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Opening on 1 April 2023, the Westward Ho! and Bideford Art Society Annual Open Exhibition remains a highlight of the arts calendar in North Devon. Featuring the work of established and well-known artists from the local area alongside that of up and coming artists, this year’s exhibition promises to be as fresh, vibrant and visually stunning as ever.

The Ken Doughty prize for...

SOUTH Western Railway (SWR) is to install publicly accessible automated external defibrillators at all 154 of the staffed stations on its network.

The train operator, which is one of the largest in the country with stations across South West London, Surrey, Hampshire, Berkshire Dorset, Wilshire, Somerset, and Devon, is investing over half a million pounds in the project as part of...

Deep Green, a British start-up has unveiled Exmouth Swimming Pool as one of the first sites for a technology that supplies free heat, which reduces energy bills and will cut the reliance on carbon-intensive fossil fuel boilers.

Exmouth Leisure Centre in Devon is the first site in the country to benefit from heat-recapture by cloud data centres. The surplus heat donated to the leisure...

A bespoke service that supports nuclear inward investment into Somerset and Bristol is set to continue for a further year. Bridgwater-based SWMAS Ltd has been awarded the contract, following a competitive tender process. This next phase will build on the success of the previous six-year contract.

The service will provide a single point of entry to investors requiring information and...