A 46-year-old man from Plymouth has been jailed for 18 years at Exeter Crown Court after being convicted of 10 sexual offences.
Robert Westmore was found guilty of six rapes, two attempted rapes and two indecent assaults in March 2016.
The offences took place in Somerset, Torbay and Plymouth between 1996 and 2014 and they relate to four female victims.
Detective Sergeant Chris Tapley, Torbay CID, said: “We are satisfied that justice has been done today for the victims of Robert Westmore, and that he has been accorded the punishment he deserves with the handing down...
White goods are fairly cheap these days and a washing machine or dishwasher is no longer considered to be a luxury for most families. We can visit out local store or go shopping online and pick up a cheap washing machine or tumble dryer. All being well, it will then be delivered in a couple of days. Unfortunately, cheap is not necessarily cheerful as most modern appliances last no more than a few years.
Appliance services and safety checks are available and are definitely worth considering for premium brands, but if your appliance has already bitten the dust, you need to know...
An exciting reading challenge, designed to improve literacy levels in primary school children across the country is coming to Devon next month. The competition, called One Million Minutes, is run by award-winning education charity Achievement for All and challenges primary school classes in different regions across the UK to read for as many minutes as they can in just one week. The aim of the competition is to encourage children to read following statistics that show a quarter of all children leave primary education without reading well. In England, struggling to read is more closely...
Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park welcomes 21 new animals in two new areas set to open at the start of May half term. From Saturday 28th May guests to Crealy will be able to see, learn about and handle some of the new animal inhabitants of Tortoise Town and Snake Pit.
In recent weeks, Crealy has taken in three Corn Snakes, one Royal Python, one Milk Snake, one Boa Constrictor, six Bearded Dragons, four Crested Geckos, one Berber Skink, two Carpet Pythons and two Sulcata Tortoises. The animals will be housed in brand new, purpose built enclosures providing the animals with exactly...
Great news for everyone who missed out on tickets for this summer’s Radio One Big Weekend!
We are delighted to confirm that LOCKDOWN, the South‐West’s biggest dance music festival, will take place in the grounds of the magnificent Powderham Castle, Exeter on the weekend of the 9th to the 11th of September 2016.
This event was previously advertised as BASSLINE FESTIVAL. We have rebranded to avoid confusion with another event of the same name. Acts already confirmed:
TINIE TEMPAH, KATY B, RUDIMENTAL DJ, ANDY C, SIGMA DJ, NETSKY DJ, WILKINSON DJ, SUB FOCUS, KREPT...
UKinbound has announced that Plymouth, Britain’s Ocean City, will host for the first time, next year’s milestone 40thAnniversary Annual Convention, which will take place from 08-10 February 2017. As part of UKinbound’s ongoing dedication to promote driving tourism outside of London and across the UK, the trade association has picked Plymouth to host 2017’s ceremonial Annual Convention, welcoming over 250 tourism representatives over two days. The timing of the event complements the city’s multi-million-pound development as it prepares to celebrate the Mayflower 400 commemorations in 2020....
Scientists at the University of Exeter will be leading two major multi-million pound world-class research projects after winning funding to investigate climate change.
The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) has awarded two prestigious grants to multi-disciplinary teams of researchers headed by Professor Mat Collins, a Climate Modeller and Joint Met Office Chair in Climate Change and Professor Steve Hesselbo, Professor of Geology at the Camborne School of Mines, based at the Penryn Campus in Cornwall.
Geo-scientists, mathematicians, statisticians and geographers...
Get Changed are delighted to present a contemporary dance interpretation of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. This is part of an 18-month project to commemorate Lewis Carroll’s story of Alice. The audiences can expect to be thoroughly entertained: if you have seen Get Changed perform before, you know you’ll be in for a treat!
Get Changed Theatre Company is delighted to present performances from our outreach project groups, in collaboration with Petroc Community Link Drama Group. This is part of an 18-month project to commemorate Lewis Carroll’s story of Alice. The audiences can expect to be thoroughly entertained: if you have seen Get Changed perform before, you know you’ll be in for a treat! National Trust entrance fee applies.
