The Latest Breaking News from Devon

Plymouth shooting: police force facing criminal investigation

IOPC launches inquiry into alleged firearms health and safety breaches by Devon and Cornwall police before mass shooting

The Guardian - UK · Sep 13, 2022

Sewage pollution: why the UK water industry is broken

As a child swimming off the coast of south Devon in the 1960s, I believed the warm water passing through my legs was the Gulf Stream current. Now, as an adult, I realise it was actually raw sewage being discharged into the ocean.

The Conversation · Sep 8, 2022

Siemens boss to speak at major North Devon Biosphere conference

South West Business Council stages Natural Capital - Business and the Environment Working Together event to highlight 2,946 sq mile area and its business opportunities

Birmingham Post · Sep 6, 2022

Family finds heartbreaking video after mum collapses and dies on 37th birthday

Hayley Thompson had been looking forward to her trip to Devon for weeks and couldn't wait to spend time with her loved ones.

Daily Record · Sep 5, 2022

Tragic mum, 36, left note to her kids in case she died young - despite not being ill

Hayley Thompson, from Burnage, had been looking forward to her trip to Devon to celebrate her birthday for weeks - a holiday during which she planned to spend a week at her favourite place in the world surrounded by dearest friends and family

Daily Mirror · Sep 4, 2022

Family find heartbreaking video after mum who "just wanted to live her life" collapses and dies on holiday on her birthday

Hayley Thompson shared a haunting video on her TikTok account just months before her death

Manchester Evening News · Sep 4, 2022

Beachgoers warned to keep away from birds as zoo closes after outbreak of avian flu

Paignton Zoo in Devon has had to shut after two confirmed cases of avian flu while Torbay Council has been putting up warnings telling people not to interact with birds

Daily Mirror · Sep 3, 2022

Mum whose eczema was so bad she didn’t leave the house shares ‘unbelievable’ cure she found on YouTube

Lisa Dispirito, 54, from Bideford, Devon, had always had clear skin and thought she was allergic to her new perfume at first.

The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2022

Michelin-starred chef Aktar Islam strikes deal with Devon firm

The television star is working with Newton Abbot-based Newton Print on his at-home range of meals

Birmingham Post · Sep 2, 2022

Strictly's Flavia and Jimi detail why they quit showbiz for a farm in Devon

Strictly pro Flavia and husband Jimi Mistry left their home in Guildford for a seven-acre smallholding in Devon in 2020, they told the Loose Women on Thursday

Daily Mirror · Sep 1, 2022