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Last week, Bloor Homes opened its doors at The Meadows in Cullompton to a group of Willowbank Primary School students for a tour of the showhomes and the homes under construction, followed by a Q&A session and a dream home painting class led by volunteers from the developer’s Exeter region.

Throughout the morning, the students were given an exclusive educational experience of the...

28 July 2025 – Devon: Devon & Cornwall Police are warning residents to stay vigilant following a phone scam involving fraudsters posing as police officers. In one case, an elderly Exmouth resident was conned out of £14,000.

Between 2 and 18 July, police received 12 reports from across the county, including Exeter, Exmouth, Sidbury, Plymouth, Bradnich and Heybrook Bay. Victims...

As the South West prepares for the start of the school summer holidays, the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) is calling on residents and visitors to take simple, preventative steps to stay safe and well during the summer break.

The school summer holiday period is traditionally one of the busiest times of the year for the ambulance service, particularly...

Coleridge Bridge in Ottery St Mary will be dismantled and removed from site, starting from tomorrow (Wednesday 23 July), to enable repairs to be carried out.

The pedestrian and cycle bridge has been closed for safety reasons since December 2023, after it was struck by a falling tree, damaging the bridge deck and truss.

Structural investigations also found that extensive...