Iconic British brand River Island has announced it will be closing a total of 32 stores in January. The company explained ...

Sarah Leen has a job most people in the world would envy. She looks at photographs for a living. And not just any photographs — National Geographic photographs. As our Director of Photography, Leen ...

Hopes of reinstating part of an Exmoor railway line have been dashed after the park’s planning committee voted overwhelmingly to refuse the scheme. The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Trust had applied to ...

A discount store proposing to take over a site in Barnstaple currently occupied by Homebase is expected to create new jobs. T J Morris Ltd (TJM) wants to open a Home Bargains store in the unit off ...

Panoramic views over the tranquil waters of Iron Cove to the city skyline set the scene for an enviable bayside lifestyle in this house-sized security apartment. Set in a premier building within the ...

The building's exterior stonework, render, windows and roof need repairs "Long overdue" repairs are starting on a crumbling historic guildhall thanks to grants of more than £360,000. Barnstaple ...

An exhibition highlighting Barnstaple's "hidden 19th Century underclass" is opening at a museum in the town. The exhibition has been created by local historian Dr Sadru Bhanji. He discovered an album ...

The Bridge Trust is seeking a design team for a substantial refurbishment and redevelopment of the Grade II-listed Bridge Chambers in Barnstaple [Deadline: 17 November 2023] The team selected for the ...

Devon councillors are being urged to re-open facilities at a bus station which has been closed since the start of the Covid pandemic. Area MP Selaine Saxby said constituents not being able to use the ...

The wining team will study current pedestrian signage, seating, interpretation and public art within the historic river port town. Key outputs will include a base plan of routes and points of interest ...

One of the most detailed maps of Devon in the 17th Century has returned to the county after it was discovered by historians. The 400-year-old map of Barnstaple was found by experts hidden in plain ...

Selected Times graphics, visualizations and multimedia stories from the year. A starter kit for escaping into the world. After 200 years of expansion, democracy’s growth in the world has stalled. Is ...