Devoncast

Devoncast

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Devoncast episodes

  • Devoncast - Speeches, sports fields and what makes Exeter special?
    What makes Exeter the thriving city it is today? Why do people make a bee-line for the city to shop, socialise and do business?
    Exeter businesses that buy into the BID organisation think they have the answer, and the BID’s chief executive Nicola Wheeler joins Devoncast to talk about how working together is making the city thrive.
    Elsewhere, there’s a campaign in Plymouth to save a much-loved sports field from development, and two of our new MPs have been making their maiden speeches at Westminster.
    Caroling Voaden explains why there is more to Devon than appears on the postcards, and Rebecca Smith lobbies for the county’s transport links.
    Devoncast is presented by Alison Stephenson and Guy Henderson, and is available for use, in whole or in part, by all LDRS partners.
    37 min
  • Devoncast - Double-deckers, Dartmoor ponies and Devon rugby stars

    ‘Roadworks, inflation and Brexit’ are among the reasons it’s been difficult to get many of Devon’s buses back on track. That’s according to the top executive at Stagecoach South West. In the latest edition of Devoncast from Radio Exe and the Local Democracy Reporting Service, Peter Knight, the company’s managing director is the main guest. Mr Knight explains how reliability is often passengers’ greatest concern, that roadworks at the blight of his working life, and how a huge public investment in electric buses is on the way.

    Also in this edition, why the Dartmoor Hill Pony Association wants more cash for farmers and landowners to prevent a further decline in the moor’s iconic animal. When moors are made for grazing cattle, but not ponies, farmers favour cows.

    Plus, one year ahead of the women’s Rugby World Cup coming to England, with seven matches to be played in Exeter, we get the views of aspiring teenage players at Exeter Saracens.

    This week’s Devoncast is presented by Paul Nero

     

    32 min
  • Devoncast - Why Devon needs a racial equality champion

    Racial equality champion Jermaine Atiya-Alla is the guest on the new Devoncast, talking about why his role with Torbay Council is more important than ever in the wake of this summer's riots.

    He also talks about the drive to bring more diversity to councils across the county.
    Exmouth and Exeter East MP David Reed continues his quest for answers over the sewage spill that has been causing problems in his constituency, and in the South Hams there is good news for local families as well as a 'follow the rules' warning to would-be developers.
    It's all in the latest edition of Devoncast, from Radio Exe and the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

    38 min
  • Devoncast - Exam successes, racists on the run and a sky-diving MP

    A tumultuous week for Devon, with fighting in the streets and jail sentences for some of those involved. Devoncast hears how local communities are fighting back. There are exam successes and a lifeboat anniversary, while the special guest is Exmouth and Exeter East MP David Reed - a man equally at home plummeting to earth from 10,000 feet as in the Westminster corridors of power.

    35 min
  • Devoncast – Riots, station plans hit the buffers and a planning plea
    Riots in response to the murder of three young girls in Southport, Merseyside spread as far as Plymouth.
    This week’s Devoncast hears from Devon and Cornwall Police about their response to the disturbances, and we also get an insight into what people are thinking on the ground, including from those standing up against hatred.
    Elsewhere, they say a week is a long time in politics, and that certainly seems the case with the Cullompton railway station plans, which seemed on track at the end of last month but which may now be hitting the buffers.
    Guest Steve Keable, a Liberal Democrat councillor on Mid Devon District Council, explains why he hopes the scheme comes to fruition and why it is important to unlock major housing projects in the town.
    And finally, we look into a suggestion from an East Devon District Council planning committee about the prospect of forcing developers to complete sites they have received planning permission for within a certain amount of time.
    It’s all in the new Devoncast from Radio Exe and the Local Democracy Reporting Service, presented this week by Bradley Gerrard, with guests Josh Tate from Radio Exe and Cllr Steve Keable.
    The programme is available for LDRS partners to use in full or in part.
    28 min
  • Devoncast - Mugs on mugs, marshalling the moor and worrying about water

    Water tops the agenda everywhere you go in Devon right now, and councillors are vexed over the amount of sewage being discharged into rivers and the sea. One even says he wants to see a water company executive facing jail.

    Devoncast hears from councillors and from South West Water on the issue.
    Caring for Dartmoor is another big issue, and there is news of the Dartmoor marshalls scheme.
    Plus, two of Devon's MPs tell Devoncast about concerns for major capital projects in the county, hopes for the devolution debate and getting their mugs on mugs.
    It's all in the new Devoncast. from Radio Exe and the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
     

    39 min
  • Devoncast - Police matters, a prison closure and the end of the Exeter roadblocks

    Devon's police commissioner Alison Hernandez joins the latest Devoncast to talk about the problems facing the county's police and her decision to appoint a new deputy despite the misgivings of her advisory panel.

    One of the leading opponents of Exeter's controversial traffic ban experiment explains how things have changed now the roadblocks have gone, and looks forward to what happens next.
    And the Dartmoor Prison saga continues, with prisoners on the move as a result of radon readings within the gaol's ancient granite walls.
    It's all in the latest Devoncast, produced by Radio Exe and the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
     

    31 min
  • Devoncast - Sticky situations, social housing and some big news on the arts

    It's the first Devoncast since the general election, and the team has been out and about to report on more of the county's big issues.

    So, chewing gum pests may have met their match with a new task force being set up, and there are new initiatives on social housing as the county grapples with what has quickly become a housing crisis.
    There's a major new exhibition making headlines in Plymouth, and a major step forward for a campaign to bring back one of Paignton's best-loved landmarks.
    It's all on the latest Devoncast

    35 min
  • Devoncast Election Special - How the west was won

    Now the dust has settled after the 2024 general election, Devoncast looks back at how the night unfolded across the county.

    It all started at 3am in Torbay, where Liberal Democrat Steve Darling hailed a 'Lib-Demolition' after he had vanquished Tory incumbent Kevin Foster.
    Four hours later the county's political landscape had changed drastically, just as the new bay MP had predicted.
    Devoncast pieces together all the results from the big night, and talks to many of the winners and losers in the moments after the results had been declared.

    26 min
  • Devoncast - Education, climate change and more

    A special pre-election edition of Devoncast rounds up some more of the people looking to secure your votes for their party on the 4th of July.

    Over the past six weeks or so, Devoncast has spoken to many of the candidates themselves in constituencies right across the county.

    We have spoken to the prime minister, to party leaders, to former party leaders and famous faces from the very top echelons of British politics. And we’ve had expert analysis from university lecturers, trying to unpick what might happen to our beloved Devon, depending on what happens this week.

    On this special edition of Devoncast, Alfie Richardson from Radio Exe meets three more people who want you to know what they stand for ahead of the big day - Labour candidates Helen Dallimore and Steve Race, along with Reform UK’s Matthew Sykes.

     

    20 min

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We take a look at some of the key political stories from across Devon alongside local developments you need to know.