The BBC is to double the amount of time for the regional news across England in the flagship BBC One 10pm news hour.
The extension will run from January until after the UK General Election in May 2015.
The increase in time devoted to news from the regions is intended to ensure that BBC audiences receive the most comprehensive coverage of the issues facing the country, both nationally and locally, ahead of the 2015 Election.
The bulletin which follows the UK BBC News at Ten will be extended to 15 minutes, Monday to Thursday, from January 2015 until the beginning of...
Police and the Health and Safety Executive are carrying out an investigation into the death of a teenager in Newton Abbot.
Officers were called at 1pm on Thursday 4 December after reports a 17-year-old boy had fallen from a ladder in Abbotskerswell.
The teenager, from the South Devon area, was taken by air ambulance to Derriford Hospital with serious head and back injuries and passed away in hospital on Friday 5 December.
The Met Office has issued a severe weather warning for the end of this week as severe gales and heavy rain are set to hit the region.
A yellow warning of wind is in place for Friday, from the early hours of the morning, valid until noon.
A spokesman for the Met Office said: “There is the potential for gales, or local severe gales, to develop across much of England and Wales during the first half of Friday, before easing by early afternoon.
“A band of heavy rain will accompany the low pressure system, this pushing quickly east through the day.
Paul Jepson, artistic director of Exeter’s Northcott Theatre, has unveiled the Civic Society’s newest plaque to actresses Violet and Dame Irene Vanbrugh
The blue plaque was unveiled on 4 December at the walkway between Roman Walk and Southernhay, near the Exeter Blitz Memorial, and close to the site of the house in Southernhay Place where Violet was born in 1867, but was demolished as a result of bombing during the Second World War. Her sister Dame Irene was born in 1872 in Heavitree Vicarage. They were two of the six children of the Rev Reginald Barnes, vicar of Heavitree, and his...
Fifty per cent of people in the UK are expected to use the internet to buy more than half of their Christmas presents this year.
Harmful viruses in e-cards, online shopping fraud and adverts for bogus holidays are three of the twelve scams of Christmas that have been identified in a new campaign launched by local authorities.
Devon and Somerset Trading Standards service is warning residents to be aware of these common scams.
The new initiative sees the National Trading Standards eCrime Team join forces with Action Fraud, GetsafeOnline, Crimestoppers and a host of...
Dogs Trust, the UK’s largest dog welfare charity, has announced ambitious targets to offer free microchipping for all dogs thanks to its biggest award to date raised thanks to players of People’s Postcode Lottery.
In advance of microchipping becoming compulsory for dogs across England in April 2016, Dogs Trust is offering free microchipping at its 20 rehoming centres for all dogs and through special chipping events taking place across the UK.
Since 1999, Dogs Trust has chipped over 700,000 dogs. Recent research shows that approximately 110,000 dogs in the South West remain...
Dartmoor National Park Authority's headquarters at Parke were very busy over the weekend with the first group of newly recruited Junior Rangers joining members of the Education Team and the Ranger Service to launch a year-long pilot programme of activities.
Young people were greeted and welcomed by Dr Kevin Bishop, Chief Executive, and Peter Harper, Chairman, of Dartmoor National Park Authority. After this formal welcome Junior Rangers were given an orienteering challenge to help them work independently, work as a team and learn valuable skills that would help them on their onward...
Police are seeking the identity of a couple suspected to have stolen a number of glasses frames from the Vision Express store on Courtenay Street, Newton Abbot on Saturday 22 November.
The male and female offenders entered the store at around 1pm, browsed products before concealing in their coat pockets and sleeves eight Versace and Tom Ford glasses frames worth approximately £1,450 in total before leaving the store.
Police have released images and CCTV fooage in hope that the public will recognise the suspects.
The man is described as aged 65-70 with grey/white...
As community support builds for Devon’s wild beavers, an oil painting of a Devon beaver has raised £700 for Devon Wildlife Trust’s work to keep the animals on the River Otter. The canvas, by renowned east Devon wildlife artist Emma Bowring, was donated to the charity’s Devon’s Wild Beavers fundraising appeal. Support has also been forthcoming from Ottery St Mary schools, Exeter businesses – and even TV presenter Chris Packham. The aim of the appeal is to keep the wild beaver population on the River Otter by securing a licence from the government for a five- year monitoring project to...
