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People have said their final goodbyes to loved ones from around Devon who have died just before Christmas[1] in more than 80 funeral notices. Among them is adoring dad and grandad John Tucker from North Devon[2] who died earlier this month. Paying trib…
Martin and Luke Bennett, two water engineers from Barnstaple, found the helicopter when they were travelling from Dulverton to Withypool.
“We were driving along when we spotted the helicopter – it was really quite bizarre,” said Martin.
“We wondered wh…
Tributes have poured in for a promising young soldier[1] fulfilling his life long dream after he died in a horror crash near his military posting.
Joshua Ainsworth, 20, crashed in a BMW[2] on the A361 in the early hours of Sunday, November 19. A road c…
Tributes have been paid to a young soldier who died in a crash near Barnstaple[1]. 20-year-old Joshua Ainsworth crashed in a BMW on the A361 in the early hours of Sunday, November 19[2].
A road closure was in place near Heanton Court while emergency se…
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon and Cornwall has submitted a proposal to build a new police station in Exmouth[1]. If councillors give the £5m plan the green light it will see the existing station, its disused custody block and a closed mag…
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. …