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BUCKFASTLEIGH, DEVON: Newton Abbot MP Martin Wrigley yesterday joined Caroline Voaden, MP for South Devon, in a visit to Riverford Organic to showcase their support for local, purpose-driven businesses ahead of Better Business Day.

During the visit, hosted by the Better Business Act Campaign, Wrigley and Voaden heard how Riverford Organic's farming business model has supported local...

A sun-loving diabetic cat at a Devon rehoming centre has just passed the unfortunate milestone of receiving no interest from potential adopters for over 100 days.

Unlike her other homeless counterparts at the Cats Protection Devon Cat Centre in Clyst Honiton, who are usually homed within 34 days, 13-year-old Myrtle has been waiting for three times as long, having arrived in care in...

The annual National Volunteers’ Week campaign kicks off on Monday 2nd June. This year, Devon Air Ambulance will be proudly celebrating the charity’s 650-strong network of volunteers.

The campaign takes place on the first Monday of June every year and is an opportunity for organisations to recognise, celebrate and thank the volunteers that make a difference in their local communities...

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus has been crowned the winner in the inaugural Libraries Unlimited Book Awards.

The awards, organised by the charity that runs libraries in in the county, launched last November with a shortlist of twenty of the most borrowed titles from Devon and Torbay’s libraries. Library users then cast their votes, with polling stations in the libraries and an...