A debate is going on in Plymouth about whether the city needs an elected mayor, and Devoncast’s special guest this week is Janna Sanders, manager of Tavistock's Business Improvement District (Bid).

A long-awaited development of socially rented homes in Princetown will be submitted for planning approval next month. Nine new properties are proposed for two adjacent plots at Hessary/Moorland View – ...

Almost 5,000 people have signed a petition supporting the licensees of the Devon Dumpling in Shiphay after it emerged that ...

A child sex offender from Devon has been jailed for eight-and-a-half years for abusing a young girl and possessing thousands ...

A Plymouth man who was caught fly-tipping garden waste has been fined thousands of pounds. South Hams District Council and ...

Plans to revive the fortunes of a historic Sidmouth hotel have been unanimously rejected mainly because of concerns about protecting heritage. The scheme for the Grade II* listed Richmond Hotel, in ...

Adding fluoride, a chemical element, to drinking water in Plymouth may be considered as part of a drive to improve oral ...

YMCA Exeter has been given permission to use the Holly-Lets flatlets in Paignton’s Sands Road for nine young people. The ...

Police have released an image of a man they would like to speak to following an alleged sexual assault in Plymouth. The incident is reported to have happened on Wednesday 29 May in the Ridgeway area ...

MPs and staff are joining the fight as the delay has “crystallised the need” for improvement, according to one board member. Risks at the hospital include ageing air conditioning units which are being ...

Cracking down on the ‘wicked issue’ of shoplifting will become a police priority as officers across Devon embark on a new ...

Fire crews have been tackling a blaze at a former nightclub in Exeter. Emergency services were called to the EX4 building on Fore Street at 4.27am on Thursday 30 January by a taxi driver. Items had ...