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Police Host North Devon Charity Jail Break to Help Raise Vital Funds

Police in Barnstaple have ‘arrested’ several well known local people as part of a charity Jail Break to raise funds for North Devon Hospice.

This fictional police operation took place on Thursday 23 March 2023 and saw guests rounded up at the charity’s base in the town before they were taken under police escort to the cells at Barnstaple Police Station.

The pretend ‘...

EE in recruitment drive with 250 new jobs at refurbished Plymouth contact centre

EE has announced plans to take on 250 more people to work at its centre in Plymouth this year.

The organisation will recruit a total of 250 roles in the city over the next six months as part of a drive by EE, part of BT Group, to boost staff numbers across its contact centres.

The roles will be based at the recently refurbished EE contact centre in Plymouth and will be added...

Exmouth tops Muddy Stilettos Reader Vote of Best Places to Live in Devon

Acclaimed luxury lifestyle site Muddy Stilettos asked its readers to vote for the best local village, town or city to call home in 2023 using its Top 250 Best Places to Live guide. In a regional vote across 28 counties, EXMOUTH topped the poll of 10 potential candidates in DEVON.

From towns to villages, hamlets to commuter favourites, each of the initial 250 locations were...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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