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We take a look at some of the key political stories from across Devon as part of the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
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In this episode, we hear from Torbay Lib Dem MP Steve Darling, who’s calling on the Health Secretary to visit Torbay Hospital and urging what he describes as 'much-needed investment' in the facility.
We also speak with Helen Wylde-Archibald, the new CEO of the Devon Chamber of Commerce, about her vision for local business and opportunity across the county.
Plus, Devon’s annual Business Show returned to the Plymouth Life Centre this week, bringing together innovation and enterprise.
And a new project is connecting Exeter’s railway stations with the city’s scenic Green Circle.
A big line-up on this week’s Devoncast, with sport, tech, theatre, and wildlife all taking centre stage.
We catch up with Rob Baxter, Director of Rugby at the Exeter Chiefs, to hear how the team is shaping up for the season ahead and we hear insights from Henry Slade, the Devon star and England international.
The story of the Chiefs’ rise continues to inspire with bestselling book Exemen is coming to life on stage at the Exeter Northcott Theatre. We speak to the author about bringing the play home to where it all began.
A top Microsoft leader joins us and shares insights from the Exist event at Rockbeare Manor, exploring how technology is shaping the South West’s future.
And in Exmoor Pine Martens are returning to the region after a successful reintroduction on Dartmoor last year.
Josh Tate presents this edition.
A very special and milestone edition of Devoncast this week as it’s our 100th episode!
We’re marking the occasion with some big stories and brilliant guests.
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right Honourable Sir Mel Stride, joins us in Exeter for a wide ranging conversation.
The Chief Executive of the Devon County Show reflects on this year’s record-breaking event and gives us a sneak peek at what’s in store for next year.
A bestselling book about the rise of the Exeter Chiefs is getting a brand-new life on stage. We’ll find out how the story is being transformed for the theatre right here in Devon.
And in Torbay, a powerful relay event is set to spark vital conversations around suicide prevention and could even help save lives.
Josh Tate presents this 100th episode of Devoncast.
A very action packed and actor heavy editon of Devoncast this week.
Gavin and Stacey and Eastenders star Larry Lamb was in Devon recently for the Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival. He caught up with us to talk about his new book ‘All Wrapped Up’, reflected on 50 years in the acting industry, what it’s like to be in the spotlight and gave us a glimpse behind the scenes of one of Britain’s most famous shows!
The Premiership rugby season is returning and many fans are counting down the first match at Sandy Park.
Hundreds of Exeter Chiefs fans are taking part in a 10k charity walk ahead of their first home match against Newcastle Red Bulls, in aid of the Exeter chiefs foundation- the chief executive of the club Keiron Northcott joins us.
And we are on countdown to Panto season here in Devon. Emma Barton from Eastenders is urging the crowd to boo her at the Princess Theatre in Torquay- find out why.
Josh Tate presents this episode.
A busy edition of Devoncast this week.
Paul Vice who is known as 'the commando who refused to die' joined Josh in the studio. He opened up about when he was blown up in Afghanistan and declared dead twice, his recovery and why he is walking over 200 miles for Force Cancer Charity... followed by a bungee jump too!
We hear from the owner of a unique Torquay business who says a headline-grabbing new development could mean it is game over for him.
And a Devon MP has called a summit meeting with a government minister on behalf of the county’s zoos and aquariums, saying some of them will struggle to get through the winter.
Josh Tate presents this edition.
Another action packed edition of Devoncast this week, we hear from Liberal Demorcrat MP for South Devon, Caroline Voaden tells us what it’s like to be part of a new and influential group lobbying for the county as well as her views on the situation in Gaza.
The annual Budleigh Literary Festival returns with bestselling authors, exciting guest speakers, lively panel discussions, inspiring workshops, and events for the whole family.
Derriford Hospital in Plymouth is set to ease pressure on its main emergency department with the opening of a brand-new urgent treatment centre and an inspiring teenager from Devon has been rubbing shoulders with royalty after raising thousands of pounds for the charity ShelterBox.
This edition is presented by Josh Tate.
