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ChromCadillacs & Cruisers: Cofton’s Biggest Car Show Yet Roars to Life!

The chequered flag has come down on another unforgettable American Car Show at Cofton Holidays, and what a weekend it was. With over 200 jaw-dropping vehicles on display and 3,500 guests soaking up the vibrant atmosphere, the 2025 event was the biggest and best in the show’s eight-year history...

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National award for NHS Devon team

NHS Devon’s trailblazing work to tackle health inequalities experienced by ethnically diverse communities in Devon has received national recognition, beating stiff competition from across the country to win the Health Equalities category in the national NHS parliamentary awards.

NHS Devon’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion team were nominated by the MP for Plymouth Sutton and...

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Why is government guidance not to develop solar on quality farmland being routinely ignored?

The Devon branch of the countryside charity CPRE is issuing a defiant call to arms - highlighting the blatant inconsistencies in the Planning system that are allowing solar development on thousands of acres of Best and Most Versatile (BMV) land that the Government says should be protected and prioritised for food production.

The small independent charity is ramping up its campaign to...

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Winkleigh Primary School Receives Donation From Allison Homes South West

Allison Homes South West has gifted Winkleigh Primary School with a donation to help towards reducing the price of school trips during the next academic year.

The £250 donation will support parents and carers with children at the school who might not otherwise be able to afford for their children to attend trips as the cost-of-living rises.

Trips and residential experiences are...

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Storytelling events hosted at local schools with Drake Circus to inspire children to read

More than 200 school children across three schools in Plymouth have taken part in storytelling sessions organised by Drake Circus aimed at helping them fall in love with reading.

The events involved children hearing stories from a professional storyteller, John Hughes, and were part of the Young Readers Programme, an award-winning initiative sponsored by Drake Circus’ owner British...

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Advantage South West adds Foot Anstey LLP to two of its legal panels

Advantage South West has appointed Foot Anstey LLP , to its 'Development New Build' and 'General Property' legal panels.

Advantage South West, which delivers better social housing through collaborative working in the South West, is owned by four housing associations and currently has multiple members from across the South West supporting its goal of achieving affordable social housing...

New EP from North Devon fiddle player Eve Parker

Seventeen-year-old fiddle player Eve Parker has just released an EP entitled Train Tracks which consists of 4 tunes written, recorded and released as part of her first year project at Exeter college where she is taking a BTEC in music performance.

Eve, who lives in Appledore, North Devon, travels by train every day from Barnstaple to Exeter and it was these daily journeys that...

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Unique hairdressing training academy holds official ribbon cutting ceremony

Tom Chapman, founder of The Lions Barber Collective & BarberTalk, mental wellbeing and suicide prevention charity cut the ribbon to officially open the HAIR AT THE ACADEMY’s (HATA) new hairdressing and barbering salon located in the centre of Exeter.

Tom opened the ceremony with a few words: “I’m so proud and honoured to have been asked to officially open the new HAIR AT THE...

Communities urged take a stand against anti-social behaviour as UK marks ASB Awareness Week 2022

Government launches guidelines to protect victims of ASB and make communities safer

The government has launched new guidelines to encourage more people to take a stand against anti-social behaviour and help make communities safer.

The Home Office is using the launch of ASB Awareness Week to publish a new set of Anti-Social Behaviour Principles, aimed at encouraging more people to...

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Join the Devon Air Amble Across Devon - from your doorstep!

Devon Air Ambulance is celebrating 30 years of service this year, and supporters are signing up to undertake a ‘virtual’ tour of beautiful Devon to uncover a little of the charity's history – and future - through storytelling milestones.

Between 1 August and 30 September 2022, supporters are undertaking the ‘Devon Air Amble’ simply by adding their normal daily steps to a route-...

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Plans for new retirement apartments in Exmouth

Churchill Retirement Living is preparing a planning application for a new independent retirement living development in Exmouth, and is asking local people to share their feedback.

The new development would provide attractive, high quality retirement apartments specially designed for local over 60s who want to carry on living independently as they get older but with the safety,...

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