EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock The funding will allow solar panels to be installed at many of the trust’s sites More than £5m has been awarded to help Devon Partnership NHS Trust (DPT) decarbonise its sites. The money will fund two major decarbonisation energy projects, aimed at enhancing sustainability and reducing energy costs across its sites. The trust said...
Gloucester: Carreras; Wade, Harris, S Atkinson, Morris; Anscombe, Williams; Rapava Ruskin, Blake, Fasogbon, Clark, Thomas, Clement, Ludlow (capt), Ackermann Replacements: Singleton, Ford-Robinson, Gotovtsev, Jordan, Clarke, Englefield, C Atkinson, Cotgreave Exeter: Hodge; Hammersley, Slade, Hawkins, Brown-Bampoe; Skinner, Armstrong; Sio, Yeandle, Street, Tuima, Jenkins (capt), E Roots, Vintcent, Fisilau Replacements: Norey, Blose, Iosefa-Scott, Capstick, Vermeulen, Townsend, Haydon-Wood,...
A motorcyclist in his mid-20s has suffered life-changing injuries in a collision in Plymouth, police have said. Devon and Cornwall Police said they were called to Hyde Park Road, Peverell, at 06:35 on Saturday. A male rider of a Suzuki motorcycle was involved in a collision with a white Toyota, and the road was closed....
Charlotte Cox BBC News, South West BBC Claire Jones and Anna McCabe say keeping your mouth closed is a key to safe swimming in the sea Friends Claire Jones and Anna McCabe swim in the Devon sea as often as they can – but always with a concern at the back of their minds. “I...
Dartmoor Zoo Brother and sister Flossie and Torridon are at Dartmoor Zoo Two lynx cats are living temporarily at Dartmoor Zoo while their habitat in Kent is refurbished. Brother and sister Flossie and Torridon arrived at the zoo in Devon on 11 April. The pair are Northern lynx, a subspecies of Eurasian lynx, and there...
A man has been charged with the murder of a 22-year-old woman in Devon. Rowan Sutton, 30, from West Charleton Court, Kingsbridge, is due to appear at Plymouth Magistrates’ Court on Monday. Devon and Cornwall Police said officers went to the A379, Embankment Road in Kingsbridge at about 04:45 BST on Wednesday where a woman...
A man was taken to hospital after being knocked unconscious outside a fast food shop in Devon. Devon and Cornwall Police said officers were called to KFC on Imperial Road, Exmouth on Saturday at about 20:15 BST to reports a man had been punched and knocked to the ground. The man was taken to hospital...
A man from Devon is set to compete in the London Marathon and attempt to break a world record in memory of his two babies who died. James Ashforth, 35, from Axminster, will take on the marathon on Sunday for his children Luca and Leila who were still-born. He has raised more than £6,000 so...
Eve Watson BBC News, South West Dom Robinson Dom Robinson bought a shipwreck from Facebook Marketplace for £300 A diver from Plymouth has bought a World War One shipwreck off the Cornish coast for £300 after he saw it advertised on Facebook Marketplace. Dom Robinson, 53, purchased the SS Almond Branch – a 3,000-tonne cargo...
Head coach Miron Muslic conceded Plymouth Argyle are already relegated despite their fate still not being officially confirmed following their victory over Preston North End. “I feel empty and hearbroken, ” Muslic told BBC Radio Devon, accepting a double-digit win over Leeds in their final game was not feasible. “We gave it our all but...
Torquay United missed out on the National League South title despite winning 4-1 at Hemel Hempstead on the final day of the season. Truro City’s 5-2 win over St Albans City meant the Gulls ended the season in second place. Paul Wotton’s side missed out on goal difference – their record was two goals worse...
Eve Watson BBC News, South West Jenny Hayward-Jones Jenny Hayward-Jones wanted to attend the funeral and travelled from Totnes A woman from Devon has queued from the early hours of the morning to attend Pope Francis’ funeral in Vatican City. The funeral and burial took place on Saturday with about 250,000 people in attendance around...
Royal Navy ships based in Plymouth and Portsmouth were deployed to track Russian warships through British waters this week, a navy spokesperson has said. Plymouth-based HMS St Albans, a Type-23 frigate, monitored the Admiral Golovoko as it sailed east through the English Channel and launched a Merlin helicopter to gather information from the air. Portsmouth-based...
BBC An Exeter man has been charged A 30 year old man has been charged after reports of alleged malicious communications posted online, police have said. Devon and Cornwall Police confirmed Alfie Pilkington of Redlands Close in Exeter, had been arrested on Friday and had been remanded in custody. He was set to appear at...
The University of Plymouth has said it has become the first in the UK to add a boat powered by electricity to its fleet of education and research vessels. The university said the addition was part of its latest move to help clean up our seas. It said the boat was supplied as part of...