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New nature trail launched at Grand Western Canal

A new nature trail alongside the Grand Western Canal has been officially launched today (Tuesday 7 April).

The launch event, led by Devon County Council’s Cabinet Member for Climate Change and Biodiversity Councillor Jacqi Hodgson, took place during an Easter fun day...

Living Options Devon receives £20,000 funding to help local Deaf and disabled community to become more active

Living Options Devon is delighted to have received £20,000 in funding from the Peter Harrison Foundation. The fund will be used to support people with disabilities and Deaf British Sign Language (BSL) users to become more active, and engage in sports and physical activity.

The Peter Harrison Foundation was founded by Peter Harrison KGCN CBE in April 1999, since then the foundation...

Peninsula Transport welcomes levelling up funding awarded to transport projects across the region

The recently announced Levelling Up Fund allocations has seen just over £79m of investment awarded to transport projects in the peninsula, with the Mid-Cornwall Metro, Destination Exmouth and West Devon Transport Hub projects all successful in bidding.

Chairman of Peninsula Transport, Councillor Andrea Davis, said: “We are pleased to see a number of transport schemes in the South...

Virtual tour of Plymouths Neonatal Intensive Care Unit goes live

Patients at University Hospitals Plymouth can now take a virtual tour of the Plymouth Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) thanks to the South West Neonatal Network.

The aim of these tours is to help alleviate stress and anxiety for families around the admission, transfer, and care within a neonatal unit.

The South West Neonatal Network developed these tours following...

Long stay Blue Cross bunnies looking for forever home

Like many of the longer stay residents in the care of Blue Cross Rehoming Centres, Bobby is a handsome, friendly chap. So, it is sad to see that the little rabbit has recently spent his second Christmas and New Year in an animal shelter.

Since finding himself homeless as a youngster, Bobby has at least found a soulmate in girlfriend Shadow.

Shadow is a beautiful three-year-...

Paradise Found: new exhibition marks the launch of THG’s new East Devon wide engagement programme 'Create Our Space' funded by Arts Council England

Working with partners University of Exeter, Honiton Community College and the Blackdown Hills AONB, Thelma Hulbert Gallery (THG) will explore change in natural landscape and land use, revealing a multitude of stories and connections which cut through time, challenge our perception and pose environmental and social questions.

The first exhibition in the programme 'Paradise Found: New...

Police appeal after hit and run in Ottery St Mary

Police were called to Cadhay Lane in Ottery St Mary at around 11.30am on Thursday 19 January after pedestrians found a woman injured in the road.

Emergency services attended and a local road closure was put in place.

A local woman in her 60’s was conveyed to Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital where she later sadly died; her next of kin have been made aware. It is believed that...

South West tops UK regions who believe in the power of positivity in 2023

Ditching a stiff upper lip to be more optimistic (42%) is how Brits plan to make their own luck in 2023, according to a new survey from Grosvenor Casinos.

With ‘Lucky Girl Syndrome’ trending on TikTok in which people are being encouraged to embrace the technique of using positive affirmations to welcome in luck to their lives, results of the survey found almost two thirds of all...

Levelling Up funding for projects in Devon

Multi-million schemes to improve transport links in Exmouth and Okehampton are among more than 100 projects receiving a share of £2.1 billion through the government’s latest round of Levelling Up funding.

Devon County Council has been awarded the full amount of its £15.7 million bid to complete the Dinan Way link in Exmouth, while West Devon Borough Council has successfully received...

Ambulance Service issues renewed appeal ahead of Monday’s industrial action

The South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) is again urging the public to use 999 appropriately during industrial action on Monday (23 January) and to call only if it is a life-threatening or life-altering emergency.

On days where there is strike action, patients should continue to call 999 if there is a medical or mental health emergency [when someone is...

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