Drivers using Merrivale Road in North Prospect are being urged to keep an eye on their speed.
The residential road has a 20mph limit but people living there say cars are regularly speeding through, putting their safety at risk.
Council Leader and local ward councillor Tudor Evans has asked the Council’s road safety team to install a ‘speed visor’, which will capture all vehicle...
A health centre has undergone a major telecommunications revamp to help further improve customer service for its 10,000 patients.
Roborough Surgery, in Eastcote Close, Plymouth, has had a new call handling system installed by IP Office Ltd based in Exeter, which hopes to boost service efficiency.
The new installation was completed last week and now call-handling is via a full...
Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg has reinforced his plea to the public to pay a more active role in local policing.
Speaking on the opening day of the Devon County Show, Mr Hogg has highlighted volunteering opportunities and set out plans for the Force to significantly increase the number of Specials. Recruitment for this opens again in the autumn.
The partners and staff of Chartered Accountants Haines Watts held an event at Grange Exeter to commemorate the 100th anniversary of World War 1 and to celebrate the 350th anniversary of the inception of The Royal Marines since their formation in 1664.
Over 100 members of the local business community attended the high-profile event in aid of The C Group charity, which seeks to inspire...
Exeter Chiefs players, school children and city representatives revealed a giant calendar at Sandy Park today (May 6) to mark 500 days to go to Rugby World Cup 2015.
The calendar revealed the date when tickets for all 48 matches, including three fixtures at Sandy Park, will go on sale to the general public: September 12, with the application window closing on September 29, 2014. From...
Police are appealing for witnesses after a man died when he was crushed between two vehicles.
At around 6.20pm yesterday (Tuesday 29 April) an incident took place on Glenholt Road, Plymouth involving a stationary Landrover Defender with a flatbed trailer attached, which was carrying a Volkswagon Transporter van.
A 25-year-old man from the Hull area had collected the Volkswagon...
The Devon Venus Business Women Awards 2014 officially opened for nominations at a glamorous launch party in Exeter last night.
Local business men and women were welcomed at Amanda Marsden Lifestyle Salon by event organiser Celia Delaney of SpeakingSuccess and Venus Awards founder Tara Howard.
The awards aim to celebrate and recognise the achievements of the county’s working...
A new study by a University of Exeter researcher has shed light on how an estimated one million-strong population of wild camels thriving in Australia’s remote outback have become reviled as pests and culled on a large scale.
Sarah Crowley, of the Environment and Sustainability Institute at the University of Exeter’s Penryn Campus, explored the history of the camel in Australia, from...
An online Easter egg hunt in which players act as ‘predators’ to find hidden bird eggs will help scientists better understand camouflage and its evolution.
The new game, called Egglab, is a type of citizen science – a genuine scientific experiment that anyone around the world with a computer, smartphone or tablet can take part in, with the aim of understanding how different types of...
Can you help raise funds for mum with two terminal illnesses? A massive appeal was today launched to help a 36-year-old Exeter mum who is the only person in the world with two rare terminal conditions.
Jo Smith, 36, has a unique combination of diseases and doctors say the odds of suffering both is over five billion to one. She needs a heart and lung transplant to have any hope of...
