Local News

A man in his early fifties was attacked from behind while he was walking to work leaving him with serious wounds to the head.

The incident took place around 8am on Monday 16 March on Embankment Road Lane South in the Prince Rock area of Plymouth (a service lane near Cotehele Avenue).

Detectives are keen to hear from any witnesses who were nearby at the time of the incident....

Devon Wildlife Trust together with the North Devon Astronomical Society are inviting members of the public to join them for a unique viewing of the solar eclipse followed by star gazing at Meeth Quarry nature reserve.

The event will take place on Friday 20 March. Experts will guide visitors through the solar eclipse using professional equipment.

From 8am onwards the North Devon...

The pollination service provided by bumblebees on the field-side boundaries of hedgerows may be limited because farming methods are having a negative impact on their sources of food, a study has found.

Research by ecologists at Plymouth University has shown some of the most common species of bumblebees are more than twice as likely to visit flowers on the road-facing side of hedgerows...

Focus on future growth, not the past, urges leading independent accountancy

With the 2015 budget just days away independent accountancy firm Thomas Westcott has issued a wish-list it believes will help businesses in the South West.

But, with a General Election looming, the experts at Thomas Westcott fear the Budget announcement will be a "benign affair" focused on what has been...