All news by author: Anita Merritt

An inquest has been held into the death of 29-year-old Charlie Saunders, of Cranbrook, who has been described by his family as a being kind, funny and 'always smiling'

Dartmoor Zoo' Malu, a Palawan binturong, went on the run for the second time in as many months but was found unhurt in the Devon countryside after a villager spotted him

An inquest heard Josh Pitt had passed his driving test just three months prior to the fatal crash

Rebecca Loughrey, 27, said she didn't think she would have made her way through one freezing night on Exeter's icy streets if it hadn't been for local businesses and charities offering help

Robert Channelle, 34, was staying at Twitchen House Holiday Park in Woolacombe with his fiancée and their two sons when he was found dead in his caravan - an inquest has revealed the tragic details

A retired couple were told they would not be able to board a cruise aboard Cunard's Queen Victoria ship due to a little-known EU rule about passport issue dates that mean they couldn't travel

WARNING MENTIONS SUICIDE: The devastated parents of Dylan King Ng, 14, say their "charismatic, happy" son took his own life in an "impulsive moment of anger and rage" when he was grounded for vaping

Police have arrested a 17-year-old local male on suspicion of murder and also an 18-year-old local man on suspicion of aggravated burglary after a teenager died in the car park of Bodmin Hospital

A former ITV presenter Mark Tyler has been left bruised in an attack in Exeter after he took a photograph of an alleged shoplifter, and he says more action needs to be taken to tackle anti-social behaviour

Student nurse Cassie Collins, 35, and Francis Collins, 36, were described by family members as "soulmates" who were "really good together and joined at the hip"

Charlotte Harris-Knight claims that her son returned home from school "with blood all over him" after he was attacked by other pupils and had his arms and a leg sliced with a glass shard

Paul Jackson used two bags of concrete to fill a pothole outside his home last week in Exeter, Devon - he said the pothole was 'dangerous' and was tired of reading about how it damaged residents' cars

Bethany Harris noticed two ticks on two-year-old son Harrison's head after taking him to a play park before a rash formed and he was taken to A&E where doctors diagnosed Lyme disease

Alx Chibouni claims an elderly woman knocked on her window and began to unleash a tirade of abuse while her two-year-old child was in the back seat

Cass Terry, 55, had a long history of mental health illness before dying of hypothermia in her freezing Exeter council house which did not have a fridge or microwave

Fletcher Discome was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma in May 2022, just weeks before he and his family were due to emigrate to Australia

East Devon District Council stepped in to totally transform the home after the resident was hospitalised and couldn't be discharged until the property was clear and safe

Police officers in Newton Abbot, Devon, decided to drop off the order themselves, after the delivery driver was reportedly discovered to be at the wheel of a car without insurance