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Tour of Britain to return to Devon

The Tour of Britain will return to Devon on Thursday 11 September.

At a national launch event in London yesterday (Monday 31 March), The Tour organisers SweetSpot Group and hosts Devon County Council announced that the Devon Stage of The Tour 2014 will start in Exmouth and will take the long way round to finish in Exeter.

The start and finish venues are a reversal of the...

Top companies show MPs that 'Devon Delivers'

Twelve innovative Business from around Devon have travelled to London today to promote investment in the county’s business community.

In an event organised with support from Devon County Council’s ‘Devon Delivers’ project has seen business leaders from the digital, creative and ICT sectors meet with MPs and national journalists to tell their stories.

Among the businesses...

'Digusting tide of litter' threatens UK beaches

What do half a TV, a French bullet-proof vest and an unopened pack of bacon have in common?

They were all cleared from our beaches during a single weekend last September and were among the 223,405 bits of litter that volunteers bagged up and removed as part of the Beachwatch Big Weekend 2013, organised by the Marine Conservation Society (MCS).

The UK’s leading beach cleanup and...

Significant Risks in Devon and Cornwall's Domestic Violence Response

There are ‘some significant risks’ in the way that Devon and Cornwall Police tackle domestic abuse according to a national report published today by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC).

There were 9,212 domestic abuse related crimes reported in Devon and Cornwall in the 12 months leading up to August 2013 accounting for 11% of all recorded crime in the force area....

Investment at racecourse for start of new season

As the countdown to the new season of summer jumps racing gets ever-closer, Newton Abbot Racecourse are finishing their annual improvements in time for the first fixture on Tuesday 1st April.

After improvements to reduce waterlogging after their 2012 season, Newton Abbot has focused on giving the racecourse a new lease of life over the past months. This year has seen around £150,000...

Creatures great and small at Devon's Crealy

A menagerie of creatures great and very small will scuttle into Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park in Exeter on Friday 28 March for the official opening of the brand new attraction, Bugz Unlimited.

The new attractions represent part of a £1 million investment in the Park’s 25th anniversary year and will officially be opened by TV Wildlife Presenter, Nick Baker.

Guests can...

School minibus involved in collision, Holsworthy

Police are currently dealing with a road traffic collision at Holsworthy Beacon, Holsworthy, involving a school minibus which has collided with a lorry and a building.

At around 3.45pm on Tuesday 25 March, the minibus was involved in a collision witn a lorry which was carrying a crane and a the Old Post Office at Holsworthy Beacon.

Around 15 children were on the minibus, but...

International officers to see child abuse tracking technology

Royal Malaysian Police will be heading to Devon this week to investigate how local police use technology to track child abuse offenders.

Nine officers are visiting Devon and Cornwall Police today (25 March) to witness how the High Tech Crime Unit utilise triage techniques and forensically examine computers for child abuse images.

In 2007 the Force was one of the first police...

Do you know what honey are you getting for your money?

HEALTH conscious Manuka honey fans should ensure that what they are buying is genuine after it was revealed that five out of six jars are fake. The warning came as Channel Four’s Dispatches programme this week (Monday, March 17) documented figures which show that UK consumption of the immune boosting honey exceeds global production. And with jars of Manuka honey selling for up to £45, someone...

Devon handed £7 million for winter damage repairs

Devon County Council has received almost £7 million to help repair the damage caused to the county’s roads by the severe winter weather.

The additional funding from the Department for Transport is a share of £183.5 million of extra funding made available by the government to help with much needed road repairs following the wettest winter on record.

Over the winter, there has...

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