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BIDEFORD’S new Specsavers store has now opened – bigger and better than before.

It was announced in September that Specsavers Bideford would be opening a new store in the town after fire severely damaged the original High Street property.

Since then shop-fitters have been working at the new premises, just 200 yards up from the previous site, which had been operating as a...

A new therapeutic laser that Paignton Zoo have recently purchased is showing promising results for treating animals with a wide variety of medical conditions.

This new laser, a class 4 therapeutic laser, is enabling Paignton Zoo’s veterinary team to provide non-invasive and pain-free treatment to a wide array of their animals, for conditions such as arthritis, wounds, dental disease...

£1.7M of lifesaving supplies and medical training now delivered to the war torn country

Devon-based initiative Medics4Ukraine which sends regular supply convoys to Ukraine is ending the year in positive spirits after the value of its support surpassed its £1.5M target.

It’s now over 300 days since the conflict began and around 265 days since the first convoy left in April on...

A leading housebuilder has supported local families this Christmas after donating a number of turkeys to the Plymouth Foodbank.

The charity visited Persimmon Homes’ head office in Derriford on Thursday to collect six turkeys which will be used to supply local families in the City with a hot Christmas-day meal.

Plymouth Foodbank is part of a nationwide network supported by...