Picture Gallery: North Devon's Burma Veterans mark VJ Day
VETERANS of the Burma campaign in the Second World War gathered to mark the 69th anniversary of VJ Day today .
View ArticleMan fraudulently cashed cheques totalling A 1,470 'under duress'
The 20-year-old from London told magistrates he was driven to Barnstaple and made to cash fraudulent cheques using fake documents.
View ArticleHeroin user stole drills by tucking them down his trousers
The 46-year-old took the tools from a shop in Pottington, Barnstaple, on two separate occassions to 'pay off debts'.
View ArticleNorth Devon Journal Business Services
North Devon Journal list all of the business services in Barnstaple. If you are looking for business services in the local area then you can find a good business and deal with North Devon Journal! Why...
View ArticleBarnstaple man pleads not guilty to rape charges
Paul Clarke, of Hughes Avenue, appeared at North Devon Magistrates' Court charged with the two offences on May 25 and between September 1 and 30 last year.
View ArticleBarnstaple man raped drunk girl half his age at party
A ROOFER has been jailed for sexually assaulting a drunken party girl who fell asleep in his bed after an all night alcohol and cannabis binge.
View ArticleStreet food fair coming to Barnstaple on Sunday
SELLING everything from American barbecue to Mexican dishes and ice cream, the street food phenomenon hits Barnstaple this Sunday.
View ArticleA39 at Shirwell partially blocked by overturned car
Police, fire crews and paramedics were called to the scene at Waytown Farm on the Barnstaple side of Shirwell at 7.55am today, after reports of a collision.
View ArticleParalympic legacy not felt in North Devon, says Barnstaple mum
Mum's campaign for better disabled facilities in North Devon comes as charity announces two-thirds of UK's top attractions are not fully wheelchair accessible.
View ArticleTelephone crooks swindle elderly Barnstaple woman of A 18,000
PC Eamon Rogers at Barnstaple Police Station has urged elderly people and their relatives to be alert for telephone fraudsters impersonating police officers.
View ArticleBarnstaple businesses experience phoneline issues
BT confirmed there was a faulty link cable between Taunton and Barnstaple exchanges as callers experience dead lines and are unable to hear each other.
View ArticlePhoto Gallery: North Devon students celebrate top Gcse results
Students across North Devon are celebrating another excellent set of GCSE results, with several schools around the region bettering national averages.
View ArticleClarks reunion will mark 10 years since Barnstaple factory closed down
A group of former Clark's factory workers have organised a reunion to mark the 10th anniversary of the Barnstaple factory's closure HUNDREDS of former workers from the Barnstaple Clarks factory are...
View ArticleLawsuit launched in psychiatric unit death
A grieving partner has called for a major review of mental health services in the region after his girlfriend killed herself while receiving treatment in a Devon psychiatric unit.
View ArticleNew Braunton book pays tribute to Gazette's Jean
Two years of research has seen the completion of local author Avril Stone's latest book on a sprawling north Devon community.
View ArticleThe Summits rock at Barnstaple reunion
Pictured at The Summits reunion and charity night on Friday are Colin Shore, Lynne Burland, Terry Bond, Chris Verney, Gil Jones and John Beer.
View ArticleChilled Barnstaple pub staff take ice bucket challenge
Marshals barmaid Charlie Buck and landlady Debbie Furnifer undergo the ice bucket challenge with a little help from John Burgess and Stephen Gouldthorpe.
View ArticleNorth Devon League Premier Division: Tuesday night round-up
DANNY Jenkins hit all five goals as Shamwickshire Rovers fought back from 2-0 down to beat Park United 5-3 last night.
View ArticleCQMS J Walker, Driver McConaghy and Sgt David Thomas at Barnstaple
She served a total of 11,276 hours for no pay, but received expenses in the princely sum of A 15. At various hospitals, mainly in north Devon, she nursed hundreds of wounded servicemen who had been...
View ArticleMum calls for help to save Braunton youth club
Katie Major is hoping to build a team of volunteers to run The Yard after Devon County Council scales back the service this autumn.
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