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Seaton Wetlands Welcomes BBC Countryfile!

East Devon District Council’s Countryside Team recently hosted the BBC’s Countryfile team at Seaton Wetlands Nature Reserve for two days of filming.

Presenters Sammi Kinghorn and Matt Baker visited the council-owned and managed reserve to learn about its biodiversity and the important...

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Five days of strike action across the South Western Railway network

South Western Railway (SWR) is urging customers to only travel if absolutely necessary from Tuesday 3rd to Sunday 8th January due to strike action. The latest information and details of which services are running can be found here .

National strike action by the RMT union on Tuesday 3rd, Wednesday 4th, Friday 6th and Saturday 7th January will mean a severely reduced service on...

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Locate International seek to identify man found dead in a wetsuit in the Channel

Charity behind ‘The Missing’ podcast is investigating the death of the man in September last year.

A body found far into the English Channel wearing a wetsuit: can you help solve the mystery of Salcombe Man?

Volunteer investigators with Locate International are looking for the public’s help in identifying the man, whose body was found on Thursday, 23 September 2021....

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Dementia charity in Plymouth benefits from support of city's building society branch

A charity that helps enrich the lives of people with dementia has benefited from a donation of almost £2,000, thanks to colleagues at a Plymouth building society branch.

Memory Matters, which works across Devon and Cornwall to improve the quality of life for those affected by dementia, received £1,902 from Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation after being nominated for...

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Coping with the cost of living crisis: Alzheimer’s Society offers advice to people affected by dementia in Devon

With prices rising and temperatures plunging, people affected by dementia in Devon are facing especially challenging times over the festive season and beyond.

Alzheimer’s Society has warned that, as the scale of the cost of living crisis widens, there is growing evidence those with the condition, including an estimated 14,910 in Devon are being hit hard.

A recent survey by...

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Arts University Plymouth appoints Stephanie Owens as Dean of Arts, Design & Media

Arts University Plymouth has appointed Stephanie Owens as Dean of Arts, Design & Media. Stephanie relocated from the US to Plymouth in 2019 to take up a role as Head of the School of Arts + Media at the city’s arts university. At Arts University Plymouth, Stephanie founded the StudioLab for Embodied Media , a research initiative in immersive media which brings together a multidisciplinary...

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Strictly Ballroom is coming to Theatre Royal Plymouth

Baz Luhrmann’s smash hit musical Strictly Ballroom is set to sweep audiences off their feet once more when the new 2022/2023 tour, directed by the fab-u-lous Craig Revel Horwood, coming to Theatre Royal Plymouth from 30 January – 04 February 2023 . Former Strictly Come Dancing champion, Kevin Clifton stars as Scott Hastings and EastEnders star and Strictly Come Dancing finalist, Maisie Smith...

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Devon Air Ambulance welcomes your donations as the post-Christmas clear out gets underway

At this time of year, charity shops across Britain see an influx of donations. As new toys and gifts have arrived in many homes over Christmas, they quickly become the new favourites as older ones are abandoned for the latest playthings. It can sometimes become a struggle to accommodate them all and more often than not, a rehoming exercise ensues.

It’s not just the children who might...

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Aldi donates 7,000 meals to charities in Devon on Christmas Eve

Aldi supported local charities, community groups and food banks in Devon on Christmas Eve by donating 7,000 meals to those in need.

Working with Neighbourly, the supermarket paired up its stores with local charity partners in the area to collect unsold fresh and chilled food when stores closed early on 24th December, with stores repeating the initiative on 31st December.

To...

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Devon & Cornwall Police officer awarded MBE for services to policing

A Devon & Cornwall Police officer has been awarded a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to policing in the New Year Honours List.

Temporary Inspector Mark Ruston, who has served with the Force for 26 years, has enjoyed a long and distinguished career in policing. He has led multiple multi-agency responses to civil major incidents and has worked across...

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