PA Media Philip Lowrie played Dennis Tanner in the ITV soap who went on to marry Rita Sullivan played by Barbara Knox Original Coronation Street star Philip Lowrie has died aged 88. Lowrie, who appeared in the first episode of the ITV soap in 1960 as the original bad boy Dennis Tanner, died on Friday,...
South West Water bills rise by a third following worst performance in sector with 550,000 hours of sewage spills Tariffs increase as Environment Agency publishes damning data after South West Water owner Pennon Group issues £24.5 million in dividends to shareholders. Tuesday 22 April 2025 Devon & Torbay CCA sets sail for regional democratic deficit...
Police are appealing for information after an incident of violent disorder involving a number of people in Plymouth. Devon and Cornwall Police was called at about 20:40 BST on Thursday after a report of an ongoing fight in Roman Way, St Budeaux. Officers attended, but all parties had left the scene and no victim was...
HEADLINES Devon & Torbay CCA sets sail for regional democratic deficit with £500,000 crew Combined county authority throws public accountability overboard as future regional strategic governance body ratifies constitution at inaugural meeting but fails to explain why so many staff needed to deliver so little at such colossal cost. Read more. Sidwell Street Post Office...
One of Exeter city centre’s two remaining post offices is about to close at the same time as the retailer providing the other is sold, raising the prospect that the city centre’s last Post Office counter may soon disappear. The Sidwell Street Post Office, operated by Morrisons, will close at the same time as the...
A man has been injured in an attack on a street in Plymouth, police said. Devon and Cornwall Police said a man was approached by another man on North Hill shortly after 14:00 GMT on 21 March before he was punched. The force said the man suffered minor injuries and was further assaulted after he...
Street lights in parts of Devon will be dimmed for one year in a bid to save money. The 12-month trial is to be rolled out in April and involves altering about 80% of the county’s 80,000 street lights, said Devon County Council. The council said the trial could save about £300,000 per year, on...
A woman gave birth to a baby on a street in Bangkok shortly after a hospital evacuation following tremors from an earthquake in Myanmar. The patient was lying on a stretcher as hospital staff surrounded her and delivered the baby. Patients from both King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital and BNH Hospital were gathered in a park,...
The WH Smith name is set to disappear from UK High Streets after 233 years after the firm agreed to sell its shops to Hobbycraft-owner Modella Capital. The sale, which values the chain at £76m, does not include the WH Smith brand, its travel shops at airports and railway stations or its outlets in hospitals....
Calum Grewar BBC North East & Cumbria Investigations Michael Gibbard The papers seem to have spilled from a black bin bag that was burst open and lying on a Newcastle street Piles of papers containing confidential military information have been found scattered along a city street. They include soldiers’ ranks, emails, shift patterns and weapon...
Falling debris forced the partial closure of a street in Plympton, police said. Devon and Cornwall Police said officers set up a cordon on the Ridgeway because of “some falling debris from wooden window frames which was noted by our local neighbourhoods officers”. The management company were contacted, said the force. Police had asked people...
Jake Wallace BBC News, South West BBC Torbay Council want people to plan their events for the Monday before VE Day Torbay residents wanting to hold street parties to mark the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day have been urged to start planning commemorations and submit them to the council. VE Day on...