Cornwall will benefit from a multi-million pound package of rail improvements that will lift the local economy, create new jobs and provide faster train journeys, the Prime Minister announced today (3 July).

The £146.6 million deal has tourism at its core. Passengers travelling by sleeper train into the county will be able to start their holiday relaxing in newly refurbished carriages.

The deal will ensure:

• the interior of the Night Riviera Sleeper trains, which run between Penzance and London - one of only two sleeper services in the UK - will be completely
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On the 18 July 2014, Exeter-based Optix Solutions celebrates a very special birthday.

The brainchild of Exeter University alumni and entrepreneurs Alastair Banks and James Dawkins, Optix Solutions specialises in delivering unrivalled web design and creative digital marketing solutions to clients across the country.

Optix Solutions is now 15 years old, and business has never been better.

Optix Solutions has come a long way since its conception in 1999. Having identified a gaping hole in the market, Alastair and James set out to offer a service focusing on the...

Police are asking for the public’s help to trace a 39-year-old missing man believed to be in Ilfracombe. Officers are extremely concerned for the welfare of Nicholas Le Corre who is thought to have visited St Philip and St James Church sometime during the night. Police believe he may be visiting local churches and beauty spots and the public are asked to report any sightings to police. Local police units, including the Force helicopter and dog unit, are currently searching for Mr Le Corre in Ilfracombe and the surrounding area. It is believed Nicholas is originally from the Liskeard and...

People in the parish of Broadclyst have had their say on how to spend money on outdoor sports in the town - and they've opted to support a broad range of very different schemes.

In a joint project run between Broadclyst Parish Council and East Devon District Council, residents voted on how they would like £11,800 to be spent on outdoor sports in the community. Well over 100 Broadclyst residents took part in the voting.

The funding for these projects (Section 106 money) is available as a result of a number of housing developments in Broadclyst. Section 106 money is collected...

The managing director of Exeter’s leading housebuilder says that a 28% increase in the number of house completions in the first six months of the year is fuelling further employment opportunities across the region.

Simon Perks, managing director of Persimmon Homes South West, today welcomed news that the business legally completed 6,408 new homes in the first six months of 2014, a 28% increase on the same period last year, when the housebuilder completed 5,022 new homes.

“Every extra home we build leads to more employment, both directly at Persimmon Homes South West as well...

Okehampton College has won a national competition which recognises the school’s cutting edge Green initiatives.

The prize is a £150,000 energy makeover from British Gas.

Okehampton was chosen from six finalists nationally in the secondary school category.

It will donate £25,000 of the prize money to the runners-up – Fulham Cross in London – to help support their own energy projects.

The school is planning to use the prize to install a second biomass heater to warm the older buildings on site.

The college’s community energy manager, Keith Webber, said...

Loopings, barrel rolls, corkscrews and a lot of G-forces: do you think you can handle this?

Uitmetkorting.nl, Holland’s biggest leisure site, is looking for a roller coaster tester.

You get to test more than 50 coasters, in eight different theme parks in England - just to let the Dutch people know how awesome all the English theme parks are and why Dutch coaster enthusiasts should visit your beautiful and thrilling country. For a couple of years the website has been doing research in the fun factor of roller coasters in Holland, as to inform the visitors of the website....