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Future of Trago Mills store in Falmouth under threat amid review

Future of Trago Mills store in Falmouth under threat amid review

The future of a discount store branch is under "thorough review" after experiencing rising costs and diminishing sales, bosses have said.Trago Mills chairman Bruce Robertson said management was consulting with staff at the Falmouth branch in Cornwall to find "an amenable solution" after six-figure deficits had continued.The firm said the combination of high energy and taxation costs and "at best, flat sales" had led the business "to a point where it cannot continue to absorb the Falmouth store's…

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Bid to secure Plymouth veteran care hub launched

Bid to secure Plymouth veteran care hub launched

A bid to open a hub for veteran's care in Plymouth has been announced.It is a part of the government's Valour programme, run by the Ministry of Defence, which aims to offer "easier access" to health, housing, employment, and welfare services for ex-service personnel.A Valour centre in Plymouth would aim to do this by "bringing together" local charities, NHS services, housing providers, and employment agencies.The programme forms part of the government's plan to "renew the nation's contract with…

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Brad Pauls ready for ‘massive opportunity’ on Moses Itauma undercard

Brad Pauls ready for ‘massive opportunity’ on Moses Itauma undercard

Brad Pauls is looking forward to a "massive opportunity" after being being pitted against WBO global middleweight champion Shakiel Thompson.The 32-year-old former British middleweight champion will face the unbeaten Thompson from Sheffield in Manchester on 26 January on the undercard of Moses Itauma's fight with Jermaine Franklin.It means Pauls' planned fight in Bristol later this month has been cancelled.The Cornish boxer lost his Lonsdale belt to Denzel Bentley last December but has fought once since then, beating Panamanian…

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Exeter City ‘culture’ key to unbeaten run – Kevin Nicholson

Exeter City ‘culture’ key to unbeaten run – Kevin Nicholson

Exeter City's five-game unbeaten run is down to the good culture at the club, according to assistant manager Kevin Nicholson.The Grecians won 1-0 at Newport County in the Vertu Trophy on Tuesday night to ensure a place in the knockout stages.Exeter have lost just once in eight games since the start of October, including a memorable win over Devon rivals Plymouth Argyle last month. "They're a good group, they've got a really nice environment, the culture is getting…

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Tom Cleverley: Plymouth Argyle boss secure despite Adams appointment

Tom Cleverley: Plymouth Argyle boss secure despite Adams appointment

Argyle's latest defeat came in difficult circumstances at Bristol Rovers.Plymouth were reduced to 10 men after just two minutes when Kornel Szucs was sent off for denying a goalscoring opportunity. The Pilgrims held out until the fourth minute of second-half stoppage time when Kamil Conteh got the winning goal after a mistake by goalkeeper Luca Ashby-Hammond but still finished second in their group and earned a place in the knockout stages."To have a man sent off after two…

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University of Exeter Business School’s One Planet MBA is UK’s best for sustainability

The University of Exeter Business School has for the third-year running been named top UK business school for integrating sustainability and ESG themes into its MBA programme.Exeter’s One Planet MBA programme, formerly known as The Exeter MBA, retained its position of 10th in the world as well as number one in the UK in this year’s Corporate Knights Better World MBA rankings. The 2025 ranking assessed 179 MBA programmes spanning 12 countries, drawn from leading global MBA listings such as…

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University researchers ranked among the most influential in the world

University researchers ranked among the most influential in the world

Scientists at the University of Exeter have been ranked among the most influential and respected in the world according to the latest edition of a global rankings programme. Twenty Exeter academics, and a further four who are affiliated to the University, were included in the Highly Cited ResearchersTM  2025 list, produced by Clarivate – marking them among the top 1% in the world by citations in their research field. Now in its 12th year, Highly Cited ResearchersTM  recognises…

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Children in Need funds help give young people confidence boost

Children in Need funds help give young people confidence boost

BBCOrganisers said young people aged nine to 18 were part of the project Young people have said a Children in Need-backed project has helped them to build their confidence and meet like-minded people after they moved to the UK.Mary, 14, who moved to England from Nigeria in 2023, said she joined the Young Voices Inspire group in Plymouth after she found the move "quite hard" due to her shy personality.Plymouth Jollof Kitchen Community Interest Company (CIC) which runs…

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Call for action over Paignton anti-social behaviour and driving

Call for action over Paignton anti-social behaviour and driving

John AyresDevon, PaigntonContributedNuisance driving has been reported along Esplanade Road over cars with adapted exhaustsResidents and businesses in Paignton have called on police and Torbay Council to do more to tackle anti-social behaviour and late-night nuisance driving.Hoteliers said guests had complained about noise on most nights along the seafront from screeching car tyres and vehicles' adapted exhausts.The Paignton Town Community Partnership said it wanted cameras installed which would measure the noise and record vehicles' registrations.Devon and Cornwall Police…

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Shouting at gulls could stop food stealing

Shouting at gulls could stop food stealing

PA MediaResearchers found a recording of a man shouting was the most off-putting to gullsShouting at gulls makes them more likely to leave your food alone, research has revealed.University of Exeter researchers put a closed box of chips on the ground to attract herring gulls and watched the effect different recordings had on them.Once a gull approached, they played either a recording of a male voice shouting the words "no, stay away, that's my food", the same voice…

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Extra defence investment essential to maintain a durable defence culture, experts warn

Critical defence challenges mean the Government must invest in people so that they can develop the skills and knowledge to secure essential infrastructure from cyberattacks and sabotage, experts have warned. Critical national infrastructure is now at the frontline of a constant barrage of attempted cyberattacks and sabotage, blurring the lines of where the country’s defence ends and begins. The complex interweaving of contemporary networks and energy supplies means that a wide array of sites and systems could be…

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