Devon

There are ‘some significant risks’ in the way that Devon and Cornwall Police tackle domestic abuse according to a national report published today by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC).

There were 9,212 domestic abuse related crimes reported in Devon and Cornwall in the 12 months leading up to August 2013 accounting for 11% of all recorded crime in the force area....

As the countdown to the new season of summer jumps racing gets ever-closer, Newton Abbot Racecourse are finishing their annual improvements in time for the first fixture on Tuesday 1st April.

After improvements to reduce waterlogging after their 2012 season, Newton Abbot has focused on giving the racecourse a new lease of life over the past months. This year has seen around £150,000...

A menagerie of creatures great and very small will scuttle into Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park in Exeter on Friday 28 March for the official opening of the brand new attraction, Bugz Unlimited.

The new attractions represent part of a £1 million investment in the Park’s 25th anniversary year and will officially be opened by TV Wildlife Presenter, Nick Baker.

Guests can...

Police are currently dealing with a road traffic collision at Holsworthy Beacon, Holsworthy, involving a school minibus which has collided with a lorry and a building.

At around 3.45pm on Tuesday 25 March, the minibus was involved in a collision witn a lorry which was carrying a crane and a the Old Post Office at Holsworthy Beacon.

Around 15 children were on the minibus, but...

Royal Malaysian Police will be heading to Devon this week to investigate how local police use technology to track child abuse offenders.

Nine officers are visiting Devon and Cornwall Police today (25 March) to witness how the High Tech Crime Unit utilise triage techniques and forensically examine computers for child abuse images.

In 2007 the Force was one of the first police...

HEALTH conscious Manuka honey fans should ensure that what they are buying is genuine after it was revealed that five out of six jars are fake. The warning came as Channel Four’s Dispatches programme this week (Monday, March 17) documented figures which show that UK consumption of the immune boosting honey exceeds global production. And with jars of Manuka honey selling for up to £45, someone...

Devon County Council has received almost £7 million to help repair the damage caused to the county’s roads by the severe winter weather.

The additional funding from the Department for Transport is a share of £183.5 million of extra funding made available by the government to help with much needed road repairs following the wettest winter on record.

Over the winter, there has...

A recently launched Public Health campaign asks smokers to give up smoking for the people they care about.

The ‘be there tomorrow’ campaign is aimed at smokers who want to increase their life expectancy for their friends and families, by quitting smoking.

Valentine’s Day and Easter provided people with the chance to send quit smoking e-cards to their loved ones, containing...

A Devon conservation charity has found a rare African frog after a painstaking search lasting three years.

The Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust, which runs Paignton Zoo, Living Coasts in Torquay and Newquay Zoo in Cornwall, carries out fieldwork with rare amphibians in the mountains of Eastern Tanzania.

The work is funded by zoo visitors and supporters and carried out with...

South West Water has taken another step to keep bills as low as possible while continuing to invest heavily in improved services.

The company has presented Ofwat, the independent water industry regulator, with updated plans that could see average prices falling by 13 per cent in real terms by 2020.

South West Water has already confirmed a price freeze on its standard tariff and...