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iPhone project wins presentation competition

Teams of budding business leaders have been put through their paces in a competition created by the Plymouth Business School and Futures Entrepreneurship Centre at Plymouth University.

Pupils from secondary schools across Devon were challenged to prepare a business presentation, with six teams then taking part in a workshop at the University and talking about their project in front of...

Legal high shops shut down in Plymouth

Closure Notices have been served today (Tuesday 23 June) on two shops in Plymouth which are believed to be selling ‘legal highs’.

The 48 hour closure notices were served on High Life in Cornwall Street and Damn Good Head Shop on Ebrington Street, under Section 86 of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, new legislation that came into effect in October 2014. Devon and...

Fitz to take over Judi's show

David Fitzgerald is to take over the presenting slot currently occupied by Judi Spiers.

Fitz and his Producer Monica Ellis will be moving to the Mid-Morning Show on BBC Radio Devon from Monday 6 July.

The BBC also announced this afternoon that Pippa Quelch will be the new voice of Drive Time.

Pippa, who was born and grew up in Devon, will present a mixture of news,...

Further arrest after man found injured in Plymouth

Police investigating a serious incident in Plymouth after a man was found critically injured in the street in the early hours of Tuesday 9 June have made a further arrest.

A 50-year-old Plymouth man has been arrested on suspicion of assault causing grievous bodily harm with intent and remains in police custody at Charles Cross police station.

The arrest was made at 8.40am on...

Fresh appeal after major Plymouth fire

Police have renewed an appeal for witnesses to a large-scale fire within a Plymouth block of flats earlier this month.

A joint police and fire service investigation is being carried out to establish the cause of the fire in , Devonport, on 3 June.

The fire began in one of the flats and caused extensive damage to neighbouring homes in the block. A number of resClowance...

Warning after hoax firearms incident

Police are warning people not to make hoax 999 calls after officers were deployed to a bogus firearms incident in Plymouth on Sunday 21 June.

Officers were called to Freedom Fields Park around 10.45pm after a report to ambulance control that a child has been injured with a firearm and the male suspect was still on scene.

Local and firearms officers and the police helicopter...

Tuscan wine event at Le Vignoble

On Thursday 25th June, the Royal William Yard’s premier wine lounge/wine merchant, Le Vignoble, is hosting a Tuscan Wine Event.

Yannick Loue and his team at Le Vignoble will be joined by an expert from Castello Banfi, Tuscany’s most honoured vineyard estate, and award-winning wines which are exported to over 85 countries around the world.

The event starts at 7pm and tickets are...

Plymouth women make every step count

Thousands of women united yesterday at Plymouth Hoe, with one mission in mind – to conquer cancer.

Now Cancer Research UK is calling on the town’s formidable army of mighty-mums, gutsy-grans, and go-getting girls to make every step count by paying in their sponsorship money as soon as possible.

Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life, in partnership with Tesco, is an inspiring women...

Volunteers wanted to help sort donations for fire victims

Around 1,000 bags of donations have been collected and are waiting to be sorted through and distributed to the families affected by the Clowance Street fire.

Since the fire, kind hearted members of the public have literally been flooding Devonport with donations to the families affected, some of whom have lost everything in the blaze.

Devonport based community groups along with...

Twitter account demands Judi back

A twitter account has been set up calling on BBC bosses to save popular presenter Judi Spiers’ show from the axe.

The Radio Devon stalwart told her audience this morning that this week would be her last.

She said: "This is my last week. But boy we've had some good times. We've had some dodgy times as well but on the whole we've had some good ones. We've had some dark times in...

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