Devon News from Tuesday, December 16th, 2025

Residents are being warned after the county’s trading standards team claimed it discovered a director from an unregulated legal firm had been syphoning money out of £3.5 million from deceased estates.

Devon’s Children’s Commissioner has acknowledged significant improvements at Devon County Council and warned against the risk of breaking up the service as part of local government reorganisation.

Nine Devon schools remain in the government’s school rebuilding programme as ministers prepare to make way for more applications.