This week’s episode takes us to Exeter Quay, where the French women’s rugby team joined local clubs for a family day of celebrations ahead of the Women’s Rugby World Cup.
Exeter Chiefs chairman and CEO Tony Rowe shares his thoughts on the tournament and how it’s helping to bring communities together, while a new Reform UK councillor reflects on their first 100 days in office.
We also hear from campaigners in East Devon, where Devon for Europe is out on the streets making the case for the UK to rejoin the EU.
Three years after a hotel near Exeter began taking asylum seekers under the then-Conservative government, the local Tory party claims it has been kept secret. Honiton and Sidmouth Conservatives say residents haven’t been informed, so they’re doing things differently to highlight the issue.
They also want to be absolutely sure that young girls are not being raped in Devon and to that end they’re going to work with police and crime commissioner Alison Hernandez to investigate grooming gangs. That’s news to Ms Hernandez’s office though.
Also this week, the Women’s World Cup has arrived in Exeter. We speak with Exeter Chiefs chairman Tony Rowe, with players from France and Italy, and the Bishop of Exeter, who allowed his Cathedral to be used to welcome the tournament to the city.
We also explore the down-at-heel Torquay Pavilion and discover why the iconic statue on its done, which was in place for a century, is in safe storage at an undisclosed location.
Plus the science and technology event coming to Rockbeare Manor, thanks to the Devon Chamber. Exist is one of the county's top IT events. Its director James Cater explain why should be there.
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Sixteen and seventeen year olds are to be able to vote at the next general election. The Green Party applauds that, and on Devoncast this week, we speak with Exeter’s youth organiser for the party.
One veteran Liberal Democrat on Devon County Council is now in his 30th year as a councillor in one form or another. Alan Connett explains why it’s important councils continue to allow people to pee easily, and why he’s conflicted over the 80s’ sell-off of council homes.
And the hutters of Preston Sands are mad. They’ll fight Torbay Council on the beach-huts.
And at last. Armada Way is in the news for reasons that don’t involve trees.
Paul Nero presents the latest edition of Devoncast, with the help of our friends at Devon Live and the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
An action packed edition of Devoncast this week.
We catch up newly elected district councillor Tim Stanford who gives us insights into the election and what it’s like to campaign!
Also, the deputy leader of Plymouth City council received quite a bit of abuse following the directly elected mayor election in the city. The Local democracy reporting service caught up with Jemima Laing!
The Exeter Roundtable Fireworks is returning on Saturday 1st November 2025 we see what the round table is and how important the event is to the local community.
Josh Tate presents this weeks Devoncast.
The Earl of Devon is this week's guest on Devoncast, as he takes over the editor's chair of Devon Life.
It's just for a month, so the full-time editor Catherine Courtenary also joins us.
Lord Devon's had a seat in the House of Lords since 2019, as one of 92 hereditary peers, and has used the opportunity to speak on constitutional reform of the second chamber, and on why he favours titles being allowed to pass to daughters as well as sons, which now happens for the monarchy.
He's lots to say about education, housing and running an estate like Powderham Castle.
Also this week, local democracy reporter Guy Henderson takes a look round Broadmeadow Sports Centre in Teignmouth, which has had nearly four million pounds spent on it - to bring a tired 1970s' facility into the twenty-first century.
And in West Devon, the housing officers who want to make themselves redundant, but don't seem to be able to.
Join Paul Nero for all this and more on this week's Devoncast.
Devoncast reports on the tragic bus crash in Somerset following a school trip to Exmoor Zoo. We speak to Rachel Gilmour, the MP for Tiverton and Minehead.
A Devon-based baseball team is just one win away from reaching the national finals, we hear from the Chairman of the Exeter Spitfires Matt Cousins.
We meet a former Torbay councillor who says Ordnance Survey has been getting Dartmoor wrong for 140 years.
And this month, The Brand New Heavies hit the stage in Devon - we caught up with founding member Andrew Levy at the Festival of Speed at Lympstone Manor to talk music and motors.
Josh Tate presents this week’s edition of Devoncast.
