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Through the Freemasons’ COVID-19 Community Fund, the Masonic Charitable Foundation (MCF), the Freemasons’ charity, in partnership with the United Grand Lodge and Provincial Grand Lodge representatives, has awarded its first round of grants to charities that are supporting vulnerable and disadvantaged communities through the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

This first round focuses...

The NIHR-supported Novavax COVID-19 vaccine – which was trialled in Exeter and Cornwall – has demonstrated that the vaccine is 89.3% effective at preventing COVID-19.This data was identified from interim analysis of the Phase III study and included effectiveness against the new variants.

The Novavax study is the largest ever double blind, placebo-controlled trial to be undertaken in...

Staff and volunteers at The Donkey Sanctuary Ivybridge celebrated a very special birthday recently, as one of their most popular donkeys turned 30.

Boomer has been a resident at the centre since it opened in 2007, and has been winning hearts ever since.

He is a familiar face to the many people who have visited the Ivybridge sanctuary over the years, and is an important part...

Plymouth is celebrating a major milestone in its digital transformation today as work begins to extend its full fibre network to reach almost every home and business locally.

As part of a £52m private investment from CityFibre, Plymouth will benefit from a city-wide full fibre network roll-out that will build on the third national digital infrastructure platform’s earlier investment...