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Our local air ambulance charity has always benefitted greatly from the support of many volunteers and has over 700 fantastic helpers located across the county, every one of them an integral part of the life-saving service.

Devon Air Ambulance volunteers give their time and expertise helping with many things, from looking after their 4,000 red collection boxes, speaking at public...

The Woodland Trust needs public’s help to hit a £2.5 million target to turn Devon site into a woodland haven for rare wildlife – 50 years on from its first.

The charity - celebrating its 50th year - is looking to go back to its roots and is seeking the public’s help as it raises £.2.5 million to create a new woodland in the backyard of where it was formed.

The stunning 54-...

Urgent repairs are to be carried out to Old Holne Bridge between Poundsgate and Ashburton during the upcoming half term week.

The road is scheduled to be closed from Monday 21 February until Friday 25 February, to allow the parapet of the Grade II Listed bridge to be rebuilt after it was struck by a vehicle.

A second bridge nearby, the Grade II Listed Newbridge at Holne, has...

A young man who was diagnosed with cancer at just 21 years old took part in a charity boxing match for his friend who also had the condition - but he did not live to see him compete.

Jamie English, now 24, was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma three weeks after his mentor of almost a decade, Dave Ireland, had been given just six months to live.

But Jamie, a plasterer, did not...