South West Water bills rise by a third following worst performance in sector with 550,000 hours of sewage spills Tariffs increase as Environment Agency publishes damning data after South West Water owner Pennon Group issues £24.5 million in dividends to shareholders. Tuesday 22 April 2025 Devon & Torbay CCA sets sail for regional democratic deficit...
She said: “This happens in lots of industries – when women stand up for themselves, their career takes a hit. “I’ve been doing broadcasting for 11 years. I’m not new to it. And in the last 18 months I’ve done the least TV I’ve ever done. “That’s just a fact. That’s not a feeling, that’s...
The first stage of a High Court libel case has found that ex-footballer Joey Barton libelled former England striker Eni Aluko in online posts about her and her family. The broadcaster said she faced threats of violence and abuse on social media after Barton posted twice on social media site, X, in January 2024, which...
Robin Banksy by Robin Barton Published by Backstage Books April 1st 2025 Format: Paperback/ 256 pages, 8 b&w illustrations Hey, does anyone remember the hoo-hah about young British artists? Same time as Britpop, and has probably worn about as well – or not. If that’s your scene it’s all here – Damien Hirst, Lucien Freud,...
Former footballer Joey Barton has been found guilty of assault by beating after pushing his wife to the floor and kicking her in the head. The midfielder, 42, who played for Manchester City and QPR, assaulted Georgia Barton, 38, in June 2021 during a drunken row at their family home in Kew, south-west London. The...
Labour councillor Danny Barnes has left the residents of the Heavitree & Whipton Barton division without representation in County Hall decision-making for more than a year after missing twelve of fourteen public meetings at which he was expected. Neither of the two meetings of Devon County Council’s public rights of way committee that he did...
Exeter Energy is insisting that publicly-owned greenfield land in Riverside Valley Park is the only viable site for a heat network plant it is proposing to build while failing to explain why it has rejected brownfield alternatives in nearby Marsh Barton industrial estate. The Leeds-based company, which is controlled by 1Energy Group and Asper Investment...