Tavistock Times Gazette

Dartmoor Line disruption as 'more trains than usual' need repairs

Amy Hetherington — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 14:24:27 GMT

Great Western Railway has warned passengers that one of the trains serving the Dartmoor Line has broken down with disruption expected for the rest of the day.

Holman heroics rescue Tavistock AFC a point

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:30:57 GMT

TAVISTOCK AFC had an unlikely saviour to thank when they visited St. Blazey once more on Wednesday, August 19.

Three defeats on the spin for Okehampton Argyle

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:26:50 GMT

OKEHAMPTON Argyle made a winning start to the new SW Peninsula League campaign when they put four unanswered goals past the University of Exeter at the beginning of August.

Okehampton horse rider selected to represent England in endurance competition

Amy Hetherington — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:00:19 GMT

An Okehampton rider often spotted out training has been selected to represent England at the Home International endurance competition – 30 years after she first crewed for another rider.

Yelverton Bohemians skipper leads from the front

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:48:49 GMT

YELVERTON captain David Ackford made his sixth score of 50 or more this season in the three-wicket win over Ivybridge 2nd XI.

Lewdown’s future is still on the line

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:46:00 GMT

LEWDOWN face a last-day fight for E West survival after suffering a seven-wicket defeat at upwardly mobile Kenn.

Bridestowe & Belstone crumble on a difficult track

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:41:44 GMT

BRIDESTOWE & Belstone 1st XI ended-up tying with Kilmington in a game they appeared to have done enough to win.

Tavistock hammered by the top-flight champions

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:38:36 GMT

TAVISTOCK were on the blunt end of an eight-wicket clubbing at Paignton that clinched the Premier Division title for the Queen’s Park outfit.

Hatherleigh’s fate remains hanging in the balance

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:36:17 GMT

HATHERLEIGH go into the final round of matches with their Premier Division destiny in the balance after a three-wicket win over Exmouth kept them 10 points clear of the relegation places.

Trek of hope by Alzheimer's 'survivor'

Guy Boswell — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:07:16 GMT

A long-term ‘survivor’ of Alzheimer’s visited West Devon on a ‘trek of hope’ to boost morale of other’s diagnosed with the disease.

Still time to enter '11 tors' trek for mountain rescue

Guy Boswell — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:00:02 GMT

Intrepid trekkers are being invited to beat the deadline for a day’s hiking on Dartmoor in aid of local volunteer mountain rescuers.

Cleverley handed double boost as new recruits arrive

Mark Stevens — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 07:38:11 GMT

Midfielder Tyreeq Bakinson and forward Oliver Irow have joined on season long loans

Animal attractions 'open as usual' through bluetongue outbreak

Alison Stephenson — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:00:23 GMT

ZOOS and animal attractions in Devon are open for “business as usual” throughout the bluetongue outbreak that is sweeping the county as the disease does not affect humans.