Prime Minister, David Cameron, has today visited the destroyed track near Dawlish as part of his tour of the storm damage in the South West. Mr Cameron met with the repair force from Network Rail and thanked railway staff for their work to retain service via replacement bus and alternative travel schemes. At meeting with Rail operators First Great Western Mr Cameron tweeted “Hearing how @FGW are keeping the SW #openforbusiness. We will look at possible alternatives to the Dawlish rail route.” The Prime Minister later met with local volunteers accompanied by Anne Marie Morris MP for Newton...
A suspected unexploded bomb found in Exmouth has put emergency repair work on hold while bomb disposal teams approach the “mystery canister”.
Eight workers from Eastr Devon District council were on the seafront near the boating lake helping to dismantle an ice cream hut that was in danger of being washed out to sea and becoming a danger to shipping.
When the canister was spotted, Coastguard officers were called and they decided to enforce a 30-metre exclusion zone, which mean that work on the hut had to be suspended until Bomb Disposal officers from Plymouth reached the...
The body recovered from the sea last Saturday (11 January) has been formally identified as the missing teenager Harry Martin today (16 January).
A formal inquest into the death of Mr Martin, who went missing from his home in Newton Ferrers during the height of the recent storms, is due to begin next Monday (20 January).
The 18-year-old’s body was found in Carswell Bay in the Noss Mayo area by friends who were aiding in the search effort using sea kayaks.
Police, the Dartmoor Rescue group, Coastguard, specialist search dogs and over 100 members of the public took...
A 35-year-old man has been charged with murder following the death of a man in Plymouth on Friday 3rd January 2014.
Samuel Watts of King Street, Plymouth, will appear at Plymouth Magistrates Court on Monday 6th January after being charged with the offence on Saturday 4th January.
Police and ambulance were called to a property in King Street, Stonehouse, after concerns for welfare for a man inside. On entering the property they found a 38-year-old man who had sustained a serious stab wound. He was treated by ambulance staff but was pronounced deceased at the scene.
One in eight people in the South West fear they won’t be able to afford to pay the rent or mortgage at the end of this month, according to new research from Shelter released today.
The research, based on a YouGov survey of over 4,000 British adults, suggests that millions of us across the country will be starting the New Year worried about whether we’ll be able to keep their home.
Shelter is warning that the ‘ostrich effect’ created as a result of feeling overwhelmed by money worries could put homes in the South West at risk this year if overdue rent or mortgage bills are...
Police have said they are “growing increasingly concerned” for a 13-year-old girl who has been missing since yesterday morning.
Bethany Gordon, 13, was last seen yesterday morning at Barnstaple Retail Park wearing a green three quarter length coat, grey leggings and black and white shoes.
Police believe she may have made her way to the Plymouth area where she has friends.
Officers have begun searches in Barnstaple and Plymouth and are now...
Judges have ruled that the Devon-based marine who shot and killed an injured prisoner will be publicly named as Sgt. Alexander Blackman.
Three of the UK's most senior judges made the ruling this morning and say that the two acquitted marines should also be named.
Lawyers defending the 5 servicemen involved in the case have argued that naming the defendants will put their families at risk of retaliation from terrorists.
There have been concerns however that the Marines remaining named goes against the British legal principles of open justice.
Tiny bits of plastic rubbish could spell big trouble for marine life, starting with the worms, say a team of researchers from the University of Exeter and Plymouth University who report their evidence in a pair of studies in the Cell Press journal Current Biology. The marine worms play a key ecological role as an important source of food for other animals. Work by Stephanie Wright from the University of Exeter found that if ocean sediments are heavily contaminated with microplastics, marine lugworms eat less and their energy levels suffer. A separate report, from Mark Anthony Browne on...
Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg will answer the public’s questions on policing in Devon and Cornwall at a meeting in Plymouth tonight.
At the meeting in the Council House in Plymouth, Tony Hogg along with Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer will take questions submitted online and over the phone.
The doors will open at 7pm with the meeting itself starting promptly at 7:30pm.
The meeting is free to attend but people wishing to come should book places in advance.
It will also broadcast live on BBC Radio Devon and Cornwall and will be hosted by presenter Vic...
