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Residents fears over bar bid for adult entertainment

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Adult entertainment would be unsuitable in a Torbay bar, according to local residents.

Bosses at Envy, which has entrances in Abbey Road and Union Street, Torquay, have applied for adult entertainment and later opening hours.

The application asks for films to be...

Tesco hasn't given up in town store fight

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Supermarket giant Tesco says it has not given up on the fight to build a store at Dawlish. Tesco has been embroiled in a battle with Sainsbury's for...

Concern at Royal Mail cut on bicycle fleet

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Royal Mail is planning to phase out some of its fleet of delivery bicycles. The move, which has come under fire from environmentalists, looks likely...

Concern as disability centre loses over half its funding

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Patients have pledged to fight service changes as a Westcountry wheelchair and prosthetics centre loses more than half its funding. Plymouth...

Relief for kayaker as missing boat is found

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

A round-Britain charity kayaker has been reunited with his stolen boat, after two fishermen found it hidden in a hedge. James Bonell, from Probus,...

Seaside yarns tell the tale of life above and below waves

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

A textile artist and an army of knitters have created a new woolly exhibition installation inspired by the Westcountry's stunning coastline....

Serial conman preyed on lone, vulnerable web-dating women for financial gain

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

A serial conman was jailed yesterday for swindling thousands of pounds from vulnerable women he met through internet dating sites. John Keady posed as...

Fraudster tricked his way through double life

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

The double life of John Keady was supported by an entanglement of lies designed to cheat a fortune out of his trusting victims. Claims he was an...

'Why I've fought to be the nail in his coffin'

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

The woman whose evidence helped put serial fraudster John Keady behind bars has spoken of how she has spent two years fighting to be "the nail in his...

Poet Matt to serve up odes on all things Wimbledon

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

From strawberries and cream to ball boys and girls, these are the things that make Wimbledon so special. This year a poet from Devon will become the...