Partnership working between Devon and Somerset Trading Standards Service, Plymouth City Council Trading Standards, and Devon and Cornwall Constabulary claimed a success today, as two doorstep rogue traders pleaded guilty to fraud and Consumer Protection offences at Taunton Crown Court.
James Doran (29) of Quedgely in Gloucester and Patrick Connors (23) of Hatfield in Hertfordshire,...
A new National Rural Crime Network, endorsed by 18 of the UK’s Police and Crime Commissioners, including Devon and Cornwall’s Tony Hogg, has been set-up to help tackle rural crime more effectively in England and Wales.
A further eight Commissioners are considering joining the group which could bring the total to around two thirds of PCCs across the two countries.
Network Rail has revealed its choice for an alternative railway line to the heavily damaged Dawlish line today.
The plans come as the rail authority had consider an alternative to the current coastal line after the recent storms destroyed an 80m section of track near Dawlish.
The potential route from Okehampton to Plymouth via Tavistock through areas of Dartmoor National Park...
Following weeks of terrible weather and high rainfall there are many areas of Devon where people are suffering the consequences of flooding; displaced from their homes, distressed, with damaged property and in need of immediate and longer term support.
Unfortunately the emergency services say they are gearing up to respond to yet another blast of atrocious weather which is predicted to...
A £10m partnership in Devon, Cornwall and Somerset, which supports research with direct impact on patients’ health and on improvements to the way in which NHS care is delivered, is to begin its next five year phase this month.
The National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care South West Peninsula (NIHR CLAHRC SWP) was...
On 21 December 2013 a team of young musicians gathered in London to record a charity single which will raise funds for Jack, a little boy who spent his first Christmas without his dad, Fusilier Lee Rigby, who was tragically murdered outside Woolwich Barracks on 22 May 2013.
The team, lead by Outside the Box charity events promoter, Gary Gardner and producer Richard Digby Smith features some of the most talented young musicians in the UK. They collaborated over 24 hours to record the song ‘Miss You Machine’.
‘Miss You Machine’ will be available on 8 February 2014 at exactly...
A tiny bat found in the Netherlands is believed to provide the first direct evidence that British bats migrate over the sea between the UK and mainland Europe.
The bat, a Nathusius’ pipistrelle, flew from Blagdon near Bristol across the country and over the North Sea before settling in a farm building near the coast in Friesland – a direct journey of 596 kilometres (370 miles)....
Polar bears and Inuit communities have become victims in the public war of words on climate change and wildlife conservation, according to researchers from Britain and Canada.
University of Exeter geographer Dr Martina Tyrrell and Dr Doug Clark from the University of Saskatchewan’s School of Environment and Sustainability examined the fallout from a media campaign in the run-up to the...
Recorded crime across Devon and Cornwall continues to fall, new figures announced on Thursday, January 23, 2014, reveal.
Overall crime between 01/01/13 and 31/12/13 fell by 2.6 per cent – a reduction of 2,235 crimes.
The Force has continued to see reductions in dwelling burglary, (down 8.6 per cent), non-dwelling burglary, (down 11.7 per cent), and vehicle offences, (down 14...
A new study has revealed that fungi, often seen as pests, play a crucial role policing biodiversity in rainforests.
The research, by scientists at Oxford University, the University of Exeter and Sheffield University, found that fungi regulate diversity in rainforests by making dominant species victims of their own success.
Fungi spread quickly between closely-packed plants...
