Sarah Pitt

1 week ago | middevonadvertiser.co.uk | Sarah Pitt

Deputy Chief Constable Jim Colwell (Devon and Cornwall Police)AN independent police conduct investigation has found ‘no evidence’ of gross misconduct by former Acting Chief Constable of Devon and Cornwall Jim Colwell. ACC Colwell was suspended from duties in November last year into alleged professional standards breaches. He has since returned to duties as Deputy Chief Constable.

1 week ago | tavistock-today.co.uk | Sarah Pitt

Tina Good's skin infection spread into her bloodstream, causing serious complications (Tina Good/Tindle)A TAVISTOCK woman who suffered an agonisingly painful aneurysm on her brain after being ‘passed from pillar to post’ by medics for two years is preparing to sue the NHS. Tina Good visited both Abbey Surgery in Tavistock and Derriford Hospital in Plymouth dozens of times but no one picked up on a serious infection which had spread from her face into her body.

1 week ago | okehampton-today.co.uk | Sarah Pitt

A two-minute silence will be held outside Okehampton Town hall at 12 noon to mark VE80. (File picture)There will be a two-minute silence outside Okehampton Town Hall at midday today (Thursday, May 8) to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day. Also in the newsThe Okehampton Royal British Legion standard bearer will attend along with members of the Okehampton Excelsior Silver Band. The two-minute silence is being observed across the country at this time to honour those who died in the Second World War.

1 week ago | tavistock-today.co.uk | Sarah Pitt

A two-minute silence will be held outside Okehampton Town hall at 12 noon to mark VE80. (File picture)There will be a two-minute silence outside Okehampton Town Hall at midday today (Thursday, May 8) to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day. Also in the newsThe Okehampton Royal British Legion standard bearer will attend along with members of the Okehampton Excelsior Silver Band. The two-minute silence is being observed across the country at this time to honour those who died in the Second World War.

1 week ago | tavistock-today.co.uk | Sarah Pitt

Tavistock architect Mike Hooper has been struck off. (Tindle)A TAVISTOCK architect has been struck off for failings on two separate projects which cost his clients considerable time and money. Mike Hooper of Mike Hooper Architects has been erased from the Architects Register after the Architects Regulatory Board (ARB) found him guilty of 'unacceptable professional conduct'. The ARB’s professional conduct committee hearing took place between January 27 and February 5.