents took place at four residential properties in north Devon between Friday and Saturday. Properties in Roundswell, Ilfracombe and Bideford were broken into on Friday, with a fourth break in at another property...