An attempt to delay Devon’s local elections in May has failed, and that could have big ramifications for the county, the latest episode of Devoncast discovers. Councillor Julian Brazil, the Liberal ...

More details have emerged about the circumstances surrounding the deaths of a British man and woman in a rural area of southwest France. French news sites have named the couple as Dawn and Andrew ...

Ninety five per cent of enquires to Plymouth City Council are now being made digitally. But its former contact centre, now called the customer hub, still received 60,000 phone calls between April and ...

One of the three Israeli hostages released by Hamas in the fifth such swap of a fragile ceasefire in Gaza appeared "skinny" and "gaunt," a member of his family has said. Eli Sharabi, Ohad Ben Ami and ...

A federal court has paused aspects of a plan by Donald Trump to dismantle the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and put roughly 2,700 of its staff on leave. District judge Carl Nichols, ...

Ancient scrolls charred by a volcanic eruption 2,000 years ago may finally be starting to reveal their secrets. UK scientists say they have made a historic breakthrough in their efforts to decipher ...

Parents of deaf children using an ‘exemplar’ service in Torquay have made an impassioned plea for it to be saved. Felicity Morris, secretary of the parent teacher association at St Margaret’s primary ...

Suspected illegal vapes and counterfeit cigarettes have been seized by police in Exmouth town centre. Officers from the Neighbourhood Policing Team seized the items at a store in The Parade, Exmouth ...

A perennial singleton among the smug marrieds, with a passion for Chardonnay, big knickers and emotional f***wits. Who is Bridget Jones and why is she beloved by so many? Created by Helen Fielding as ...