Guy Henderson

4 days ago | radioexe.co.uk | Guy Henderson

A new group set up to spend £20 million of government money in Torquay has pledged it will be ‘power to the people’ when it comes to working out who gets it. The Torquay Place Leadership Board will invite local people to submit ideas for projects to make the most of the decade-long programme, and chair Jim Parker said money could go to anything from a major building project to a single dog bin on the roadside. But, he stressed, all the ideas would come from the community.

5 days ago | devonlive.com | Guy Henderson

It follows a U-turn from the councilA 'ransom strip' of land blocking access to a green field earmarked for housing in Exeter will be sold by the city council. Permission already exists for homes on the land off Pendragon Road in the Beacon Heath area, but in order to get into the field, developers need to use a small piece of land owned by the council. A year ago the council opted not to sell it, prompting the would-be developers to hit back with a judicial review into the decision.

6 days ago | radioexe.co.uk | Guy Henderson

A ‘ransom strip’ of land blocking access to a green field earmarked for housing in Exeter will be sold by the city council. Permission already exists for homes on the land off Pendragon Road in the Beacon Heath area, but in order to get into the field, developers need to use a small piece of land owned by the council. A year ago the council opted not to sell it, prompting the would-be developers to hit back with a judicial review into the decision. That hearing will take place next month.

6 days ago | radioexe.co.uk | Guy Henderson

A new weapon in a Devon council’s battle to hit its net zero target has been launched. Salcombe harbour staff are using an all-electric boat as part of a nationwide trial to see if clean, quiet battery power can take the place of petrol and diesel in busy waters like those of the Kingsbridge estuary. And so far the verdict on the whispering workboat is a big thumbs-up. The RS Pulse 63 rigid inflatable is more than pulling its weight when it comes to the daily routine of the bustling harbour.

1 week ago | radioexe.co.uk | Guy Henderson

Health chiefs in South Devon have scrapped plans to try a new way of dealing with heart attack patients which opponents warned could cost lives. In an email to local MPs NHS Devon announced it isn’t planning to go ahead with the proposal to divert life-saving heart procedures overnight from Torbay to Exeter. Thousands of people signed a petition against the plan, which would have been trialled for three months in a ‘test and learn’ pilot.