On the island of Anglesey, a rural constituency off the tip of North Wales, the Conservative party’s flagship policy to ‘level up’ the UK’s regional economies takes two forms.
The first is a £22.5mn programme[1] of largely cosmetic improvements to the …
Mrs Ward, who has 35 years’ experience in the energy industry and was awarded the CBE in 2015 for her services to business, said it is a heavy responsibility to make the right decision with public money, but the process was “rigorous” and under scrutin…
Mrs Ward, who has 35 years experience in the energy industry and was awarded the CBE in 2015 for her services to business, said it is a heavy responsibility to make the right decision with public money, but the process was “rigorous” and under scrutiny…
South Hams council leader Julian Brazil (Lib Dem, Stokenham) said: “We are not all going to agree about it, but we are striving to make the Freeport the best it can be, and make it deliver what we want it to deliver for our residents in the South Hams.
People in the South Hams have been promised they will not be left out of pocket by the much-vaunted Plymouth and South Devon Freeport project. The Freeport will pay for itself in the business rates it collects from new enterprises starting up in the di…
Image: Red Air Drones Aerial Media LTD for Plymouth and South Devon Freeport
Some concerned about finances
People in the South Hams have been promised they will not be left out of pocket by the much-vaunted Plymouth and South Devon Freeport project.
T…
Councillors in Devon have given the go-ahead to a £24m road, largely funded by the county council’s own borrowing.
The highway authority’s cabinet approved the delivery of the two-phase spine road to a new employment development at Langage, which aims …
Two people have been taken to Derriford Hospital after a serious crash between a lorry and a car on a major route near Plymouth.
The A380 between Kingsteignton and Newton Abbot has been closed southbound since just after 9am today (Tuesday, April 16) w…
Two people have been taken to hospital after a serious crash between a lorry and a car on the A380. The road between Kingsteignton and Newton Abbot[1] has been closed southbound since just after 9am today (Tuesday, April 16) when the collision near the…
An inquest into the death of a man driving on the A38[1] has revealed he struck a stationary lorry, leaving him with fatal injuries.
The hearing at Exeter coroner’s court was recently held into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mark Bowden. Se…
A man has died after sustaining life-threatening injuries in a crash on the A38. A 51-year-old man was taken to Derriford Hospital in Plymouth[1] after a serious lorry crash on the A38, Deep Lane on Wednesday, March 27[2], but has since died.
Police we…
A man has been taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries following a serious crash on the A38[1] on Wednesday night. The collision involved a car and a lorry on the expressway and emergency services rushed to the scene.
Police were called to rep…
Adrian Bratt has been named as the new (interim) Chair of The Board of Directors at Plymouth and South Devon Freeport[1].
Bratt will support recently appointed Freeport CEO Richard May in the role during what is a remarkably exciting time for the proje…
Has the M25 reopened? Latest news (Getty Images)Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the worldSign up to our free Morning Headlines emailHistoric work on the M25 in Surrey[1] has finished hours ahead of schedule, allo…