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Free NHS flu vaccination clinics available across Devon

It’s not too late to have your free NHS flu vaccination to protect yourself and your loved ones this winter.

Due to the current increase in the rates of flu and other respiratory infections, extra drop-in clinics are running for those eligible to get their free NHS...

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Coming to a community near you soon: modular social housing

East Devon District Council is looking to deliver an innovative, carbon neutral social housing solution to maximise the use of land which traditionally would have been difficult to build upon.

On Thursday 23 March, a demonstration house, which will be in place for 6 months, was craned into East Devon District Council’s (EDDC) Blackdown House headquarters in Honiton. This house will...

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FREE Digital Skills Workshops for Mid Devon Retailers

Mid Devon retailers are invited to FREE digital training workshops where they will be given an introduction to online presence and how social media can help boost your retail business.

Designed to help retail businesses looking to improve their online presence and social media, the workshops provide an introduction to combining the physical and retail environments. There are four...

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Allison Homes South West hosts its first Job Swap Day

Local housebuilder Allison Homes South West has hosted the group’s first ever Job Swap Day, giving its colleagues an opportunity to try their hand at almost any position in the company.

From working on-site, to within the sales department, colleagues were empowered to gain insight an experience in an alternative career for the day, and learn more about the breadth of career...

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Rural homeowners urged to be vigilant as figures show oil and fuel theft doubled in 2022

NFU Mutual is urging rural homeowners to be vigilant as figures from the leading rural insurer show that theft of oil, diesel and other fuels from domestic premises doubled in 2022.

With inflation and other factors pushing up the price of fuel throughout last year, the overall cost of fuel theft has also rocketed by 244%. The average cost of each theft of fuel from domestic premises...

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East Devon plans to enhance residents’ health and wellbeing

Improving the health and wellbeing of East Devon’s residents’ is a priority integral to every council service in the year ahead.

While people may be living longer lives, they are not necessarily in better health - this is something that East Devon District Council (EDDC) is seeking to improve. At a recent cabinet meeting, members agreed to an action plan for the year ahead.

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Visit a 14th Century Dartmoor Longhouse

Dates for guided tours of Higher Uppacott are now available to book. Higher Uppacott is a medieval farmhouse (longhouse) in which both people and cattle were accommodated under a single roof. As a Grade 1 listed building, it is also of national importance and one of the few remaining examples of this type of historic building. The only way to explore this building is to book on a guided tour...

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Cockington Court Announces Alien Egg Trail for Easter

This Easter, take a trip to Cockington Court and discover the Alien Eggs that have landed in the grounds. Pick up a trail map from the Manor House and hunt down the extra-terrestrial creations in this family friendly, Easter Egg trail around the Cockington Court estate.

A team of local sculptures, makers, painters and artists have created a wide range of alien-inspired, eye-catching...

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South West tech company partners with local charity to support people with visual impairment

South West IT and technology support company Timewade have announced their new partnership with local charity Somerset Sight .

Timewade will be working with Somerset Sight as their Charity of the Year, raising money and awareness to support people living with visual impairment.

Somerset Sight offers a range of practical and emotional support to enable people who are blind or...

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Police launch murder investigation in Plymouth

Police were called at around 8.55pm last night [21 March] to Leigham Manor Drive, Plymouth, following reports of a collision involving a car and a pedestrian.

The pedestrian, a local man in his 40s, was confirmed deceased at the scene. His next of kin have been informed.

It was reported that the vehicle left the scene and was located in the Marsh Mills retail park at a short...

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Shouting about volunteers’ litter-picking efforts can cut littering, charity reveals

A pilot study by environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy, funded thanks to generosity of players of People’s Postcode Lottery, has seen littering reduced by an average of 40% at hotspots when colourful signs are erected to tell the public about volunteer’s clean-up efforts.

The study was carried out ahead of this year’s Great British Spring Clean, the country’s biggest mass-action...

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