Following thousands of votes and over 1,432 nominations and applications, the Devon Business Women Awards announced the 2013 winners at the University of Exeter's Great Hall on 5 September 2013, hosted by Celia Delaney and Tara Howard.
Plymouth had its share of finalists, and two - Glynis Lidster of Welcome Hall Ltd and Jacqui Batterbee of Batterbee Thompson & Co Ltd - walked away...
Devon Hotels & Restaurants Association has reported a substantial rise in bookings this summer, with many members seeing record numbers of visitors throughout the holidays and sell out July and August months.
James Sharp, chair of Devon Hotels said: “We have seen an increase in overseas visitors but one of the main growth areas has been holidaymakers choosing to ‘staycation’ in...
The Met Office has issued a yellow warning of rain for the region, including Plymouth, for today (Friday 6 September) and Saturday (7 September), with the risk of possible localised flooding.
Friday
The yellow warning highlights heavy rain, persistent in places, which will affect many areas of the region during Friday. "The public should be aware of the risk of disruption due...
Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie's much-loved fictional Belgian detective with the little moustache, pince-nez glasses and unmatchable"little grey cells", is to return in a new novel fully authorised by Devon-born Christie's family.
It has been announced that the new novel will be published worldwide in September 2014 and will be written by the British crime writer and poet Sophie...
It has been believed for years, that a diet rich in fish, fruit, vegetables and olive oil is good for our general health and mind, but now a review by a Devon university confirms that Mediterranean food is good for the brain.
A team of researchers from the University of Exeter Medical School, supported by the National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in...
Two women from Tavistock have been arrested after an investigation by Devon and Cornwall Police into the alleged fraudulent sale of tickets for Tomorrowland 2013, an electronic musi festival in Belgium.
Police say that the women, aged 50 and 21, have been arrested on suspicion of fraud by misrepresentation and are currently on police bail until February 2014.
Police in Tavistock are appealing for witnesses and information after an incident in the Ganges restaurant on West Street in Tavistock.
At around 11pm on Sunday 25 August 2013, three customers of the restaurant are believed to have been assaulted both physically and verbally while inside the premises.
The victims, a man and two women, suffered significant verbal abuse and were...
After months of delay, Devon switched on its new NHS 111 service for the county at 11am on Tuesday 3 September.
NHS 111 is a national initiative that is being rolled out across the country. It is a new three-digit dial telephone service being introduced to make it easier for patients to access local health services, when they have an urgent need.
Devon and Cornwall Police has appointed Ken Lamont as Detective Superintendent, to head crime investigation (CID) across the whole of Devon, the Force has announced.
A former member of HM Royal Marines, he joined the police in 1990 in Torbay. He has worked across all Force areas including Devon, Plymouth and Cornwall; holding positions of Detective Constable, Det. Sergeant, Det....
Plymouth’s iconic Civic Centre is to be transformed into a four star hotel with commanding views of the city and its stunning waterfront as part of an exciting development that will create hundreds of jobs.
Tired offices will be turned into a prestige hotel which will form the anchor development in a project that will seal the West End of Plymouth’s role as a cultural quarter of the...
