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Western Morning News (Saturday)
Hook, line, and sinker
MARION MCMULLEN discovers how working class lives between the wars inspired the hit drama When The Boat Comes In fifty years ago
1 min |
January 10, 2026
Western Morning News (Saturday)
Gulls looking to gain ground in title race
WITH 22 games to go in their National League South campaign, ahead of today's home game against Hampton & Richmond Borough (KO 3pm), manager Paul Wotton says Torquay United are 'one thousand, million, trillion per cent' in the race for promotion.
2 min |
January 10, 2026
Western Morning News (Saturday)
Is British society equal? The clues are in the titles
I HAVE no wish to detract from the pride and pleasure which recipients of the latest New Year honours must feel, but the annual announcement always depresses me, and not because I've been overlooked yet again; if I still hope one day to be offered some royal bauble it’s only because I'd relish the opportunity to refuse it, joining a far more select and noble band which includes Alan Bennett, Helen Mirren, Peter O'Toole, George Bernard Shaw, Danny Boyle (who said the honours system “just makes me vomit”), Stephen Hawking, Michael Faraday, TE Lawrence, JG Ballard (“the honours system is a Ruritanian charade that helps to prop up the top-heavy monarchy”), Virginia Woolf, JB Priestley, WH Auden and the historian AJP
2 min |
January 10, 2026
Western Morning News (Saturday)
FARM HAS 36 ACRES
The farm is for sale due to retirement, having been in the ownership of the same family for about 60 years, originally being a dairy farm, then following the sale of the herd continued as a stock farm and of late some of the land has been let for horses.
1 min |
January 10, 2026
Western Morning News (Saturday)
Staying indoors to work on the podcast
Read Martin's column every week in the Western Morning News
4 min |
January 10, 2026
Western Morning News (Saturday)
Young mum 'glassed' friend in bar
A YOUNG mother has been banned from a town centre bar after she glassed a friend on the side of head for no apparent reason.
1 min |
January 10, 2026
Western Morning News (Saturday)
This book is my baby... the film feels more like a niece or nephew
Prize-winning novelist Maggie O'Farrell talks about the big-screen adaptation of her book Hamnet, and tells HANNAH STEPHENSON how she loved every minute of being co-screenwriter on the project
4 min |
January 10, 2026
Western Morning News (Saturday)
Grand days out... with a garden crawl
ON A THREE-DAY TOUR OF COUNTY DOWN IN NORTHERN IRELAND, DANIEL BIRD DISCOVERS STATELY HOMES AND SPRAWLING GROUNDS THAT ARE FIT FOR OUR KING
4 min |
January 10, 2026
Western Morning News (Saturday)
To be, or not to be an Oscar winner... that is the question
JESSIE BUCKLEY SHOULD BE A SHOO-IN FOR A GOLDEN STATUE FOR HER TOWERING PERFORMANCE IN MOVING DRAMA ABOUT THE TRAGIC INSPIRATION FOR SHAKESPEARE'S HAMLET
2 min |
January 10, 2026
Western Morning News (Saturday)
Caldwell's grand plan to pull off Cup giant-killing
‘ANY have tried, but few have succeeded in beating Manchester City and their charismatic manager Pep Guardiola.
4 min |
January 10, 2026
Western Morning News (Saturday)
GINGER AND TURMERIC SHOTS
Fresh ginger root: 2-3 inch piece (approx. 30-60g), washed and roughly chopped
1 min |
January 10, 2026
Western Morning News (Saturday)
Sound and light display
TODAY is the final day to view a sound and light show at Exeter Cathedral that promises to take visitors on a journey through the rich history of storytelling.
1 min |
January 10, 2026
Western Morning News (Saturday)
How to make your outdoors bloom in 2026
If you want to make more of your garden this year, prioritise soil health and you're good to go
1 min |
January 10, 2026
Western Morning News (Saturday)
Reform U-turn on tax
REFORM
1 min |
January 10, 2026
Western Morning News (Saturday)
FIRST AUCTION IN SOUTH DEVON
Shilstone, Ivybridge, is the latest place to be added to the growing roster of venues that auctioneers Greenslade Taylor Hunt use for its property and land sales.
