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...
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...
Forty young people from Devon have been honoured for achieving their Duke of Edinburgh’s Gold Award.
The young people have completed their Gold award and were presented with their awards by Deputy Lieutenant, Sir John Evans QPM DL LL.B at a ceremony at County Hall in Exeter on Saturday 4 January.
The ceremony was attended by Helen Jenny MBE, Chair of the Duke of Edinburgh's...