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Young Exmouth cancer survivor 'nervous but excited' to take on London Marathon for charity that supported her

With just a couple of weeks to go, a Devon fundraiser is looking forward to taking on the TCS London Marathon 2026 for the charity that supported her after she was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma in 2022.

Freya Sampson, 24, from Exmouth is raising money for the Ellen MacArthur Cancer...

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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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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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Diabetes UK invites Devon residents to sign up to summer steps challenge

People in Devon are being invited to step it up this summer and raise vital funds for Diabetes UK. The One Million Step Challenge is ideal for anyone who rediscovered their love of walking in the great outdoors during the pandemic, or anyone looking for a way to get more active as lockdown restrictions are eased. The challenge is simple – you take one million steps over the course of three...

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Hair@theAcademy students ~Alfie Tucker & Mia Hallam compare Lush products

Hair Product donations are 'LUSH' for unique Hairdressing Training Salon

Lush, well-known for fresh, handmade cosmetics, and zero waste, eco-friendly options using natural ingredients for healthy hair, has kindly donated a range of hairstyling products to locally based Hair@theAcademy, a hairdressing training salon for vulnerable young adults based in the heart of the city and the only one of its kind in the UK.

Founded by Mary Pugsley MBE in 2004, Hair@...

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All Mondelēz International UK Production Sites Now Purchase 100% Renewable Electricity

Mondelēz International, makers of the UK’s favourite treats including Cadbury Dairy Milk, Green & Black’s, BelVita, Maynard’s Bassetts and OREO has switched to renewable electricity for all six of its production sites across the UK.

The snacking leader is switching to purchased 100% renewable electricity across six sites including their Chirk production site where Mondelēz...

Poundland opens new Ivybridge store, bringing more choice and jobs

Ranges include PEP&CO clothing and homeware just in time for summer

Poundland will open a new store in Ivybridge, Devon, at 9am on Saturday 3 July, bringing shoppers more choice and creating jobs in the area.

The new store at 16 Erme Court will employ 12 colleagues and, at more than 3,600 square feet, the former Peacocks unit will offer shoppers a wide range of items at Poundland...

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