1 min |
January 10, 2026
Western Morning News (Saturday)
Prosecutors call for detention of bar manager over fatal blaze
SWISS prosecutors have requested that the male bar manager of Le Constellation, in the Alpine resort of Crans-Montana, be placed in pre-trial detention over the fatal fire in which 40 people died.
1 min |
January 10, 2026
Western Morning News (Saturday)
Speed of coastal erosion ‘frightening’
Properties being demolished close to the cliff edge at Hemsby in Norfolk which are at risk of collapse as high tides cut into sandy cliffs
1 min |
January 10, 2026
Western Morning News (Saturday)
£200m to prepare troops for Ukraine
THE UK will spend £200 million preparing British troops for deployment to Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire with Russia, the Defence Secretary has announced.
2 min |
January 10, 2026
Western Morning News (Saturday)
Newly named plants already at risk
Emily Beament looks at the new plants and fungi named by scientists for the first time in 2025
1 min |
January 10, 2026
Western Morning News (Saturday)
Classic motorcycles
A TRIO of important motorcycle race bikes valued at over £200,000 are entered into the Charterhouse auction of classic & vintage motorcycles on March 12 at the prestigious Haynes Motor Museum.
1 min |
January 10, 2026
Western Morning News (Saturday)
Specialist sales start the year with interesting items
PLYMOUTH Auction Rooms begins the year with a specialist book auction, featuring the library of reference books collected by the late Tony Martin, former antique dealer of Looe.
1 min |
January 10, 2026
Western Morning News (Saturday)
M&S reports festive sales increase
MARKS & Spencer cheered a record number of shoppers over Christmas as festive food sales leapt higher, but its fashion and homeware division was squeezed by the ongoing impact of last year's cyber attack.
1 min |
January 10, 2026
Western Morning News (Saturday)
Election call says democracy 'not on hold'
A DEBATE will be held over whether to postpone Exeter's planned elections in May as pressure grows for the poll to take place.
1 min |
January 10, 2026
Western Morning News (Saturday)
Martin Hesp shuns the New Year detox in favour of meals to restore and reassure
It's that time of year again when millions of us are looking at our diets to find a way of eating our way towards better health and fitness.
3 min |
January 10, 2026
Western Morning News (Saturday)
NEW horizons
FROM HERITAGE MAXIMALISM TO LIGHTING AS ART, THESE ARE THE KEY LOOKS GAINING TRACTION. BY SAM WYLIE-HARRIS
1 min |
January 10, 2026
Western Morning News (Saturday)
Trial told activist was a 'gentle man'
A PALESTINE Action activist from Devon accused of hitting a police officer with a sledgehammer during an alleged attack at an Israeli defence firm is a mathematician, linguist and philosopher with a degree from Oxford University, a court has heard.
2 min |
January 10, 2026
Western Morning News (Saturday)
Wholesome recipes will rebalance and nourish
I asked an old friend of these pages, Rebecca Farrington-Turner, who runs the excellent Indulgence Catering company down in Newlyn, and who is also a fully qualified health coach.
1 min |
January 10, 2026
Western Morning News (Saturday)
ACTION PLAN
Recipe writer Nathan Anthony shares the right way to start the year with his new book Bored of Lunch: Meal Planner. By ELLA WALKER
3 min |
January 10, 2026
Western Morning News (Saturday)
Chiefs name experienced side for Parisian away day
Hosts Stade Francais are unbeaten in European Challenge Cup pool stage so far
2 min |
January 10, 2026
Western Morning News (Saturday)
The story of the Soldier Bear
A regimental cap badge showing a brown bear brings to mind one of the most heartwarming stories of WWII, writes Charles Hanson
2 min |