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Devon MP Sir Geoffrey Cox addresses a public meeting in Torrington about the proposed Devon Data Cen

Incredulity at plans for a massive AI data centre in the Devon countryside

Devon CPRE and residents in the north of the county have reacted with incredulity this week as details have emerged about proposals for an 850-acre AI data campus, together with associated battery storage, on farmland between Great Torrington, Huntshaw and Weare Giffard.

The proposals were presented by Xlinks, the company behind the stalled Morocco-UK Power Project, at a public meeting...

Plymouth to continue as Crime Panel host

Plymouth City Council is to continue to host the Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Panel until March 2014.

After a scheduled review of the role, it has been agreed with all the local authorities in the two counties that Plymouth will carry on hosting and administering the Panel.

The Panel was set up as part of the overhaul of policing structures in the UK.

It has...