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As January prompts millions of Britons to rethink their careers, rural job-hunters in Devon may be entering a more competitive market. While flexible work has helped countryside communities thrive, the number of fully remote roles is falling - just as employees nationwide are making it clear they won’t accept rigid, full-time office mandates.

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A new research and community project, funded by a £249,000 grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, will excavate a rare Roman villa in Devon containing archaeologically significant mosaics.

The villa, located beneath farmland in the parish of Halberton, is understood to have polychrome mosaics – colourful and pictorial tiled floors popular during the Roman era. If so, it will...

Exeter Racecourse has launched a brand-new Community Raceday and is inviting people across Devon to nominate a community hero who deserves recognition.

Community Raceday takes place on Friday, February 20, during half term, and coincides with Devon Day at the racecourse. The initiative celebrates the people who make a real difference in their communities – from volunteers and carers...

A Devon woman will take on the TCS London Marathon 2026 to raise money for Dame Ellen MacArthur’s cancer charity for young people, which supported her after she was diagnosed with cancer in 2022.

Freya Sampson, 23, from Exmouth joined one of the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust’s transformational sailing adventures in 2024, having been diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma two years prior, and...