Crafty creatives, culture vultures, dancers, gardeners, actors and any groups who want to make a difference to where they live could be in line for a present that will help bring ideas to life.
The Vital Sparks project is launching its funding scheme which will ignite passion, imagination and a sense of can-do for groups who want to put on an event, a show, an exhibition, or create a...
David Powell reports on this elegant mega yacht ...
I recently joined SeaDream II for a voyage along the French Riviera calling at beautiful and iconic ports like, Antibes, Cannes and Monte Carlo. As SeaDream point out ‘this is yachting, not cruising’, and I agree, this is so different from big ship cruising. Being on this super yacht with a maximum of just 110 guests and a crew of 95...
A brand new school, desperately-needed homes for hundreds of families as well as new jobs, new business premises and a link road for the north of the city are all in a pipeline thanks to a package of land agreements to be discussed at Cabinet.
Plymouth people will reap the benefits of a deal that will herald the start of a new neighbourhood for Seaton as well as farmland and green...
A man has died following an accident on the A30 near Launceston yesterday (2 December). The collision happened at around 5.05pm and involved a Skoda and a tractor and trailer which overturned. The elderly man who was driving the red Skoda Fabia died as a result of his injuries. Police said he was from the Hampshire area but has not yet been formally identified. The driver of the tractor was...
Proposals have been announced for a mixed-use commercial development at Plymbridge Road, Estover.
Proposed land between Thornbury Road and Plymbridge Road shall feature an 80,000 square foot superstore alongside a variety of retail and food & drink units, generating around 760 jobs and injecting approximately £7.6 million annually into the local economy.
Devon businesses are only recruiting low numbers of young people looking for their first job since leaving education, according to research published today by Devon County Council.
The Devon County Council Workforce Skills Survey aims to better understand the issues and challenges facing businesses in Devon in relation to skills,...
Tiny bits of plastic rubbish could spell big trouble for marine life, starting with the worms, say a team of researchers from the University of Exeter and Plymouth University who report their evidence in a pair of studies in the Cell Press journal Current Biology. The marine worms play a key ecological role as an important source of food for other animals.
The final consultation on Devon County Council’s new Waste Plan started yesterday (Monday 2 December) and runs for 12 weeks.
The Devon Waste Plan and all representations made on the plan will be submitted to the Government for examination by a planning inspector after this latest consultation ends on 24 February 2014.
The document has undergone two previous rounds of public...
Devon County Council is exploring a number of options to reduce its highways and traffic management budget by almost £7 million.
As part of the County Council’s latest Tough Choices consultation, which was launched in September, Devon is considering how to cut spending in 2014/15.
A number of highways budget proposals were put forward on the Tough Choices website last month,...
A new section of the South West Coast Path at Watermouth Bay will be officially opened on Thursday (5 December), creating a safer route for walkers and road users alike.
The £277,000 project has completed a missing link off the A399 thanks to funding from Devon County Council, the South West Coast Path Association and the South West Coast Path Team’s ‘Unlocking our Coastal Heritage’...
