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David Fitzgerald is to take over the presenting slot currently occupied by Judi Spiers.

Fitz and his Producer Monica Ellis will be moving to the Mid-Morning Show on BBC Radio Devon from Monday 6 July.

The BBC also announced this afternoon that Pippa Quelch will be the new voice of Drive Time.

Pippa, who was born and grew up in Devon, will present a mixture of news,...

BBC Radio Devon afternoon presenter David Fitzgerald is poised to take over from soon-to-be-axed Judi Spiers, the Daily understands.

According to sources, some staff were told of the planned appointment this afternoon.

It had been thought that another of the station’s casualties, Matt Woodley, would be taking the slot.

David, like Judi, is not a BBC employee and...

Hit BAFTA-nominated BBC series 'Don't Tell the Bride' is back for a new series!

The company who produce the series, Renegade Pictures, are searching for more couples who would love to get married THIS YEAR!

The producers are interested in casting a couple from Plymouth and the surrounding areas!

The show follows a couple who are given a free £12,000 to...

The first ever BBC Music Day took place in Britain’s Ocean City, Plymouth, on Friday 5 June.

BBC Music Day is a nationwide celebration of music which aims to bring people together across generations and communities through their love of music.

BBC Music Day in Plymouth featured Plymouth Youth Concert Band, Co-operative Big Band, Plymouth University Taiko Drummers and Plymouth...

BBC South West is delighted to announce that Jemma Woodman is the new presenter of the region's current affairs programme Inside Out South West.

Devon-born Jemma is an award-winning journalist and a familiar face to South West TV audiences.

She said: "I've always enjoyed watching Inside Out tackling the South West's most topical issues and keeping us in touch with the region we...

The BBC is to launch recruitment for an apprentice for BBC Radio Devon as part of its biggest ever apprenticeship scheme.

The Local Apprenticeship Scheme was announced by BBC Director General Tony Hall in August 2013, when he pledged that the BBC would have an apprentice in every local radio station by September 2014. He also announced at that time that, by the end of October 2014, the...

Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust is celebrating being the third best hospital in the country for the emergency waiting time target this winter.

Hospitals are set a target of seeing and treating 95% of patients in four hours of them arriving for urgent treatment.

In Plymouth, this has been exceeded with 97.6% of patients arriving between 4 November 2013 to 23 March 2014 seen and...

An Art History graduate from Plymouth University has become the youngest expert – at the age of just 23 – on the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow.

Lawrence Hendra has been pursuing his passion for antique works of art since buying a piece from a flea market in his native Cornwall, and then making a profit on it, at the age of 13.

Now, a decade and several fascinating discoveries later,...

Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg will answer the public’s questions on policing in Devon and Cornwall at a meeting in Plymouth tonight.

At the meeting in the Council House in Plymouth, Tony Hogg along with Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer will take questions submitted online and over the phone.

The doors will open at 7pm with the meeting itself starting promptly at 7:30pm...

The BBC today announced BBC Playlister, a new digital music product that will transform people’s relationship with music from the Corporation.

BBC Playlister will let audiences add and save their favourite tracks heard on the BBC to a personal online playlist, which they can then export to one of the BBC’s digital music partners where they can hear the music in full. Music fans will...