David Kirk of Kirks Insolvency announced today that he is pleased to be able to report the sale of Plymouth Albion Rugby Club.
Following the notice of intention to appoint an Administrator filed in Court on the 24th March and a brief period of marketing a deal was agreed with a consortium of local businessmen.
The new owners, David Venables and Bruce Priday, who are both former players, have set up a new company called Plymouth Albion Rugby Football Club (2016) Ltd.
This includes the events business and secures the transfer of all of the employees including the...
THE police force and its relationship with the military, with its massive presence in the South West, should be a key issue for the new police and crime commissioner, according independent candidate Bob Spencer.
Mr Spencer, a retired acting Assistant Chief Constable in Devon and Cornwall, who is campaigning to become the next PCC, has been meeting with a variety of military contacts to discuss his hopes of refreshing the Military Covenant signed in 2012 between local authorities and the armed forces.
The Covenant recognises that the whole nation has a moral obligation to...
Come and take part in a workshop to build an audio streaming device using a Raspberry Pi that you can site in your garden and broadcast to the world!
This event is in partnership with soundcamp to tie in with their soundtent event that takes place on 30 April to 1 May 2016.
Soundtent is a series of outdoor listening events on International Dawn Chorus Day, linked by Reveil: a 24 hour broadcast that tracks the sounds of daybreak, travelling West from microphone to microphone on sounds transmitted live by audio...
A lorry driver died and a man was left seriously injured in two connected collisions which closed the A38 near Exeter on Saturday morning (9 April).
Emergency services were called at 6.10am after an 11 tonne Isuzu HGV was involved in a single-vehicle collision between Chudleigh Station and Harcombe Bends.
The lorry, which had been travelling towards Plymouth, went out of control and crossed the central reservation, and ended up on its side on the opposite carriageway.
The driver, a 32-year-old man from Torquay, sustained fatal injuries in the collision and was...
A family-run caravan and camping park on the East Devon coast is celebrating its latest clutch of awards.
And the team at Oakdown Holiday Park is particularly proud of one of its achievements - its David Bellamy gold award.
The award recognises Oakdown’s enduring commitment to preserving the natural environment - and it is the 20th time they have won it. It was presented to Doreen and Roger Franks at a ceremony in London.
Doreen said: ‘As we continue to develop and improve the park we are very careful to preserve and enhance the natural environment. It’s very...
SATURDAY 23RD APRIL starting at 11:30AM we are going to explore and move the body through a super fun dynamic flow which will challenge yet ease your body into movement.
Open to guys and girls, Yogis, non-Yogis, never stretched before to stretch every day people, come and start your weekend off with movement, smiles and meeting new awesome people!
Our dynamic flow session lasting just over an hour will be held in a beautiful naturally lit studio, with huge windows...
A leading nature charity is planning to reveal the secrets of the South West’s wonderful marine wildlife at a special event being organised for recreational boat owners and the wider public.
The event, entitled ‘Life Beneath the Keel’, is being staged by Devon Wildlife Trust at the Mount Batten Centre, Plymouth, between 10am and 2.30pm on Saturday 16 April.
Life Beneath the Keel is free to attend and open to everyone but has a focus on the boat owning community. Mike Elsey, Devon Wildlife Trust’s Corporate Relations Officer, explained the charity’s thinking. Mike said:...
Firefighters were called to fire at an Exeter home this morning (Monday 11 April).
Two fire appliances from Danes Castle attended the blaze at a house in Norwich Road, Exwick after reports of a dishwasher on fire.
On arrival crews found the dishwasher was well alight and got to work using two breathing apparatus sets, one hose reel jet and a positive pressure ventilation fan.
The ground floor kitchen was slight damaged by fire and the remainder of the ground floor severely damaged by smoke.
A total of four breathing apparatus sets were used in total.
A leading West Country legal firm is supporting the award-winning work of Exeter City FC in the community.
Everys Solicitors has once again pledged its support of the League Two club’s Football in the Community charity.
The law firm was impressed by the variety of work the charity carries out to deliver inspiring physical activity, education, health and well-being programmes and courses across Devon.
Llewellyn Nicholls, Everys Business Development and Marketing Manager, said: “Exeter City is far more than just a football club. At Everys, we have been extremely...
A team of British military personnel has arrived in Nepal to make an alpine-style ascent of the North East ridge of Dhaulagiri, which at 8167m is the seventh highest point on earth.
Alongside this feat of mountaineering, the joint service team officially named the ‘British Services Dhaulagiri Medical Research Expedition 2016’ (BSDMRE ) will conduct pioneering medical research into the effects of altitude on the human body – the first time a military study has done so above 6000m and using implanted technology. The team will climb at extreme altitudes without oxygen, following 6...
