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Staff at Butterfly Lodge Dementia Nursing Home in Plymouth are celebrating a quadruple haul of awards in the 2024 Celebrating Excellence in Care Awards, relaunched this year by Plymouth City Council for the first time since 2019.

Manager Clare Sinclair scooped the coveted title of Care Home Manager of the Year, with her deputy Sarah McCaffrey securing a highly commended in the category...

The South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) is encouraging people to use the right healthcare service this Easter bank holiday weekend, as the region prepares for the start of the holiday season. Residents and tourists to the South West are being reminded to only dial 999 in a life-threatening emergency. Bank holiday weekends can be a busy time for 999 services,...

Jolene, a 2-year-old Hungarian Vizsla from Dartmouth, has shot to fame as the star of a new advertising campaign for fresh dog food brand, Butternut Box .

Following a nationwide competition , which saw proud dog parents across the UK submit funny, endearing and entertaining videos of their pups in the thousands, Jolene was selected to become the furry face of Devon’s latest billboard...

The British Gas Energy Trust has announced a series of grants to help organisations across Devon to support people in fuel poverty over the next two years.

Navigate Devon and Exeter Community Energy have been awarded grants worth more than £643,000 by the Trust to help people with free and confidential advice and support with debt and energy related issues.

Over two decades the...