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Residents gather to discuss Tiverton pharmacy concerns

On Friday 9th January, Rachel Gilmour MP joined local stakeholders and residents in Tiverton Town Hall to discuss the future of pharmacy provision in the town.

The meeting, organised by Tiverton Town Council following a motion brought forward by councillor Beckett Fish,...

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Two sisters to walk White Horse Trail in memory of their RAF veteran father

Two sisters from the south west will be walking the White Horse Trail, a 100-mile route through Wiltshire offering views of the eight white horses that are cut into the turf of the chalk hillsides, to raise money for the RAF Benevolent Fund and the RAF Air Cadets. To mark the air cadets’ 80th anniversary, the youth organisation has partnered with the Fund to launch a campaign aiming to raise...

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School Children across Plymouth take action to reduce harmful emissions around their schools

Journeys made on foot, by bike and scooter during Sustrans Big Pedal event could have created 37,000 kg of CO2 and 72 kg of NOx if pupil’s journeys to school had been made in cars

Sustrans Big Pedal, the UK’s largest walking, wheeling, cycling and scooting to school challenge saw 28 schools across Plymouth log an incredible 68,925 active journeys to school, totalling 10,000 hours of physical...

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From Topsham to Tokyo – the BHS Devon committee with a big Olympic goal

The British Horse Society (BHS) are calling for horse riders in Devon to saddle up and take part in a unique fundraising challenge. The “Olympic Rideathon” aims to clock up enough miles to get from Topsham to Tokyo, raising money for safe off-road riding routes for Devon’s equestrians.

As part of the annual Ride Out UK (ROUK) campaign, the BHS Devon committee are encouraging people...

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Freemasons donate £1,000 to Hospiscare’s Kings House in Honiton

This year as part of the freemasons annual support of hospices throughout the country Craig Cox can be seen presenting a certificate denoting the £1000 given on behalf of the Freemasons of Devonshire and the Masonic Charitable Foundation (MCF) to Carey Mackenzie & Rachel Willmott at Hospiscare’s Kings House Day Hospice in Honiton.

The Masonic Charitable Foundation each year give...

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Redrow sponsors Exeter Leukaemia Fund corporate sweepstake

This summer, national housebuilder Redrow is supporting the Exeter Leukaemia Fund’s (ELF) football fundraiser by taking part in the Euro Football Championships 2020/21 sweepstake, helping the charity to raise vital funds.

With the Saxon Brook development located near Exeter, Redrow is one of several local businesses taking part in the sweepstake, with profits going towards helping...

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New Plymouth and South Devon Community Forest is a major step towards carbon net zero goals for city and England

The creation of Plymouth and South Devon Community Forest has been announced today by Defra, England’s Community Forests and Plymouth City Council as part of a government drive to see tree planting rates treble in England by the end of this Parliament.

This new project will be the first newly created Community Forest supported through the Nature for Climate Fund (NCF) and join...

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Devon's e-bike cycle network is being expanded thanks to £125,000 of government funding

Devon's e-bike cycle network is being expanded thanks to £125,000 of government funding.

Devon County Council has secured the grant from the Department for Transport (DfT) to expand on-street electric bicycle hire across Exeter.

The main element of the scheme will introduce six new Co Bike dockless sites, including new sites in Newtown and St Thomas and those already...

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Farmer find for refusing to stop ploughing up history

Braunton tenant-farmer Andrew Cooper has been ordered to pay £31,500 for ploughing historically important fields linked to prehistoric and Second World War periods. When Cooper of Croyde Hoe Farm ploughed and planted fields on National Trust-owned land which experts regard as archaeologically significant, he was ordered to stop and remediate the fields by Natural England in September 2017....

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Builders bums needed for charity calendar!

Tradespeople from across the South West are being invited to nominate themselves and their bottoms for inclusion in RGB Building Supplies’ Builders Bums 2022 charity calendar, which will be sold in aid of Cornwall Mind, Devon Mind and Mind in Somerset.

RGB would like to include men and women in the trade from across the region who will be photographed doing their job, but showing a...

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