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Dartmoor National Park celebrates a milestone birthday

A special anniversary prize draw is being launched to raise funds for conservation work Dartmoor National Park is marking 75 years since gaining National Park status with a programme of events, community celebrations and conservation fundraising designed to honour one of the country’s most di...

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Dartmoor National Park celebrates a milestone birthday

A special anniversary prize draw is being launched to raise funds for conservation work Dartmoor National Park is marking 75 years since gaining National Park status with a programme of events, community celebrations and conservation fundraising designed to honour one of the country’s most di...

Homecoming for Callum Morton as Torquay United make first summer signing

Torquay United sign former West Brom, Northampton and Bristol Rovers forward Callum Morton Torquay United have completed the signing of Torquay-born striker Callum Morton, with the 26-year-old becoming the first new addition to manager Jimmy Ball’s squad ahead of the 2026/27 campaign. Morton ...

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Torquay’s Seafront Sparks New Chapter for Men’s Wellbeing

Ben Tisdall explores alternatives in the Bay to traditional gyms. It’s that time of the year when people start getting what is now called ‘beach body ready’; and these days that applies just as much to us men, as it does to those that wear bikinis. However, although Torbay is blessed with som...

Homecoming for Callum Morton as Torquay United make first summer signing

Torquay United sign former West Brom, Northampton and Bristol Rovers forward Callum Morton Torquay United have completed the signing of Torquay-born striker Callum Morton, with the 26-year-old becoming the first new addition to manager Jimmy Ball’s squad ahead of the 2026/27 campaign. Morton ...

Torquay’s Seafront Sparks New Chapter for Men’s Wellbeing

Ben Tisdall explores alternatives in the Bay to traditional gyms. It’s that time of the year when people start getting what is now called ‘beach body ready’; and these days that applies just as much to us men, as it does to those that wear bikinis. However, although Torbay is blessed with som...

Homecoming for Callum Morton as Torquay United make first summer signing

Torquay United sign former West Brom, Northampton and Bristol Rovers forward Callum Morton Torquay United have completed the signing of Torquay-born striker Callum Morton, with the 26-year-old becoming the first new addition to manager Jimmy Ball’s squad ahead of the 2026/27 campaign. Morton ...

Torquay’s Seafront Sparks New Chapter for Men’s Wellbeing

Ben Tisdall explores alternatives in the Bay to traditional gyms. It’s that time of the year when people start getting what is now called ‘beach body ready’; and these days that applies just as much to us men, as it does to those that wear bikinis. However, although Torbay is blessed with som...

Jacket potato dynasty SpudBros to open its first ever outlet in North Devon

TikTok sensation SpudBros is opening its first ever South West SpudBros Express in Barnstaple on Tuesday, May 19 Viral jacket potato dynasty SpudBros are opening their first-ever South West store in Barnstaple tomorrow (Tuesday, May 19). The TikTok filled spud creators will open their latest ...

Jacket potato dynasty SpudBros to open its first ever outlet in North Devon

TikTok sensation SpudBros is opening its first ever South West SpudBros Express in Barnstaple on Tuesday, May 19 Viral jacket potato dynasty SpudBros are opening their first-ever South West store in Barnstaple tomorrow (Tuesday, May 19). The TikTok filled spud creators will open their latest ...

Jacket potato dynasty SpudBros to open its first ever outlet in North Devon

TikTok sensation SpudBros is opening its first ever South West SpudBros Express in Barnstaple on Tuesday, May 19 Viral jacket potato dynasty SpudBros are opening their first-ever South West store in Barnstaple tomorrow (Tuesday, May 19). The TikTok filled spud creators will open their latest ...

Man admits theft, assault, criminal damage and public order offences in Donegal

The offences took place at a number of locations in Donegal, including shops and Ballyshannon and Bundoran, and on public streets A district court judge has ordered that a probation report be furnished in respect of a man charged with assault, criminal damage, theft and a number of public ord...

In pictures: Visiting Greek delegation say 'Bundoran has left us speechless'

The town of Preveza was, along with Bundoran, one of the founding partners of the Douzelage European Town Twinning organisation, almost 35 years to the day on May 20, 1991, in Granville, France Bundoran’s Douzelage committee held a reception to welcome the mayor of Preveza, Greece, Mr Nikos G...

IN PICTURES: Hundreds turn out for emotional Mayor’s Swim Challenge at Derry's Creggan Country Park

More than 100 swimmers brave the elements in Derry to raise vital funds for PIPS and the Castlederg Patient Comfort Fund Swimmers entering the water at Creggan Country Park Wave 3 for the Mayor's Charity Swim, on Saturday morning. (Photos - Tom Heaney, nwpresspics) We want your photos to feat...

75-year-old sex offender denies breaching protection order in Derry supermarket

Judge shields identity of 75-year-old amid safety concerns raised during city court hearing A 75-year-old man who was convicted of sexually assaulted a child member of his family has appeared at Derry Magistrate's Court today charged with breaching his Sexual Offences Prevention Order by appr...

WATCH: Situation ‘getting worse’ - Mental Health Champion

'It is really sad to say the priorities for this city need to be around crisis services' - Professor Siobhan O'Neill The North’s Mental Health Champion did not mince her words regarding the failure of Stormont’s ‘Mental Health Strategy 2021-2031’. In line with commitments made as part of th...

WATCH: ‘Children with special educational needs have a legal right to a suitable education’ - Nicholas Quinn, Solicitor

Currently 109 children in the North without a post-primary school place for September 2026. A solicitor specialising in special educational rights said “children with special educational needs have a legal right to a suitable education”. Nicholas Quinn was speaking to The Derry News following...

Torquay’s Seafront Sparks New Chapter for Men’s Wellbeing

Ben Tisdall explores alternatives in the Bay to traditional gyms. It’s that time of the year when people start getting what is now called ‘beach body ready’; and these days that applies just as much to us men, as it does to those that wear bikinis. However, although Torbay is blessed with som...

Mayo woman shares family’s organ donation story at special mass in Knock

Organ Donor Awareness Week begins with a moving ceremony at Knock Basilica highlighting life-changing impact of organ donation A special Mass for organ donors and their families took place at Knock Basilica on Sunday (May 17), with a moving personal testimony from a Mayo woman whose family ma...

WATCH: Situation ‘getting worse’ - Mental Health Champion

'It is really sad to say the priorities for this city need to be around crisis services' - Professor Siobhan O'Neill The North’s Mental Health Champion did not mince her words regarding the failure of Stormont’s ‘Mental Health Strategy 2021-2031’. In line with commitments made as part of th...