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Car crash causes delays on part of M5 in Devon

Car crash causes delays on part of M5 in Devon

Drivers experienced delays on part of the M5 after a car hit the central reservation.Devon and Cornwall Police said two of three southbound lanes had been closed between junction 28, leading on to the A373 Honiton Road at the Cullompton services area, and junction 29, leading to the A30 at Exeter and Honiton.Officers said emergency services had attended the scene and asked drivers to be patient while they dealt with incident.Diversions were put in place via the A373…

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Putin meets top North Korean diplomat, says ties developing as planned | Vladimir Putin News

North Korea’s Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui praised the ‘spiritual closeness’ between the two states.Published On 27 Oct 202527 Oct 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareRussia’s President Vladimir Putin has met North Korea’s Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui in the latest high-level engagement between the two countries, which have strengthened ties during the Ukraine war.Footage released by Russian state news agencies showed Putin greeting Choe in the Kremlin on Monday. Russia’s top diplomat Sergey Lavrov also appeared…

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Men crash stolen taxi into parked and moving cars in Bideford

Men crash stolen taxi into parked and moving cars in Bideford

Police have arrested a man in his 30s after two men stole the taxi they had hired and drove it into parked and moving cars.Devon and Cornwall Police said the white Ford Mondeo taxi driver had picked up the men from Westward Ho! and driven them to the Geneva Court of Bideford at about 16:15 GMT on Sunday.The men promised payment and went in to a house and, when the taxi driver knocked on the door a little…

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Environmental group rejects South West Water’s “greenwashing” funding offer

Environmental group rejects South West Water’s “greenwashing” funding offer

DS Pugh/GeographLittle Green Change rejected a £4,825 grant offer from South West WaterAn environmental group says it has rejected a grant from a water company's community fund, saying it will not "participate in greenwashing".Little Green Change, based in Lyme Regis, Dorset, runs education projects for schools and organisations in South West England.The not-profit social enterprise said it rejected £4,825 from South West Water (SWW), accusing it of prioritising shareholders above investment to stop pollution.SWW said it was disappointed…

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Car crash causes damage to historic Devon shopfront

Car crash causes damage to historic Devon shopfront

A business owner says she is "shocked and sad" after a 300-year-old property was damaged in a car crash.Devon and Cornwall Police said the car crashed into a home furnishings shop on Fore Street, Kingsbridge, at about 15:25 GMT on Sunday.Officers said there were no injuries but the driver was reported to court for driving without due care.Hazel Donovan, who runs the shop Donovan alongside her partner Trevor Tilbury, said: "I'm really sad. The building has been in…

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Dani Gibson: Somerset all-rounder signs new deal with county

Dani Gibson: Somerset all-rounder signs new deal with county

All-rounder Dani Gibson has signed a one-year contract extension with Somerset that will keep her at the county through to the end of the 2026 season.The 24-year-old right hander played in four matches this year for Somerset in her debut season for the county and scored 103 runs with a high score of 50.In March she was ruled out for the start of the 2025 campaign after suffering a stress fracture in her back. Gibson made her full…

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M5 to close for overnight work between junction 27 and junction 25

M5 to close for overnight work between junction 27 and junction 25

A busy stretch of motorway is to close overnight this week. The M5 northbound will be closed between junction 27 at Tiverton and junction 25 at Taunton from 21:00 GMT tonight until 06:00 GMT and then again every night until Friday. The southbound carriageway will be fully closed overnight on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. "We're aware it's carnival night [on Saturday] so we have updated that to just lane closures until midnight to allow traffic to disperse," said…

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Parking prices to rise at Devon nature reserves

Parking prices to rise at Devon nature reserves

Parking prices are set to rise at two council-owned nature reserves.The cost of parking at Stover Country Park in Newton Abbot and the Grand Western Canal car park in Tiverton would increase by 10%, Devon County Council said.The current £2 fare in both car parks for two hours would rise to £2.20, while the existing £4 charge for four hours would be £4.40 in both facilities, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.The council said income from the…

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Cycling 900 miles for Truro City FC match was ‘work of a madman’

Cycling 900 miles for Truro City FC match was ‘work of a madman’

Chris WillianChris Willian said he was "amazed" people followed him on social media to see how he was on his 914-mile trekA football fan cycled more than 900 miles from Cornwall to Tyne and Wear to see his football team play in the National League says he had a "quite incredible" response to his trip.Chris Willian travelled 914 miles (1,471km) on two manually-powered wheels from the county to see his team Truro City FC face Gateshead on Saturday.…

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What’s in the Thai-Cambodia peace agreement and can it hold? | Border Disputes News

What’s in the Thai-Cambodia peace agreement and can it hold? | Border Disputes News

United States President Donald Trump has kicked off his weeklong, high-stakes diplomatic tour of Asia in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, by presiding over the signing of a peace declaration between Thailand and Cambodia.Trump had flown to Malaysia to attend the summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), where he also signed separate trade deals on Sunday with Cambodia, Thailand and Malaysia as well as agreements on critical minerals with Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur.The highlight of…

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Man who dodged Devon train fares racks up £30k in fines

Man who dodged Devon train fares racks up £30k in fines

BBCExeter Magistrates Court heard Nicholas Tooley had paid £2,100 of the £30,012.90 fines he had been givenA man who ran up fines of more than £30,000 by dodging train fares has been given a "clean slate".Exeter Magistrates' Court heard Nicholas Tooley had not paid for trips between Exeter and Teignmouth to see his family over a seven-year period from April 2017.District Judge Stuart Smith said the 54-year-old of Alphington Road, Exeter, who lived on Universal Credit, had got…

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Teen and police officer bitten by dog at protest on Plymouth Hoe

Teen and police officer bitten by dog at protest on Plymouth Hoe

A teenager and a police officer have been bitten by a dog at a demonstration, the force has said.Devon and Cornwall Police said a dog had bitten a15-year-old boy before it then bit a responding officer during protests on Plymouth Hoe just after 16:00 GMT on Sunday.They said both victims had been treated in hospital and a 48-year-old man from Plymouth had been arrested on suspicion of having a dangerously out of control dog.Officers had seized the dog…

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