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Help Betty find the purr-fect forever home

Beautiful Betty has been searching for a new home through Blue Cross for over 200 days. This Christmas, the charity is appealing to the public to help find this friendly cat a new purr-fect home.

Betty was admitted to Blue Cross Devon in May and has been patiently waiting for a loving...

Somerton development is near completion with six homes remaining

Regional housebuilder Allison Homes South West is selling the last few homes at its Buttercross Meadow in Somerton. There are now just four, four-bedroom homes remaining at the development which has quickly established a thriving community.

Michele Jones, Head of Sales at Allison Homes South West commented on the development: “Our Buttercross Meadow development has proved to be...

Simon Jupp MP celebrates National Nature Reserve expansion in East Devon with Environment Minister

Simon Jupp, MP for East Devon, celebrated the official expansion of Pebblebed Heaths National Nature Reserve into Lower Otter Valley wetlands alongside Rebecca Pow MP, Minister for Nature, at a special event on Friday the 16th of February.

Hosted by Natural England in partnership with Clinton Devon Estates, the ceremony in Budleigh Salterton saw the Pebblebed Heaths National Nature...

Masterchef: The Professionals 2024 Applications Now Open!

MasterChef: The Professionals is back for its 17th series! Once again we are looking for undiscovered new talent and exciting food within the culinary world.

We are calling out to all chefs who want to enter the ultimate cooking competition, to test their skills on a national level under the wings of culinary legends.

Throughout the years, MasterChef: The Professionals has...

Molly Coyne on the motorbike, Butterfly Lodge

Dreams come true for care home residents

Dreams are coming true for residents at a specialist dementia care home who are being supported by staff to revisit favourite activities they thought they were no longer able to do.

Ideas for entries for a wish-list entitled ‘ If only I could’ have been put forward by staff members after individual chats with the people they support.

Sarah McCaffrey, deputy manager at Butterfly...

Kingsbridge police enquiry office is open for business

The drive to provide communities in South Hams with more ways to contact the police will be highlighted by a formal opening event at Kingsbridge Police Station on Wednesday 21 February from 11-12am. To mark the progress made so far, the front office at Kingsbridge, which is already open and running, will be holding a formal ribbon-cutting event this week with local community leaders and...

Devon and Cornwall police stations officially open enquiry offices

The drive to provide communities in East Devon with more ways to contact the police will be highlighted by a formal opening event at Honiton police station this week.

Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, Alison Hernandez, promised to open 18 Police Enquiry Offices by 2025 and 13 of these are already up and running with others to follow....

Okehampton Police Enquiry Office officially opens

The drive to provide communities in West Devon with more ways to contact the police will be highlighted by a formal opening event at Okehampton police station this week.

Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, Alison Hernandez, promised to open 18 police enquiry offices by 2025 and 13 of these are already up and running with others to...

Devonport police station officially opens its Public Enquiry Office

The drive to provide communities in Devonport with more ways to contact the police will be highlighted by a formal opening event at Devonport police station on Friday.

Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Devon, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, Alison Hernandez, promised to open 18 Police Enquiry Offices (PEOs) by 2025 and 13 of these are already up and running with others to follow...

East Devon businesses: Have your say on the future of the local economy

Local organisations are being urged to share their views on an Economic Development Strategy for East Devon.

East Devon firms and groups are invited to comment on the draft Economic Development Strategy by answering a short online survey from Monday 19th February until midnight Sunday 10th March 2024 at eastdevon.gov.uk/eds

Following a Local Economic Review including newly...

Force showcases ground-breaking technology to The Princess Royal

Devon & Cornwall Police has showcased its ground-breaking technology that builds 3D imagery to assist with security and event planning to The Princess Royal.

On Thursday 15 February 2024, Senior Mapping Officer Robert Goldsmith and Firearms Inspector Billy Elliott were invited to present the Force’s geographic information system (GIS) technology at the Ordnance Survey (OS)...

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