Mark Smith on 40 years of thatching roofs and why you can’t change them. Read full article at source...
Scott Bingham BBC News, South West BBC The company recovers critical metals from old electric vehicle batteries The UK’s first electric vehicle (EV) battery recycling plant has secured millions of dollars of investment to help scale up its Plymouth-based business. Altilium Clean Technology employs 50 staff across three locations in the city and Tavistock. The...
Martyn Oates BBC South West political editor Getty Images The elections are being held against the backdrop of the reorganisation of local government Voters on both sides of the River Tamar will get the chance to vote in local elections on 1 May. The vote comes ahead of a very big change – here is...
A historic water mill in Devon is reopening for the first time in two years after a major refurbishment. The National Trust-owned Manor Mill in Branscombe dates back to the 17th Century but saw its heyday in Victorian times when it was one of four working mills in the east Devon village. It was shut...
A former Devon and Cornwall Police firearms response officer has appeared in court charged with harassment without violence. Harry Tangye, 56, of Lusty Glaze, Newquay, appeared at Bodmin Magistrates Court on Thursday accused of harassing Sofia Cann between 25 August and 7 September 2024 in Newquay. The retired officer was accused of pursuing a course...
David Wetherill plans to run the London Marathon on crutches Read full article at source...
Andy Birkett BBC News, South West BBC David Wetherill, who has multiple epiphyseal dysplasia, has entered the London Marathon A former Team GB Paralympian says he wants to “show people what’s possible” when he attempts to run the fastest marathon on crutches. David Wetherill, who played table tennis at three Paralympic Games, was born with...
Fishing industry leaders have said they are concerned defence negotiations with the EU could lead to the bloc’s fishing vessels having increased access to UK waters. The issue was raised by MPs at an Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee meeting which heard the fishing industry was not “a bargaining chip” that could be “traded...
The list of candidates standing in Exeter for the local elections on Thursday 1 May has now been published. Voters will be electing representatives for the Devon County Council and in Exeter City Council by-elections. Full details of all those standing are available to view online: Polling stations will be open across the city from...
Jake Wallace BBC News, South West Reuters US President Donald Trump has imposed new tariffs on all goods entering the US US President Donald Trump’s new 10% tariffs on all imports from the UK to the United States have been described as worrying by one Devon company. Quicke’s Cheeses, based near Exeter, make about 10%...
An indoor amusement park on the Devon and Cornwall border has shut its doors less than two months after opening. Dingles Fun Park in Lifton operated on the same site as the now-closed Dingles Fairground Museum. Manager Tom Ellis said the park had “incredible support from the locals” but the “vast scale” of the site...
Devon & Cornwall Police complaints handling has “not been good enough” according to a statutory report published by the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly. The report, which covers the year to March 2024, identifies several ways in which the force has failed to meet statutory requirements....
A former Devon and Cornwall Police officer has been jailed for eight years after he raped a woman he met on a dating website. PC Stuart Mines, 49, was off-duty when he raped the woman at his home in south Devon in October 2022. He denied rape and said sexual intercourse had not taken place...
Anna Varle BBC South West health correspondent Anna Pinchuk Cardiologist Anna Pinchuk fled Kyiv with her daughter in March 2022 A cardiologist who fled Ukraine with her daughter three years ago is nearing the end of exams that would allow her to practise in the UK. Anna Pinchuk, 39, fled Kyiv with her daughter seven-year-old...
A recording of the Executive committee meeting 1 April 2025 Read full article at source...