Zhara Simpson BBC News, South West Sea Adora Sea Adora said there had been a rise in people fly-tipping outside their shop A Devon not-for-profit organisation is asking people to stop fly-tipping after a recent rise in the amount of unwanted items being left outside its shop. Among items dumped outside the Sea Adora charity...
BBC Steve Fussell, owner of Studio 4 Street in Totnes, says the business has to close A picture framing shop in Totnes is closing its doors after four years, claiming it is because of “unfair” business rates. Studio 4 Street had been trading well, but owner Steve Fussell said it is not worth the effort...
A shop worker was threatened by a man with a knife during a robbery in, police have said. The incident happened at the Spar convenience store at the junction of Bear Street and Boutport Street, in Barnstaple before 21:50 BST on Saturday. Devon and Cornwall Police said the offender fled the store taking four bottles...
Plans to extend the opening hours at Domino’s Pizza in Plympton from 23:00 to 05:00 have been withdrawn. Plymouth City Council’s licensing sub committee was informed of this when it met to discuss the application on Tuesday. Concerns had previously been raised about noise from extractor fans and delivery drivers. The pizza firm said the...
Zhara Simpson BBC News, South West Sophie Roberts The artist and social media star Sophie Tea (right) took her popular social media project to Tavistock A social media star and artist who upcycles charity shop items for her one million Instagram followers each week has taken the project to her parents’ home town for the...
A man, who was homeless at the time, has admitted starting a fire behind a barber’s shop which he then tried to extinguish with his own urine. Ryan O’Shea, 40, pleaded guilty during a hearing at Plymouth Magistrates’ Court to one charge of arson following an incident outside Spike-Up Barbers in Mutley Plain on 7...
Community members from all ages in the small town of Chelsea, Michigan, a small town of 5,000 people, rallied to help a bookshop move to a new location by forming a human chain. A total of 9,100 books were moved one-by-one to the new retail space, about a block away. Read full article at source...
Losing a player so early meant the hosts were always going to be up against it, but they weathered the storm well with the ultimate team performance. They made 39 clearances, 20 tackles and kept their discipline – even with nine men on the pitch in the final few minutes following Sterling’s injury. It was...
Nikhil Inamdar Thousands of neighbourhood stores, unable to compete with online apps, have closed down, according to reports The corner shop Ramji Dharod has manned for over six decades is now on the brink of closure. The store sits in a bylane in the central Indian city of Mumbai’s busy shopping precinct, and has served...
A man who was arrested for carrying a knife at a Devon farm shop has been charged, police have said. Nicholas Courtney, 45, of no fixed abode, was arrested at Darts Farm, Topsham at 10:45 GMT on Monday. Devon and Cornwall Police said he had been charged with assault by beating an emergency service worker,...
Google Police were received reports of a man with a knife at Darts Farm A man who was carrying a knife has been arrested at a Devon farm shop, police have said. Devon and Cornwall Police said they received reports of a man with a knife at Darts Farm, Topsham at 10:45 GMT on Monday....