Teignbridge

Devon’s police commissioner has pledged to push for improvements amid claims by a local MP that the case of a serving police officer who raped a local woman exposed serious failures in police vetting and safeguarding.

Local councillors who decided building homes in a green field near Newton Abbot would spoil the setting of a medieval church have been over-ruled by a government inspector

Campaigners fighting to save hundreds of trees on a site the size of 60 football pitches on the outskirts of Newton Abbot are preparing a ‘show of force’ for a council meeting next week.

Two volunteers from Teignmouth Lifeboat Station, Alan Harwood and Shannon Wilson, have been presented with Excellence in Volunteering Awards by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), in recognition of their outstanding contribution to the charity.

Complaint over taking down flags lodged with Devon council