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With the head of Ofgem, the UK’s energy regulator, warning that the annual household energy bills are likely to rise by a further £800 when the price cap is adjusted in October, RGB Building Supplies is giving advice to local households about cost-effective changes they could make to receive a potential saving of up to £700 on the average yearly energy bill*.

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Pamela Woods has been re-elected chair of Dartmoor National Park Authority with Peter Harper re-elected as Deputy Chair (both pictured, above). The appointments were made on Friday 10 June at the Authority’s annual meeting at Parke, Bovey Tracey. Ms Woods has served as Chair since 2019 but served on various committees before that and was formerly an independent member of the Authority's...

South Devon and Dartmoor is the safest place to live in Devon and Cornwall (and England!)

With just 0.60 burglaries reported per 1,000 people last year, South Devon and Dartmoor has been revealed as the safest place to live in England and Devon and Cornwall . South Devon and Dartmoor saw just 36% more thefts last year than in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, the safest area of the UK....

Toilets which were closed after being targeted by vandals in Seaton have been reopened, under reduced hours, to discourage the facility from being targeted again.

The Thury Harcourt Place Toilets were reopened on Friday, June 17, after some of the worst graffiti East Devon District Council (EDDC) has ever seen.

Given the extensive issues over a long period of time, and the...