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Fishing vessels have a far bigger ecological footprint than previously thought, according to research which tracked the movement and behaviour of seabirds using GPS devices.

A team of scientists led by the University of Exeter discovered that northern gannets change their behaviour in response to the presence of large vessels such as trawlers, suggesting each boat can significantly...

Staff from Living Coasts, Torquay’s coastal zoo, have led a clean-up of one of Torquay’s beaches.

Twenty-one volunteers joined workers from the charity to pick rubbish from Beacon Cove. But the clean has highlighted the scale of Torbay’s beach litter problem.

The haul included over 200 plastic items, including a bucket and a traffic cone, nearly 300 bits of paper, over 400...

Plymouth City Council’s staff choir will be raising the roof at the Central Library on Monday 2 June in support of this year’s Make a Noise in Libraries Fortnight (2 to 16 June).

The annual campaign is organised by the RNIB and brings public libraries together with blind and partially sighted people in an effort to improve access to books and information.

A number of events are...

Devon and Somerset Trading Standards Service has joined a national initiative to support victims of mass marketing scams.

The National Scams Team is a project funded by the National Trading Standards Board and hosted by East Sussex Trading Standards Service. It works with local trading standards authorities, and a range of other organisations including the Police and Royal Mail to help...