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A same-sex couple who have made their home in Devon are about to celebrate their first Mother’s Day as a family since becoming mums to a baby boy thanks to an inheritance from grandparents, the advice of friends and the skills of the team at Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine .

Beth, who is a nurse, and Ellie, a fitness manager, met at the end of their vocational degrees in...

In a spectacular show of support for Rowcroft Hospice on Saturday 7 March, around 1,500 walkers took part in the Big Tackle eight-mile walk in Torquay raising an incredible £150,000 – making it the biggest and most successful event in its history. The funds raised will provide a vital boost for local hospice care at a time when funding challenges across the UK mean two in five hospices are...

RHS Garden Rosemoor will permanently welcome visitors with dogs to specified areas within the garden, three-days-per-week from 26 March, following a successful 12-month trial which saw high levels of participation and a growth in new visitors. The trial itself was launched in response to direct requests for access and the above average levels of dog ownership in Devon and the Southwest....

A green field in a small hamlet in the north Devon countryside is precisely the type of location that national and local planning policies say should be avoided for a travellers’ pitch, says the charity that campaigns to protect Devon’s countryside from inappropriate development.

Devon CPRE has objected to a revised planning application for two pitches with hardstanding, day rooms, a...