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Justin Leigh has announced he is to leave the BBC after 33 years - including almost 20 years presenting the UK’s most popular regional TV news programme, BBC Spotlight.

The popular presenter of the BBC One South West bulletin will sign off for good on Friday, October 16.

Justin said: “The Spotlight team and our viewers are like a second family to me, so leaving the only job...

The Garden House, in Buckland Monachorum, Devon, has received a grant from the DCMS Culture Recovery fund to enable it to stabilise its operations post-lockdown and start to rebuild the much loved garden and grounds as a vital Dartmoor visitor attraction.

• Almost 450 heritage organisations in England, including The Garden House have been awarded cash from the first round of

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East Devon residents on lower incomes who cannot work from home and have lost income as a result of being told to self-isolate by NHS Test and Trace will be able to access a payment of £500 each time they are required to self-isolate.

Recognising that self-isolation is one of the most powerful tools for controlling the transmission of Covid-19, this new Test and Trace Support payment...

The current health crisis due to the coronavirus increased global pressures. According to the World Health Organization (WHO ), Italy was one of the first European countries where it had the greatest impact.

Leaving in its wake tens of thousands of dead and sick, disconcerting an entire nation and practically forcing people to change their lifestyles, opening the way to a new virtual...