A Plymouth City Council initiative to help women feel safer on nights out reviewed 43 men for showing early signs of predatory behaviour. Working with the police, the council said the 2024 pilot scheme used “intelligence” to disrupt behaviour before it escalated into serious violence. Eighteen of the men, aged between 22 and 77 years...
Victims of abuse by former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed could receive up to £385,000 in compensation plus treatment costs if they agree to be assessed by a consultant psychiatrist, the luxury department store has said. Multiple women who worked for Fayed, who died last year, have accused him of rape and sexual assault. Harrods...
Only five households took part in a scheme to downsize their properties in west Devon in the last year, figures show. West Devon Borough Council now plans to make more social housing tenants aware of incentives to move to smaller homes and get a payout of £5,000 and help with removal costs or improvements such...
Another 2,000 homes in Exeter are set to receive weekly food waste collections. The latest roll-out of kerbside collections will cover areas of Topsham, as plans to get the whole city involved continue to take shape. Currently around a third of Exeter – 22,000 properties – benefits from kerbside food waste collections and the service...