A gas cylinder fire which caused disruption to railway services near Exeter was believed to be ‘deliberate’. At around 8.05pm yesterday (May 16), Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service was called to a cylinder fire on the footpath next to the railw…
It’s very early on a beautiful May morning and the English Riviera is just waking up. Dog walkers stroll along the prom with takeaway coffees and paddleboarders paddle by as the sun glints off the mirror-calm sea.
Tom gets up and stifles a yawn. He fol…
A truck driver killed a “dedicated” nurse after he ploughed into her car while getting a can of fizzy pop out of his bag, a court heard. Kenneth Wilson, 55, was jailed for 28 months after he took his eyes off the road and fatally injured Tanya Forrest,…
The most dangerous civilian jobs in the UK have been revealed in a new study. The ranking of 32 jobs includes paramedics and firefighters at the top and sewer flushers and painters at the bottom.
The study was carried out by StandOut CV and is based on…
A waste management and removal company – based in the south hams – has issued a warning to smokers after a vape pen sparked a fire in the back of a tipper truck. Last week one of the drivers from Leaf It Out was behind the wheel of the vehicle near Mod…
A DREAM holiday on a sun drenched island turned into a nightmare for a couple in 1998 when they were suspected of being spies!
John and Jenny Potts were dragged out of bed by police in the Turkish zone of Cyprus for taking photos of a village.
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A “three feet long” adder has been spotted in the middle of a Dorset beach path. It comes after the UK’s only venomous reptile was sighted at several places in Devon over the past two months.
There have been sightings of a snake “sunbathing” on Dartmoo…
Police stopped a 65-ton lorry which was driving unsafely on the M5 yesterday. The force say that the showman vehicle was doing excess speed for its weight in Devon.
According to the Devon and Cornwall Roads Policing Team, the lorry also had a loose whe…
As Putin’s devastating war against Ukraine continues to rage on, people in Devon have been playing their part in helping with the situation in several ways. From fundraising for support relief charities to welcoming refugees into their homes to making …
People across northern Devon are being urged to get involved in an important and exciting project that will determine the longer term future of the area. ‘People and Place’ is a joint North Devon and Torridge venture to review the Local Plan which look…