After storms yet again battered Devon overnight, weather experts have warned of more difficult conditions to come.
The Met Office forecast for the next five days is as follows:
Today:
A windy day with gales and scattered blustery showers. Some lengthy bright spells developing this afternoon as winds slowly ease and gales become mostly confined to coasts and exposed...
If you are an athletics fan, you probably know all about the “Fosbury Flop,” a story that tells a world of things about innovation, persistence and a burning desire to win. Dick Fosbury was a good high jumper and he seemed to have reached the maximum height his body could clear. But he kept an open mind and began to experiment with every different way a body could be propelled over the bar....
Christmas came early for Argyle and the Green Army in the shape of winger Nathan Thomas.
Free agent Nathan, 19, signed for the Pilgrims on Christmas Eve following a successful trial at Home Park.
The former Sunderland apprentice has joined Argyle until the end of the season and has straight into the Pilgrims’ squad for their Boxing Day match at Sky Bet League 2 leaders Oxford...
People in Devon are being urged to remain vigilant and to take care during the coming days as bad weather continues in the South West.
With more rain, dropping overnight temperatures and windy conditions forecast towards the end of the week, flooding and ice on roads are possible in parts of Devon.
In particular, if you are out and about over the Christmas period, people are...
The NHS organisation responsible for commissioning, or buying, healthcare services for the people of Western Devon has elected a new GP chair.
Dr Paul Hardy, a family doctor in Plymouth since 1995, has been voted as chair of the Western Locality of Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group (NEW Devon CCG).
As river levels rise following last night's torrential rain, the Environment Agency has issued advice about what to do if you've suffered flooding in your home.
*Take care. There may be dangers in the water such as sharp objects and raised manhole covers.
*Flood water may have caused structual damage to buildings.
Homeless 16 to 25 year olds will be able to get help from a new and improved supported accommodation service in Plymouth.
Plymouth City Council’s Cabinet has awarded a contract to DCH’s Housing Support Service to provide the redesigned service that will give very vulnerable young people a safe home and help with day to day living. It also includes a referral ‘hub’ to help young people...
Latest figures show that 26 people were rescued from 16 cars at separate incidents across Devon and Somerset last night.
The 250 calls responded to by Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service also included 26 unsafe structures and 35 flooding calls, including calls to many multiple properties in the same area.
Area Manager Phil Martin said that people were gambling with...
Firefighters in England and Wales will walk out on strike between 7pm and midnight tonight (Christmas Eve) in their long running dispute with the government over pensions.
The Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue service (DSFRS) have said that they have “substantial contingency plans in place to ensure that we will continue to respond to emergency incidents.”
