The Latest Breaking News from Devon

Devon nurse wins £250,000 global prize for work improving diabetes care

Margaret Shepherd, from Exeter, said she was left ‘shaking’ after winning the Aster Guardians Global Nursing Award 2023.

The Independent UK · May 12, 2023

Devon visitor attraction, billed as UK's 'oldest home', up for sale

Kents Cavern in Torquay has been owned by the same family since 1903

Birmingham Post · May 12, 2023

Devon bolthole: caves for sale billed as ‘Britain’s oldest home’

Kents Cavern, described as ‘the most important prehistoric cave complex in Britain’, is up for sale for £2.5m

The Guardian - UK · May 11, 2023

Dad loses all EIGHT fingers in metal machine - and can't hold his newborn son

Dean Delahaye, 35, from Devon, lost eight fingers in a horrific work accident using a metal rolling machine leaving him unable to hold his newborn baby and needing 24 hour care

Daily Mirror · May 9, 2023

Bustling seaside town used to be 'UK's Magaluf' but is now overrun with drug users

Newquay in Cornwall boasts inviting waters and golden beaches but was blighted as the "British Magaluf" and, in recent years, has faced further challenges to its reputation

Daily Mirror · May 7, 2023

UK solar energy firm offers ‘shared’ scheme that could save £200 a year

Company behind Devon venture hopes it will become a blueprint for projects owned by consumers

The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2023

‘Who’d have thought it?’: north Devon named UK’s first world surfing reserve

Eighteen miles of coastline win formal protection, joining 11 sites globally including Malibu and Santa Cruz

The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2023

Mum bitten by tick left with horror disease that felt like 'being stabbed over and over'

Olivera Marshall from Brixham contracted Lyme disease after being bitten by a tick on a family picnic in 2020 and has spoken to DevonLive about the devastating symptoms

Daily Mirror · May 5, 2023

Boys, 3 and 9, trolled over waist-length hair as mum accused of 'wanting daughter'

The family, from Torbay, Devon, share their beach-side adventures on Instagram, but the luscious, long locks of two of her boys have caught the attention of some outspoken followers

Daily Mirror · May 5, 2023

Exeter not to blame for Wales’ Joe Hawkins missing World Cup – Rob Baxter

The five-times capped centre was left out of Warren Gatland’s preliminary squad on Monday following his move to Devon.

The Independent UK · May 3, 2023