Miles Davis BBC Devon political reporter BBC Mark Braund is the architect responsible for transforming the Civic Centre in Plymouth The new architect appointed to transform a landmark derelict building into 140 new homes is aiming to bring back the “1960s vibe”. The Civic Centre in Plymouth, which was first opened by Queen Elizabeth II...
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...
Stuart Kettlewell hopes to confirm his first signings as Kilmarnock manager “pretty soon”. Former Motherwell and Ross County boss Kettlewell, 40, has replaced Derek McInnes at Rugby Park. And he told BBC Radio Scotland’s Sportsound: “We’re working hard on a few new faces. “I would love to think that we can get close to something...
A council is rolling out a new online tool that aims to help young people choose a career path. Devon County Council said “vocational profiling” supported those aged 12 and above in obtaining careers advice. It gives students an online profile to help identify job interests, work experience and achievements. The authority said the initiative...
Exeter prop Marcus Street says a desire to be pushed “outside my comfort zone” was a factor in his decision to join Premiership rivals Saracens in the summer. The 26-year-old has played more than 100 games for Exeter since coming up through the club’s academy ranks to the first team set-up in 2017. But after...
A UK trial aimed at making ground support for the aviation industry more sustainable has been held in Devon. Vehicles assisting a flight departing Exeter Airport were powered using hydrogen gas on Tuesday in the “UK’s first zero-carbon turn” of a commercial aircraft. The airport said it was the first time a Boeing 737 passenger...
Sam Francis Political reporter Getty Images The Green Party of England and Wales is aiming for a “record” number of councillors as it looks to increase its power base for an eighth election in a row, party co-leader Adrian Ramsey has said. The party is looking to build on its successes, after passing 800 councillors...
Abu Bakar Yasin BBC Newsbeat BBC/Hungry Bear Media Ltd/David MacCormack Aneila Afsar made history as the first contender to appear on Gladiators wearing a hijab When Aneila Afsar first appeared on Gladiators, she made history. The popular BBC One show which pits gladiators against contenders in a series of physical challenges was rebooted last year...
This story was originally published by Florida Phoenix. Florida Atlantic University’s police department has a pending agreement with the federal government that would allow campus officers to question and detain people they suspect are in the country without authorization. The public university in Boca Raton could be the first to enter such an agreement with...
A new bill proposed in the California legislature threatens to undermine the rollout of ethnic studies classes in the state’s high schools. Assembly Bill (AB) 1468 is the latest installment in a series of legislation backed by pro-Israel organizations seeking to intervene in ethnic studies classrooms and silence Palestine-related speech in California schools. “This latest...
Hattie McCann BBC News, Devon Nicholas Horne for Tamar Crossings The stories will be compiled into an exhibition about the Tamar Bridge A social history project is aiming to tell the stories of people who work in the toll booths on the Tamar Bridge. Fotonow CIC, based in the Royal William Yard in Plymouth, want...
Julia Gregory BBC News, South West Janet Kipling Caroline Harlow will be High Sheriff of Devon for a year Devon’s new High Sheriff has pledged to use her year in office to highlight gambling addiction and tackle reoffending. Caroline Harlow was declared for the royal appointment at a ceremony in Exeter Cathedral on Friday. The...
A cinema house in Miami Beach, Florida, is urging city residents to oppose the city’s attempt to terminate their lease agreement after the theater screened an Oscar-winning documentary on Israel’s apartheid and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. City leaders, including Mayor Steven Meiner, have accused the theater, O Cinema, of promulgating “pro-Hamas” and “terrorist propaganda” by...