South Hams, England News

SITUATED in the South Hams coastal village of Down Thomas is this four-double-bedroom detached family home that occupies a generous-size plot and has its own private driveway leading to the front entrance.

DESPITE SQUALLY showers, hundreds attended this year's East Allington Whacky Races, helping to raise money for the local community.

A BEAUTY spot near Plymouth will go under the hammer today despite its sale causing ructions among the local community and prompting an outbreak of vandalism.

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THE United States Ambassador to London Barbara Stephenson has spoken of being 'deeply moved' by a memorial service at Slapton Sands to mark the start of the 70th Anniversary year of the tragedy of Exercise Tiger and the mass evacuation.

After taking a hammering across Devon and Cornwall in the 2009 local elections, Nick Clegg's party will be hoping that the voters have forgiven them for the compromises required by coalition Government.

London Editor Graeme Demianyk reports on why Labour winning unlikely rural seats in the region at next week's local elections will be a boon for Ed Miliband's bid to be Prime Minister.

The 11th Delamore Arts exhibition includes work by more than 100 painters and sculptors in the South Hams house and gardens from Wednesday and throughout May.

Conservative domination of the South Hams, Devon's idyllic second home hotspot, is almost total.

A RIVER that is home to otters, salmon, kingfishers and dippers could be damaged by pollution from the Plymouth incinerator, activists say.

On May 2 they will get the chance to determine who will lead Devon County Council and be responsible for key local services.

The Westcountry's poorest residents are being hit harder by cuts in benefits, tax credits and council services than wealthier neighbours, a Labour analysis has found as it accused the Government of targeting the most deprived areas of England.