A controversial scheme for nine affordable homes at Princetown has been approved by Dartmoor National Park Authority despite strong local objection. Concerns were raised at a planning meeting on ...

Crafters from the village and surrounding villages have been busy creating scenes of the Nativity on the theme of ‘Peace’, and these will be on show in St John’s Church from December 6-14 from 2pm–6pm ...

A Christmas Tree Festival is being staged at ‘the church with the illuminated window’ in Yelverton to spread some early Christmas cheer. Situated just off the roundabout, on the corner of Harrowbeer ...

The owners of a Tavistock B&B are celebrating winning the top award for the best B&B and guesthouse at the 2025 Devon Tourism Awards. Jack and Iain White-Duncan, owners of One Drake Road and ...

The public will see 121 more police officers on the front line in Devon and Cornwall by April next year. Many officers are being moved from specialist roles across the Devon and Cornwall constabulary ...

A 43-year old Okehampton man has appeared in court today (Monday) charged with raping a woman four years ago. Martin Smith, of Castle Road, Okehampton, is accused of raping a woman aged 16 or over in ...

But drivers will be able to take some solace in the fact that it is only expected to cause slight delays, of less than 10 minutes. The latest expected works list, with notes from National Highways, ...

Stiltwalkers and witches, ghosts and ghouls took to the streets of Tavistock this afternoon to mark Halloween in the town. The celebrations began in Bedford Square at noon, with circus workshops and ...

Police have confirmed the arrest of a man in his 50s in the Tavistock area for alleged grooming of an underage girl online. A Devon and Cornwall Police spokesperson said: “A 55-year-old man has been ...

Yelverton fire crews were called to a tractor on fire in a yard at Sheepstor near Tavistock this morning, Friday, October 3. The alert was raised just before 9am and crews from Yelverton, Crownhill in ...

An inquest has been opened into the death of an artist who was found below the viaduct in Tavistock earlier this month. Robyn Leigh Goodwin, of Cambridge Road, Plymouth, was aged 24 and an artist. An ...

Forestry England has announced its plans to create a new woodland in Okehampton. Okement Wood will cover 83 hectares of land and will be created between existing Abbeyford Wood and Berrydown ...