Local News

Local electricity company Western Power Distribution (WPD) are embarking on work that involved the closure of a section of Bretonside, in Plymouth to enable repairs to a faulty 33,000v oil filled cable. Commencing on Monday 4th September, it was anticipated this work would take between 4 and 10 weeks depending on the severity of the cable damage, however the opening of the road will now take...

Two important discoveries made beneath the protected waters of Tor Bay have brought renewed calls for safe and responsible anchoring by boat owners. The first find was a pregnant seahorse; the second, close by, was damage to the seabed caused by the anchors of small boats. Both were inside the Torbay Marine Conservation Zone.

Experts at Living Coasts, Torquay’s coastal zoo, say that...

Plymouth City Council leader Ian Bowyer today welcomed the announcement that one of the world’s leading marine and air automonous research and manufacturing companies is coming to Plymouth.

The French company Thales is to make the new facility in Turnchapel Wharf its maritime autonomy trials and training centre. As well as securing 20 highly-skilled jobs, the move gives the company a...

Private sector employment in the South West grew at the fastest pace in over two years in August, according to the latest Lloyds Bank Regional Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI®).

The South West PMI recorded its highest reading in four months after climbing to 54.3 in August, up from 54.0 in July. The rate of expansion was also slightly faster than the UK average (54.0). A PMI reading...