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A developer is seeking planning advice on the construction of a new care home at a former quarry site in Plymouth. LNT Care Developments sought pre-application advice from Plymouth City Council before submitting a formal planning proposal for the construction of the facility at the former Plymstock Quarry. If approved, the home would provide general...

Developers have been ordered to stop work at a site in Devon where 1,200 homes are set to be built. Teignbridge District Council issued a temporary stop notice to Vistry Homes relating to the development at Wolborough, on the edge of Newton Abbot. Residents said they were concerned that groundworks being carried out at the...

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ActBlue said that Trump’s order was his latest move to “stamp out all political, electoral and ideological opposition.” President Donald Trump has directed the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate ActBlue, the Democratic Party’s primary fundraising platform, just months before the 2025 election cycle, in which numerous congressional seats are up for grabs. Trump’s presidential...

Miles Davis BBC Devon political reporter Wheatcroft Collection Kevin Wheatcroft wants to create a new home for historic maritime vessels in Appledore A multi-millionaire with one of the biggest collections in the world of World War Two memorabilia wants to build a new home in Devon for historic vessels. Kevin Wheatcroft said he wanted to...

Two part-built terraced homes have been destroyed by a blaze, firefighters have said. Devon and Somerset Fire Service said it received multiple calls at about 18:30 BST on Sunday to reports of buildings on fire at a housing development in Prince Maurice Road, Plymouth. Crews said the houses were “well alight with flames issuing from...

Council planners have rejected an application for a livestock processing facility in Torridge over concerns about neighbouring land being contaminated. Torridge District Council’s planning committee said there was a lack of information on how foul water would be stored and how surrounding farmland and property would be protected. The applicant wanted to convert an agricultural...

Exeter Energy is insisting that publicly-owned greenfield land in Riverside Valley Park is the only viable site for a heat network plant it is proposing to build while failing to explain why it has rejected brownfield alternatives in nearby Marsh Barton industrial estate. The Leeds-based company, which is controlled by 1Energy Group and Asper Investment...