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GB baseball stars coming to Exeter

Women’s baseball players from across the region will descend on Exeter next month for a special tournament celebrating the growth of the sport and encouraging more women and girls to get involved.

The event, organised by Exeter Baseball Club, takes place at Winslade Park on Saturday,...

Funding towards new look train station announced

The journey to create a better welcome for Plymouth’s 2.5 million rail passengers will be able to start, thanks to the Government cash boost of £43.57 million to the Heart of the South West LEP to help create jobs, support businesses and encourage growth.

Plymouth looks set to get in the region of £4.7 million towards the cost of the redevelopment which could transform the station....

Outland Road junction improvements near completion

Work to improve a key junction on one of the busiest roads into the city is nearing completion.

The Outland Road Junction Improvement Scheme aims to reduce congestion between Peverell Park Road and Torr Lane, improving journey times for motorists and service reliability for buses on this busy route. It will also improve road safety by upgrading pedestrian crossings and providing new on...

Plymouth woman ordered to pay more than £700 for social housing fraud

A woman who lied about rent arrears of £1,700 has been prosecuted by Plymouth City Council for social housing fraud.

Katrina Sturtridge – aged 26, of Lower Polsham Road, Paignton, TQ3 2AU admitted to Plymouth Magistrates on Monday 20 February that she had lied to the Council on two occasions (on 10th September and 9 October 2014) in order to gain social housing, by falsely stating that...

SW shipyards demand Government listen to Parker Report - sand save millions

GMB and the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions workers in the South West have demanded MPs take heed of the Parker report – and save hundreds of millions of pounds into the bargain.

Workforces at Babcock's Appledore Shipbuilders and Devonport Royal Dockyard, and at A&P Falmouth, have joined forces to write to South West MP's and Council Leaders to call for a full...

University launches financial support and mentoring programme for engineering students

Plymouth University has launched a national-first mentoring and scholarship programme in response to the shortfall in the number of engineers graduating from higher education.

The Tamar Engineering Project will offer an annual bursary and one-to-one professional mentoring from leading industry figures to high-performing students who come from priority socioeconomic areas.

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Court says no to Civil Partnership for heterosexual couples

The Court has ruled against a heterosexual couple seeking to enter into a Civil Partnership instead of a marriage. Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan, appealed the decision of Mrs Justice Andrews DBE in the High Court, who held that the restrictions under the Civil Partnership Act 2004, preventing opposite-sex couples from entering into a civil partnership, were lawful.

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Artwork stolen in Plymouth burglary

Police are seeking witnesses to a burglary which happened overnight on Friday 17 February going through to Saturday 18 February 2017.

Offenders have broken into a property on Higher St Budeaux, Plymouth, and taken two valuable paintings.

The first painting [pictured] is by Robert Lenkiewicz titled ‘Anna’ and the second painting [pictured] is titled ‘After Practice’ by Sheree...

National lead, Professor Tim Briggs, visits Plymouth

Staff from Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust welcomed leading Orthopaedic Surgeon and National Director at NHS Improvement (NHSI) for Clinical Quality and Efficiency, Professor Tim Briggs, to Plymouth to talk about his national programme on Monday (20 February).

This programme is called Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT), which seeks to tackle ‘unwarranted variation’ across the NHS....

Ambitious plan for the future of Plymouth and SW Devon published

An ambitious plan for what Plymouth and South West Devon could be like in 2034 covering important issues like health, transport, homes, jobs and the economy, green spaces and infrastructure is to be considered by three councils next week.

The Plymouth and South West Devon Joint Local Plan is going to the Full Council in each local authority on the following days:

• Plymouth -...

Feel the Force: Plymouth graduate Star Wars actor swaps the big screen for a radar screen

He helped defeat the Galactic Empire as an X-wing pilot in Star Wars: Rogue One, but now Wiltshire-born David Wright has set his sights on becoming an air traffic controller.

The former actor took on board various background roles in films and television shows including Tarzan and the recent Netflix hit The Crown. He also doubled for one of the lead characters in Fantastic Beasts and...

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