Devoncast looks at what the future of artificial intelligence could mean to the us from Ash Roots who is a digital leader from the county whose career spans major roles including Chief Digital Officer at BT and the University of Exeter!
With just weeks until the Women’s Rugby World Cup comes to Exeter we catch up with Exeter Chiefs players, grassroots clubs, people striving change and also a talented poet.
Plus some planning outrage that prompted a rethink by East Devon as to where it might put more new homes across the district.
Josh Tate presents this week's edition of Devoncast.
In this week's Devoncast, it’s murder in Sidmouth with Jeremy Vine. At Dawlish, it’s not the railway line that’s the problem, but the cliffs, according to Newton Abbot MP Martin Wrigley, who’s also sure his private members’ bill will fail (but that’s not the point). And why East Devon’s fake tweets are for the birds.
Devoncast looks back at another very varied week around the county, with a hand-picked batch of goodies from the local news agenda
We’ve got a World Cup coming to Exeter this summer as some of the best teams in women’s rugby go toe to toe at Sandy Park, but did you know we have ANOTHER World Cup coming to the English Riviera next year?
We’ll be recommending a film for you, and finding out how £20 million of government money might be spent in Torquay. The battle to save an Exeter swimming pool has ended in disappointment for the people fighting to save it, and there’s news of a planning controversy in Mid Devon.
And there are some big changes coming to your Devoncast…
Devoncast outlines this week’s story about allegations against a Reform UK councillor linked to election expenses.
There’s a comprehensive package of Devon MPs debating the state of the health service in the county, plus insight into two major planning applications in Torridge.
We also explain how the fire service underspent by a remarkable £6 million in the previous financial year, and hear a heartwarming story about Devon County Council’s Reaching for Independence programme in line with Disability Awareness Week.
It’s all in the latest edition of Devoncast, from Radio Exe and the Local Democracy Reporting Service. The programme is available for LDRS partners to use in full or in part.
Devoncast finds out about new police powers across Tavistock and Okehampton to stamp out anti-social behaviour.
We hear the latest on how Plymouth is tackling violence against women and girls.
The campaign to save an Exeter swimming pools heats up and we go down to the harbourside in Torquay for a special D-Day commemoration and to welcome in a Spanish sailing ship.
Plus a West Devon councillor wants more active travel routes in rural areas so children can get to school safely.
It's all in the latest edition of Devoncast, from Radio Exe and the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
The new Devoncast covers the biggest stories across the county.
In Torbay, the parents of deaf children are angry at council plans to change the way schools cater for them, while in the House of Commons the local bus service gets a rough ride.
Winemakers in East Devon are celebrating their success and there’s news of a crackdown on rural crime.
A long-running planning battle at Ottery St Mary has finally come to an end and an important wildlife haven in Totnes has been opened up to the public.
Plus, Doctor Frank N. Furter - alias actor Adam Strong - tells us what we can expect when the Rocky Horror Show rolls into Torquay.
It's all in the latest edition of Devoncast, from Radio Exe and the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
Devoncast takes listeners to Plymouth where the city council has apologised over the tree-felling episode two years ago after a damning report is published.
We catch up with a former leader and chairman of Devon County Council who has retired after 36 years of public service.
A Devon MP warns of the importance of keep dogs under control, dentistry is debated again by our local MPs in the House of Commons and a new warship is unveiled in Devonport.
We also find out what’s coming up at the Budleigh Music Festival and Plymouth’s drive towards net zero.
It’s all in the latest edition of Devoncast, from Radio Exe and the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
Devoncast brings you news on a fleet of electric bikes being introduced in Totnes and we talk to campaigners on the beach at Exmouth highlighting water quality problems.
Plymouth gets Tree City of the World status two years after the tree felling fiasco in the city centre and police chief James Vaughan tells us about the challenges of covering the huge Devon patch.
Plus we have lots from Devon County Show and the leader of Plymouth City Council gives his thoughts on the latest feedback from the government on the council shake up in the county.
It's all in the latest edition of Devoncast, from Radio Exe and the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
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