A fugitive drug trafficker who headed a crime group that supplied huge amounts of heroin to the South West of England has been arrested in Tenerife.
Stephen Blundell, aged 36, of Leathers Lane, Liverpool, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply heroin but fled to Spain before he could be sentenced in April 2013. He was later jailed for nine years eight months in his absence.
Zephyr, the south west’s regional organised crime unit, has made arrests in Scotland as part of its ongoing probe into courier fraud.
Detectives from Zephyr were joined by officers from Police Scotland to execute search warrants on properties in the Castlemilk and Crosshill areas of the city of Glasgow.
They are the first arrests made north of the border and follow arrests...
Cllr. Susan Griggs, the Mayor of Tiverton attended an evening event to celebrate the completion of the new £1.8m extension to Clare House Surgery located in Newport Street, Tiverton. The substantial building programme which has significantly increased the size of the surgery was overseen by lead consultants Haldons Limited and built by contractors Morgan Sindall.
The future of three of Devon’s Children’s homes - including one at the centre of a sexual abuse investigation- are in doubt as the council reviews its care of vulnerable children.
The Birchen Road home in Tiverton currently closed after concerns were raised about the potential sexual exploitation of residents outside the home and the placements to the Rifford Road home in Exeter...
Emergency services attended an injury road traffic collision on the M5 Motorway at just after 12.45pm on Friday 27 December.
A Peugeot 206 was travelling southbound when it left the carriageway and overturned into a ditch shortly after junction 27. An articulated lorry was also inovlved.
Police closed the motorway in both directions for a time to allow the air ambulance to land...
A Sixth Form pupil from Blundell’s School in Tiverton has been selected as one of only five students in the UK to represent the country at the International Physics Olympiad in Colombia this summer.
Ed, 18, secured his place on Team UK after progressing through two rounds of the prestigious British Physics Olympiad and being invited to the final selection camp at the University of...
A CRICKET club’s vision of future-proofing its facilities, improving the matchday experience and growing the sport in Devon has moved a step closer with sponsorship from Edenstone.
Currently building and selling homes in Sampford Peverell, the company has donated £1,000 towards works at Heathcoat Cricket Club’s ground at Whitnage Road in the town.
HUNDREDS of people in the picturesque Devon town of Tiverton will have a Christmas to remember after landing People’s Postcode Lottery’s biggest-ever single prize of £18.3m.
Players in the postcode area EX16 6 will bag a share of the bumper pot, less than a fortnight before the big day.
Winning locals will find out exactly how much they’ve scooped during a special Millions...
