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Projects targeting the harm caused by alcohol abuse have been the big winners in round two of Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg’s small grant scheme.

Mr Hogg chose to ring fence 40 per cent of the available pot to support alcohol projects after he made it a top priority in his revised Police and Crime Plan.

From 137 groups that applied for round two support, 24 have...

Cancer has left its ‘footprint’ on our evolution, according to a study which examined how the relics of ancient viruses are preserved in the genomes of 38 mammal species.

Viral relics are evidence of the ancient battles our genes have fought against infection. Occasionally the retroviruses that infect an animal get incorporated into that animal’s genome and sometimes these relics get...

The Met Office has issued an amber weather warning from tonight with lightning, hail and even possible tornadoes.

Heavy, thundery downpours are expected to develop later this evening across southern England. These are likely to be isolated initially but become more widespread overnight with the risk of some locally large rainfall totals giving rise to surface water flooding. Lightning...

Doctors and healthcare managers have thanked the 250 or so local people and organisations that gave their feedback on the future of Devon’s community services.

The Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group’s (NEW Devon CCG) Governing Body met yesterday (Wednesday 16 July) and received comments on the draft strategic framework for community services that people...