F&C REIT, on behalf of Friends Life, has submitted a series of planning applications to deliver a major residential-led, mixed-use redevelopment of a vacant and obsolete office complex at Clyst St Mary, near Exeter.
The site, which was previously partly occupied by Friend's Life, will provide over 300 family homes, a 50 acre community park, vastly improved community sports facilities, new offices, a nature reserve and the refurbishment of the Grade II* listed Manor House if the proposals are accepted by East Devon District Council.
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.
Exeter residents are being asked for their views on a strategy aimed at cutting air pollution in the city.
Exeter City Council has just published its draft Low Emissions Strategy which sets out the ways the City Council and its partners plan to reduce air pollution caused by traffic. It aims to tackle nitrogen dioxide levels by reducing emissions from council-owned vehicles, as well as working with local businesses and organisations to increase the number of low emission vehicles and sustainable transport choices.
Closer working between the City and County Council and the...
