BBC/Ashitha Nagesh Lady Diana Brittan’s late husband, Lord Leon Brittan, was falsely accused by a fantasist of being involved in a Westminster paedophile ring The widow of ex-Home Secretary Lord Brittan, who was falsely accused of being part of a paedophile ring in Westminster, has criticised the decision to drop an investigation into the officer...
Miles Davis BBC Devon political reporter BBC Demonstrators gathered outside the Guildhall in Exeter to protest against the planned closure of Northbrook swimming pool The planned closure of a popular swimming pool will be fully examined by councillors before any decision is taken. Campaigners fighting a proposal to close Northbrook swimming pool in Exeter got...
Miles Davis BBC Devon political reporter BBC Colleen Natola uses the Northbrook swimming pool four or five times a week The closure of a Devon swimming pool will be discussed on Tuesday after campaigners handed in a petition opposing the plans with more than 2,000 signatures. People fighting to keep Northbrook swimming pool in Exeter...
Daniel Sandford UK correspondent Reporting fromAlgarve, Portugal PA Media From the moment I arrived in Praia da Luz on Monday the word on everyone’s lips was “closure”. All the long-term residents of the sleepy Atlantic resort told me closure was what they were hoping for. From the English woman who lived at the time above...
Chloe Parkman & John Ayres BBC News, South West BBC Protestors gather in Torquay ahead of council decision A children’s charity said it was “very disappointed” with plans to shut specialist hearing units at two schools in Torquay. Torbay Council’s overview and scrutiny committee agreed to go ahead with the planned unit closures at St...
Exeter City Council is under pressure to reconsider its plan to close Northbrook Swimming Pool after community campaigners triggered a full council debate on the closure by raising a petition imploring it to keep the pool open that was signed by nearly 2,250 local residents. As a result it will hold a debate on the...
Part of the A38 in Plymouth had to be shut down after a deer was injured, police have said. Officers from Devon and Cornwall Police were called to reports of an injured deer on the central reservation of the A38 at Eggbuckland at 11:50 BST. An armed unit attended the scene to put the animal...
An emergency road closure has been put in place in Torquay due to “a potentially unstable slope supporting the highway”. Torbay Council said the closure on Ilsham Marine Drive was likely to be in place for several weeks. It said “a small void and surface fractures” had appeared in the road last weekend. The local...
A cliff fall in Devon has led to the closure of a coastal footpath, according to the local authority. A Facebook post from Teignbridge District Council said a section of path had been closed at Lee Mount in Dawlish between the steps from Early’s Wall and a large viewing shelter. The council said “significant sized...
Lucy Gossage When Lucy Gossage stood on the start line of an ultra-marathon in January, she realised she had already succeeded. One year earlier, the cancer doctor had completed the same 268-mile (430km) race – described as the most brutal in the UK – alongside her partner. But shortly after finishing, she discovered he had...
A property in Plymouth has been shut for three months after persistent antisocial behaviour (ASB) was reported to the police. Devon and Cornwall Police said the address in Adelaide Street was the subject of reports from nearby residents who saw groups of people visiting at all hours. Other reports detailed constant noise disturbances throughout the...
HEADLINES Devon & Torbay CCA sets sail for regional democratic deficit with £500,000 crew Combined county authority throws public accountability overboard as future regional strategic governance body ratifies constitution at inaugural meeting but fails to explain why so many staff needed to deliver so little at such colossal cost. Read more. Sidwell Street Post Office...
When Exeter City Council leader Phil Bialyk announced last month that he would be cutting £3.5 million from the council’s 2025-26 budget, he didn’t mention Northbrook leisure centre in Beacon Lane, home to an established swimming school and nineteen metre pool. Five days later, despite saying that next year’s budget aimed to “protect the services...
British Steel is launching a consultation that could see the closure of its two blast furnaces at Scunthorpe, putting between 2,000 and 2,700 jobs at risk. The company said the blast furnaces were “no longer financially sustainable” due to tough market conditions, the imposition of tariffs and higher environmental costs. British Steel chief executive Zengwei...
NatWest and Nigel Farage have settled the dispute over the closure of one of his bank accounts. The agreed settlement comes almost two years after the Reform UK leader had his account with Coutts, the prestigious private bank for the wealthy which is owned by NatWest Group, closed. The closure led to a public row...