Transport and Logistics Network
Joshua Ainsworth, a 20-year-old soldier, lost his life in the collision close to the military base at which he was posted near Barnstaple during the early hours of Sunday, November 19.
Joshua came from a large military family and had always wanted to b…
Two days worth of sentencing eventually saw a large number of criminals involved in the supply of hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of heroin and cocaine from Merseyside to towns and cities in Devon and Cornwall jailed for more than 86 years[1].
Op…
The tragic death of a warehouse manager whose car was found crashed into a tree a day after being reported missing to police has been confirmed as a deliberate act. An inquest heard 27-year-old Jack Taggart had recently suffered a series of traumatic a…
The 21 men and women were part of an organised crime group who trafficked cocaine and heroin (Image: Devon & Cornwall Police)MEMBERS of a drugs gang who trafficked £1.4million of Class A drugs from Merseyside into Devon and Cornwall have been jailed fo…
A person was taken to hospital after they were hit by a car near a school in Bransholme this morning.
Police said the crash happened at about 7.40am in Midmere Avenue and a witness said there was a “person on the road” outside Winifred Holtby Academy. …
There is anger among staff at a Devon hospital, who say they are having to battle it out to find spaces in an overcrowded, “muddy bog” car park. They have been told that they shouldn’t use patient car parks and should instead park 20 minutes away from …
Despite the efforts of police officers and ambulance staff, the 20-year-old driver was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police are appealing for information following the single-vehicle road crash involving a blue BMW on the A361 at Heanton Court, near Ba…
A special rescue tow truck had to be called in to pull the Tesco lorry out of its predicament
It’s every lorry driver’s worst nightmare. Heading into the heart of the West Country[1] and getting stuck in a narrow village lane.
The driver had been looki…
Monday, 20 November 2023 12:54
By Radio Exe News
Car hits electricity pole
A man has died in a crash near Barnstaple.
His car hit an electricity pole on the A361 at Heanton Court not long after midnight on Sunday.
The single-vehicle collision involve…
A special rescue tow truck had to be called in to pull the Tesco lorry out of its predicament
It was a case of SatNav nightmare or not reading the signs for one supermarket lorry driver after it got stuck in a tiny village trying to bypass a major Nort…