3+ hour, 50+ min ago   (310+ words) The DWP has this week confirmed details of reforms to the Child Maintenance Service as it faced questions over the much-criticised system The Department for Work and Pensions has outlined plans to reform the Child Maintenance Service. The DWP has…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (327+ words) Ankle tag(Image: HM Government) More than 400 people across Devon and Cornwall have been fitted with electronic monitoring ‘tags’ according to the latest figures. A total of 420 people had the tags across the two counties at the end of June…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (389+ words) A moorland fire began on October 9(Image: Buckfastleigh Fire Station) A major campaign was launched on social media at the height of the summer calling on Dartmoor ’s thousands of visitors to take more care over potential flare-ups. The Dartmoor…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (526+ words) Pensions have been discussed in Parliament The pensions triple lock should “probably” be replaced, a Tory former senior cabinet member has said. Baroness Therese Coffey, the work and pensions secretary from 2019 to 2022, said the guaranteed 2.5% a year rise “probably seemed…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (108+ words) An inquest has opened into the death of an 87-year-old retired teacher who passed away in the sea in East Devon. Mary Hilda Kilminster, from Budleigh Salterton, was pronounced deceased at Exmouth RNLI station on June 21, an inquest at Devon…...

2+ week, 21+ hour ago   (340+ words) A North Devon couple were hit with a hefty fine after sewage from their overflowing septic tank discharged onto land bordering a neighbouring property. Jamie Snow and Stacey Wilkins, of rural Witheridge, were given the fine at Barnstaple Magistrates Court…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (957+ words) The data centre site plan for Great Torrington contained within Freedom of Information documents received by the Devon Data Centre & BESS Action Group. The developers say this is an early layout and will change.(Image: Xlinks) Campaigners against the giant…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (656+ words) Live Facial Recognition camera will be used for the first time in Devon(Image: Exmouth Police) Criminals in Devon will get their first sighting of a new law enforcement weapon this week when Live Facial Recognition hits the streets of…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (655+ words) Today's announcement will set gas and electricity bills at a new high from October The energy price cap will rise by 4% from October 1 for a typical household in England, Scotland and Wales, Ofgem has said. Ofgem said the price cap…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (446+ words) The Bluetongue virus is killing livestock (file image)(Image: Pixabay) Devon’s farmers are being ‘pushed to the limit’ by a combination of drought and disease. Now one local MP is calling on the Prime Minister to do more to combat…...