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Gritters will be heading out across Devon this evening and people are being reminded by Devon County Council to be aware of the possibility of icy conditions.

Road surface temperatures are expected to drop below zero overnight on Exmoor as well as Central, East and Mid Devon, and may fall close to or below freezing across the rest of the county.

Gritters will be treating most...

Today the House of Commons debated at length amendments to the Mesothelioma Bill which had cross-party support. These amendments had at first been proposed by the Rt Hon Paul Goggins MP, currently fighting his own battle against serious illness, but were taken up by Tracy Crouch, the Conservative member for Chatham and Aylesford.

Alison Seabeck, MP for Plymouth Moor View, said: “I am...

Update: Further inland searches are taking place in the vicinity of Harry's home address.

Specialist officers are re-searching the coastal area from Newton Ferrers along the coastal path to Mothercombe.

The Field Support Group (previously named TAG) and the police helicopter are assisting with the search.

An MOD Launch is also searching the area of Bigbury Bay....

Devon County Council is re-deploying all of its highways teams into the clean-up operation in the wake of recent storms.

Having sustained ongoing torrential downpours in the past few weeks, the Council has received nearly 7,000 reports of flooded roads, potholes and fallen trees since 20 December.

The authority is still assessing the full extent of the recent storm damage to...

Alison Seabeck MP is urging local musicians and small venues to enter national music competition.

Ms Seabeck has called for musicians and small venues in Plymouth Moor View to enter Rock the House 2014, Parliament’s biggest competition which celebrates up-and-coming British artists and the live music venues that support them.

Applications are open now and will close on 31 March...

Plymouth City Council has entered the Brathay Apprentice Challenge for the second year running in the hope to be crowned ‘apprentice team of the year’ 2014.

Last year the Council’s apprentices won the regional heats and took their place at the national finals where they finished in fifth place.

The Council also got named Large Employer of the Year at the regional heats of the...

The funding of major national policing projects will be shared by police forces across the UK and that means a further budget cut of £2.5m for Devon and Cornwall Police.

Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg has now confirmed that next year’s budget will be reduced by £2.5m, the money going to the expansion of the Independent Police Complaints Commission, the College of Policing and...

Search and rescue helicopters from the Royal Navy have made more than 25 emergency journeys during the recent storms.

Nine people were rescued in the West Country with helicopter crews from Royal Navy Station Culdrose battling with the extreme conditions.

These conditions made the journeys far more dangerous and saw 50 knot (57mph) head winds triple the journey time of some...

Green space in towns and cities could lead to significant and sustained improvements in mental health, finds a new study published in the journal of Environmental Science & Technology.

Analysing data that followed people over a five year period, the research has found that moving to a greener area not only improves people’s mental health, but that the effect continues long after...

A Plymouth student is investigating whether women still purchase glossy magazines in print.

Caitlin Green, who is studying journalism at the University of St Mark and St John, is researching whether women still buy their glossy magazines in print or if they are now downloading them on devices such as Ipads and e readers.

Caitlin is urging the people of Devon to get involved...