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Biodiversity wins in Devon

Little Green Change is celebrating the biodiversity improvements in Devon in 2025 carried out in conjunction with primary and secondary schools across the county. Their Biodiversity in Schools Project provides a range of free environmental education assemblies and school ground biodiversity...

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South Devon College encourage more engineering and manufacturing companies to take on apprentices

21-year-old Jack Faulkner says he spent his childhood taking electronic items apart and then not being able to put them back together again.

Fast forward a few years and Jack says he’s now working in the perfect place surrounded by electronics.

Jack is an engineering technician degree apprentice at Bay Photonics, a high-tech engineering company in Paignton. In his fourth year...

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BASICS Devon appointed DCAA's charity of the year

The Devon County Agricultural Association (DCAA) is delighted to announce that BASICS Devon has been appointed as its Charity of the Year.

BASICS Devon are specialist volunteers delivering emergency pre-hospital care and vital life-saving education. They support communities across Devon with advanced medical treatment around the clock before patients reach hospital

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Restoration of Paignton Picture House in Torbay receives £675,246 from Historic England

Paignton Picture House has been awarded £675,246 from Historic England to carry out works to restore the historic fabric of the Grade II* listed cinema.

The much-loved Torbay landmark, one of Europe’s oldest purpose-built cinemas, has been on the Heritage at Risk Register since 2013. The £675,246 grant from Historic England will fund essential works to repair and safeguard its...

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Northlew Nativity Exhibition

What could potentially be the largest Nativity Exhibition in the South West is coming to a small village near Okehampton the weekend of 13 – 14 December

St Thomas’s Church, Northlew will be filled with dozens of nativity sets and images to illustrate the many different ways the birth of Christ has been interpreted and depicted around the world as well as more locally.

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Bonster the Hungry Monster delights pupils at East Devon primary schools

Bonster, the friendly food-waste-eating monster, is touring primary schools across East Devon as part of Recycle Devon’s Waste Education Programme.

Running from November 2025 to March 2026, the programme teaches children how reducing food waste helps the environment and why using their food waste caddy at home is important.

This week, pupils at Woodbury Salterton Church of...

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New trails opened at Stover Country Park

Stover Country Park near Newton Abbot has launched two new footpaths.

The developments from the latest phase of the Restoring Stover Park Project, supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, aim to improve the experience for visitors using the park, and to reduce the pressure on the sensitive habitats within the Site of Special Scientific Interest.

The 1.5 mile circular...

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Devon & Cornwall Police launches Christmas safety campaign: Think Safe, Stay Festive

As the festive season approaches, Devon & Cornwall Police is launching its annual Christmas safety campaign aimed at helping residents enjoy a safe and crime-free festive period.

Running throughout December, the campaign will share practical advice and timely reminders on a wide range of safety topics – from fraud prevention and online security to personal safety, home security...

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First-time farming families building sustainable businesses while restoring natural habitats 

Two first-time tenant farming families are building sustainable businesses with bold plans to rewild the natural landscape.

Jack and Alice Pemberton became tenants of 190-acre Ramsland Farm, located on the Flete Estate in South Devon, in 2024 with Will and Liv Norton taking on the lease of neighbouring 35-acre Hole Farm in 2025.

The couples have partnered with Plymouth and...

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Devon Air Ambulance Celebrates Double Win at Air Ambulances UK Awards of Excellence 2025

Devon Air Ambulance (DAA) is proud to announce two outstanding achievements at this year’s Air Ambulances UK (AAUK) Awards of Excellence, held on Wednesday 3rd December at the Telford International Centre. The event brought together air ambulance charities from across the UK under the theme ‘Inspiring Each Other’, celebrating innovation, collaboration, and excellence in the sector.

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RSPCA warns of heartbreaking crisis and needs the public to help

'Animals are starving behind closed doors': that’s the message from the RSPCA, who have today (4 December) revealed a heartbreaking 16% rise in neglect reports in Devon exposing an animal welfare crisis.

New figures from the animal welfare charity show that up to the end of October, its emergency line received 73,294 reports of neglect in England and Wales - a 30% increase compared...

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