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Young People Thrive Through Hands-On Forest School Learning at The LookOut@Haldon

Young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) across Devon are building confidence, gaining nationally recognised qualifications and reconnecting with education through an innovative Forest School programme run by Newton Abbot-based Community Support Team (CST) at The...

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Specsavers launches groundbreaking recycling initiative in Exmouth

PEOPLE in Exmouth can be part of an important environmental initiative by recycling their glasses and contact lenses for free.

The Specsavers scheme comes after stores teamed up with recycling experts MYgroup to install recycling collection boxes.

Customers at Specsavers Exmouth will be able to drop off metal and plastic glasses and sunglasses, as well as contacts lenses and...

5 events not to miss in Devon this August Bank Holiday

August bank holiday fast approaching, and Devon will be home to some fantastic events ideal for celebrating summer. From Air shows to beach adventures, Sweetcombe Cottage Holidays have sourced five events you don’t want to miss this bank holiday.

1. Sidmouth Regatta

Hosting an array of activities all weekend, including an incredible Air Show featuring the Red Arrows on Friday...

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Tributes paid after passing of EDDC's Vice Chair Councillor Val Ranger

Tributes have been made to East Devon District Council's Vice Chair Councillor Val Ranger who sadly passed away on August 2.

EDDC's Leader Cllr Paul Arnott said: "Val was one of those extraordinary characters whose premature loss is being deeply felt by hundreds of people, both in East Devon and beyond.

"Although being a district councillor meant that she was partly a...

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University Hospitals Plymouth Staff Deliver Medical Aid to Ukraine

When Neonatal Sister Tracey Halton started her annual leave in June, she had plans to watch the tennis and celebrate her anniversary with husband Dan Halton.

Little did she know that she would be on a plane joining her husband in Ukraine with an hours’ notice, to provide medical aid to a hospital in Uzhhorod with the group Plymouth Ukraine Medical Aid (PUMA).

Soon after PUMA...

Bathing reopens at Exmouth

East Devon District Council is pleased to announce the Environment Agency pollution alert has been lifted at Exmouth.

This now means bathing can take place on all the district’s beaches for everyone again, following the recent alerts due to severe weather warnings which could have affected the river catchments.

Explanation of the Environment Agency's pollution warnings:...

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Summer fun at Meldon Wildlife Festival

Wildlife walks, stream dipping, crafts, hunts for minibeasts – all this and more is part of this year’s Meldon Wildlife Festival. At Old Meldon Quarry, Dartmoor National Park Authority is hosting the day-long family festival packed with activities, games and crafts. The festival on Tuesday 23 August celebrates Dartmoor’s special qualities and is completely free to attend. The Authority is...

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East Devon awarded four coveted Green Flag Awards - officially recognised as some of the country’s best green spaces

In a record-breaking year, four of East Devon’s parks and green spaces are raising their prestigious Green Flag Awards

East Devon District Council (EDDC) is celebrating after receiving four Green Flag Awards for: Sidmouth’s Connaught Gardens and Peak Hill Slope, Exmouth’s Manor Gardens, Seaton’s Seafield Gardens and the jewel in the East Devon crown, Seaton Wetlands Nature Reserve...

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James Stocks and Aron Briggs receive their A-level Results

Devon College celebrating top A-level results this year

South Devon College A level students are celebrating their exam results today with a 98% overall pass rate.

This year sees the continuation of the College’s history of high pass rates with 70% A*- C and around half of the cohort achieving an excellent A* to B result.

The College is celebrating 100% achievement rates across a broad mix of subjects including English literature...

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World Extreme Medicine founder thanks locals for support in establishing Ukraine convoys

The residents of Beer have received a special thank you for the part they played in raising funds for a series of convoys that continues to deliver crucial supplies and training to frontline medics in Ukraine.

As part of Beer’s Regatta Week, resident Mark Hannaford - the founder of World Extreme Medicine - delivered a well-attended talk at the Congregational Church.

Mark, who...

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Barton Cricket Club and Torquay Academy help establish a night landing site for Devon Air Ambulance

At a recent gathering at Barton Cricket Club in Torquay, a group of young cricketers and their coaches learnt about the new night landing site for Devon Air Ambulance at their ground and how it can be used to help local people.

The surveyed floodlit night landing site at Cricketfield Road playing field enables Devon Air Ambulance to land in Torquay during the ‘hours of darkness’...

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