Alison Stephenson Local Democracy Reporting Service Google About 35 jobs are expected to be created, the planning application says A hotel with 30 beds and a camping site for motorhomes is set to be built close to a retirement village in Holsworthy. A planning application to build on land adjacent to Rydon Village off the...
Two people who died in a skydive accident in Devon have been named by police. Belinda Taylor, 48, from Totnes, and Adam Harrison, 30, from Bournemouth, died in the accident at Dunkeswell Aerodrome at about 13:00 BST on Friday, Devon and Cornwall Police said. Read full article at source...
Alison Stephenson Local Democracy Reporting Service Red Earth The developer said the construction would cost more than £30m and was expected to take three years A Devon council has amended plans for the regeneration of a derelict riverside site in Bideford. Torridge District Council’s planning committee agreed the apartment balconies in the plans for Brunswick...
Mark: Great appointment after being relegated. Shows ambition to go straight back up with the new early signings. Need a top striker, with [Ryan] Hardie we will be flying. Leonardo: Rooney 2.0? Wish we had gone for an older, wiser, experienced manager to steady the good ship Argyle after recent seasons of turmoil and upheaval,...
A school in Devon has been forced to close due to a burst water main which has cut off its water supply. Some people in Totnes have reported having little or no water and South West Water said it hoped to restore the supply in the next three to four hours. Stoke Gabriel Community Primary...
The second phase of urgent repair work to Exmouth’s sea wall has been completed, a council has said. East Devon District Council (EDDC) said the “critical phase” of the project involved installing 150m (490ft) of steel sheet piling, extending the defences from the phase one works at the Sideshore Development to the old lifeboat slipway....
A community project in Exmouth, is aiming to teach more than 1,000 schoolchildren water safety at the seaside. Sideshore Sea Safety was formed in 2022, when it said just one school and a handful of pupils visited the seafront area in East Devon. This year there would be 24 schools and hundreds of children taking...
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust has appointed Neil Macdonald as its new chief executive. Mr Macdonald, who will begin his role on 6 October, joins from Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, where he has served as chief executive since 2018. The Plymouth NHS Trust is one of the largest employers in the region, with about 11,000...
Plans have been submitted to convert a historic pub in Devon into homes. The Haulfryn Group wants to develop The Blagdon Inn, a 15th Century former pub located within the Devon Hills holiday park in Torquay, into apartments. The planning application stated the pub and restaurant had lost £250,000 in 2023 and the same again...
A person who intervened during an assault on a police officer has been thanked for their assistance. Torquay Police said on Facebook a patrol officer was attacked by a man outside the town’s station on Saturday morning. The team said a member of the public came to help the officer and helped stop the assault...
George Thorpe BBC News, Devon Plymouth City Council Blue pills sold illegally as Valium in Plymouth have been linked to the three deaths The deaths of three men in Plymouth are a “stark reminder” of the dangers of illegal street drugs, charity workers have warned. Devon and Cornwall Police said the deaths of two men...
A Christmas ice rink is among the items on a shopping list from councillors after a local authority ended the financial year with a surplus of £350,000. Torbay Council’s cabinet has drawn up a number of items which the authority could pay for after being told various departments had contributed to an underspend in the...
Great Britain’s Ryan Westley claimed his first career canoe slalom World Cup gold with victory in the men’s C1 in Pau, France. The 31-year-old’s run of 97.74s was just enough to hold off France’s Yohann Senechault and Spain’s Miquel Trave who finished second and third respectively. “I saw what those lads were putting down, listened...
Two people have died following a reported skydiving incident at a Devon airfield, police have confirmed. Devon and Cornwall Police said emergency services were called to Dunkeswell Aerodrome at about 13:00 BST on 13 June to concerns of the welfare of two people. The force said the pair were reported to have been skydivers and...
A 12-year-old horse is making a recovery after being rescued from a roadside in a neglected state, a charity has said. The Mare and Foal Sanctuary said the abandoned piebald cob named Arty had been taken in at their assessment centre in Newton Abbot, Devon, after he was seen running loose on a road in...