The Latest Breaking News from Devon

Organised crime gangs are suspected of stealing farm machinery to be trafficked out of the UK’s ports and destined for eastern Europe

CRIME: High in the sky, drones are being used to detect stolen machinery hidden in trailers on the M5. Alex Ross joins up with Devon and Cornwall Police’s drone team to find out how

Easy to reach by rail and a seafood-lover’s paradise, Exmouth is a perfect place for decompressing, with walks and boat rides on the doorstep

With flower pressing, feasts from the fields and a blissfully easygoing pace, Fowlescombe makes doing nothing feel like an art form, says Annabelle Spranklen

During the height of the pandemic Ben Stafford-Davies was out on his daily walk when he spotted the woman who would become his wife practicing yoga in the park.

After travelling the world for a year, the creative couple decided not to return to Hackney but settle on the comparatively affordable north Devon coast

Exclusive: Lord Lieutenant of Devon David Fursdon has emotional reunion with the paramedics who saved his life

The incidents were on the M5 southbound near Willand, Devon.

The M5 is a vital route for people travelling to and from the South West

Devon and Cornwall Police said it received reports about the collisions on the M5 between Junction 27 and 28 at about 9.50pm and 11.10pm on Thursday.

Fifteen pine martens were relocated from Scotland to Dartmoor, Devon, late last year in the first phase of a reintroduction to south-west England. This autumn, more of these domestic cat-sized mammals will be released into Exmoor as part of a long-term recovery strategy to restore pine marten populations.