Street lights in parts of Devon will be dimmed for one year in a bid to save money. The 12-month trial is to be rolled out in April and involves altering about 80% of the county’s 80,000 street lights, said Devon County Council. The council said the trial could save about £300,000 per year, on...
“It’s a huge honour to become Yorkshire captain,” Bairstow told BBC Sport. “It’s something as a young boy you dream about. It’s something you want to do, no matter if it’s the first few years of your career or the last few years of your career. “To be asked to do that with the group...
Torquay United have re-signed Derby County forward Emmanuel Ilesanmi on loan. The 20-year-old had agreed to return to the National League promotion chasers until the end of the season. Ilesanmi initially moved to Plainmoor at the end of January and made two substitute appearances suffering a hamstring injury and returning to Pride Park. He joins...
Sussex are confident England bowler Ollie Robinson will be fit for their opening match back in County Championship Division One, head coach Paul Farbrace says. The south coast club won promotion back to the first tier last year and begin the season against Warwickshire at Edgbaston on Friday, 4 April. Robinson, who has taken 76...
HEADLINES Devon County Council reveals perilous financial state with SEND spending having “significant impact” on cash balances 5.9% budget increase for 2025-26 conceals £22 million cuts and £66 million cost increases with “inevitable” impact on “vital” services. Read more. Exeter Energy insists Riverside Valley Park only viable heat plant site but fails to explain Marsh...
Devon County Council has revealed the perilous state of its finances in its final annual budget before the local elections in May, with its Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND) children’s services spending “now having a significant impact on cash balances”. Its service delivery budget will increase by 5.9% from £743 million 2024-25 to £784...
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...
Devon County Council is planning more bus priority schemes in Exeter’s arterial roads following changes made in Cowick Street, Heavitree Road, Pinhoe Road and New North Road. The Department for Transport has allocated £10.5 million to deliver bus service improvement schemes in Devon during 2025-26, with further funding expected to follow in future years. In...
Devon County Council has admitted that the Heavitree & Whipton Active Streets trial it launched in August 2023 led to a “lack of trust in the decision-making process” at County Hall and a perception of a “downward spiral” in Exeter highways management. It also said that focus groups held in November, after the trial scheme...
Devon County Council’s plan to postpone the May 2025 local elections has failed alongside its application to join the government’s fast-track devolution priority programme. Secretary of State Angela Rayner announced the decision in a House of Commons statement today. County council leader James McInnes wrote to the government to apply to join the fast-track devolution...