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The Latest Breaking News from Devon

‘We’re not playing games’: Parents launch playground protests to fight school field sell-off

School looking to sell piece of open land beloved by people in Devon town to fund refurbishments

The Guardian - UK · Oct 17

UK police force pays out after claims it protected officers accused of abusing women

Exclusive: Devon and Cornwall police formally apologise to nine women and settle claim without admitting liability

The Guardian - UK · Oct 16

Woman, 33, killed in crash on Devon A-road as another driver fights for life

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The Independent UK · Oct 14

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Driver arrested after woman dies in three-car crash on busy Devon road

The road was closed overnight to allow investigations to take place at the scene

The Independent UK · Oct 14

MP recalls terrifying parachute accident after jumping from a plane at 15,000 feet

The Tory MP described how the skydive went wrong on a ‘grey and windy’ day in Devon

The Independent UK · Oct 14

Skies across the UK illuminated by the northern lights

Though mostly visible near the Arctic Circle, the natural phenomenon dazzled sky-gazers as far south Devon, Hampshire and Kent

The Guardian - UK · Oct 10

Two 14-year-olds recruit 20 children to raise endangered harvest mice at home

Two 14-year-old conservationists in Devon, England, are inviting children to take part in an unusual wildlife project: raising tiny harvest mice at home before releasing them into the wild. Eva Wishart and Emily Smith, who bred mice in their garages and bedrooms before releasing 250 of them, are expanding their…

The Times of India · Oct 10

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Nature’s engineering: how Devon beach made its own flood defences

Two-mile long Pebble Ridge looks artificial but was created by waves and storms over centuries

The Guardian - UK · Oct 8

From Bentley Pauncefoot to Yetts O’Muckhart, I’m obsessed with Britain’s weirdly named villages

I was stuck in traffic when a road sign set me dreaming. If the places on it were people, what would they be like? Could Leigh Delamere be anything but the glamorous heiress to a biscuit-making fortune, asks Adrian Chiles

The Guardian - UK · Oct 7

South West Water owner asks investors for £550m after record sewage fine

The firm recently received a record-breaking fine for environmental offences relating to pollution incidents in Devon and Cornwall

The Independent UK · Oct 7

Wanted: children to rear harvest mice at home for wild release in Devon

Teenagers Eva Wishart and Emily Smith launch project to breed and release 250 of the tiny animals by September

The Guardian - UK · Oct 7

Care home and charity charged with corporate manslaughter after wheelchair users killed in boat incident

Devon residents Alex Wood, 43, and Alison Tilsley, 63, both of whom used wheelchairs, died in the incident, while a woman in her 50s sustained serious injuries

The Independent UK · Oct 6

You can now buy part of a Devon railway station for just £30,000 – and even live there

The ‘quirky’ property is just one mile from one of the country’s most popular coastlines

The Independent UK · Oct 6

‘It’s shocking really’: Devon community tracks River Dart sewage spills

Citizen environmentalists create online platform that flags spills in real time and highlights repeatedly polluted spots

The Guardian - UK · Oct 3

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The Guardian - UK · Oct 1

Derek vs Derek review – farmers go head to head in rewilding rivalry with real bite

Two Devon neighbours face off over the future of the countryside in this warm, wry documentary about farming, conservation and some troublesome wild boar

The Times of India · Sep 30

South West Water fined £7.8 million over hundreds of sewage spills across Devon and Cornwall

South West Water has been fined £7.8 million after pleading guilty to 18 charges linked to hundreds of sewage spills across Devon and Cornwall between 2015 and 2021. The incidents included 231 discharges at Harlyn beach and more than 336 illegal spills near Bodmin. The company has 56 days to…

The Independent UK · Sep 30

Met Police ‘failed to spot Nigel Farage firebomb suspect on CCTV’

The probe into the attack on Mr Farage’s house was reopened after Reform UK spokesperson Ann Widdecombe was killed at her Devon home

The Guardian - UK · Sep 29

South West Water fined £8m for hundreds of sewage spills in Cornwall and Devon

District judge orders record fine for region and says incidents of pollution cannot be tolerated

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The Guardian - UK · Sep 27

‘People are standing up and fighting back’: the north Devon revolt against a vast AI datacentre

Plans for one of Europe’s largest AI campuses in a Unesco-designated reserve have sparked a fierce local backlash

The Independent UK · Sep 23

Devon data centre an ‘enormous act of self-harm’, say environmental campaigners

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The Economic Times · Sep 21

England used 2 reintroduced beaver pairs to solve flash flooding across a 12km river catchment; the result transformed flood-prone valleys into resilient wetland buffers

Eurasian beavers returned to the UK after centuries. Then came a five-year trial that reshaped their future, along with the English landscape. Dive into the story to find out more.

The Guardian - UK · Sep 21

UK politics: New leader of Reform UK in Wales named after defeating rival by just two votes – as it happened

Helen Jenner will be party’s new head in Senedd after a narrow victory over Jason O’Connell

The Economic Times · Sep 11

In 2025, British naturalist Chris Packham helped restore 55 acres in Devon with 3,500 native trees; a year later, wetlands, wildfowl, waders and otters had transformed the former pasture

A rewilding project in Downicary, Devon, has transformed a plain field into a vibrant wetland. This initiative has successfully attracted diverse wildlife, including otters and kingfishers to the area. Meanwhile, Bowyers Wood in East Sussex has seen the return of beavers after four centuries. Earth moving at Bowyers Wood created…

The Independent UK · Sep 10

Kirstie Allsopp shares update after horror injury during birthday trip

Location, Location, Location presenter Kirstie Allsopp has shared an update on her recovery after breaking her leg when she slipped on a muddy path during a family birthday picnic at Welcombe Mouth beach in Devon . The 55-year-old TV host was airlifted to hospital for surgery after her 18-year-old son…

International Business Times UK · Sep 4

Kirstie Allsopp Undergoes Leg Surgery After Being Airlifted From a Muddy Devon Beach Path

Kirstie Allsopp has undergone leg surgery after slipping on a muddy Devon coastal path, prompting a major rescue and airlift to hospital during her birthday outing

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