A Plymouth City Council initiative to help women feel safer on nights out reviewed 43 men for showing early signs of predatory behaviour. Working with the police, the council said the 2024 pilot scheme used "intelligence" to disrupt behaviour before...

Plans for a round-the-clock dog washing facility at a car park near Instow in north Devon have been turned down.Barnstaple-based company Dog Wash Express hoped to create the "self-service dog washing unit" near the coast path and Tarka Trail.The...

An accreditation scheme could be introduced for e-bikes in Plymouth because of concerns about the behaviour of some food delivery riders and other users.E-bikes, in common with other cycles, don't need to be registered, taxed or insured, and users...

Only five households took part in a scheme to downsize their properties in west Devon in the last year, figures show.West Devon Borough Council now plans to make more social housing tenants aware of incentives to move to smaller...

A community hub for women is being proposed to replace a vacant pub in Barnstaple.Encompass Southwest and North Devon Against Domestic Abuse (NDADA) want to provide a 'safe space' at The Watering Hole, Castle Street, for women facing ...