West Croft School in Bideford has launched its second Walking Bus route with the help of Devon County Council.
A Walking Bus is a safe and fun way for groups of children to walk to school together, accompanied by adult volunteers who receive road safety training and insurance cover from the County Council.
As with a normal bus, the Walking Bus follows a fixed route picking...
Citizens Advice is reporting that average energy costs are as high as last winter for many households , and that despite energy prices falling this month, around 5.3 million people are currently living in households in debt to their energy supplier.
So, it's welcome news that Devon County Council has confirmed that it's been allocated a little over £5 million from the government to...
A pioneering new programme has been launched to improve career opportunities for care experienced young people in Devon.
Devon County Council and Exeter College have worked in partnership to develop the PACE (Positive About Care Experienced) programme with the aim of creating a ground-breaking business network dedicated to working with young people who are, or have been, in the care...
Plans are developing for a coastal protection scheme in Seaton that will better protect 41 homes, businesses, and the town’s coastline from erosion.
Construction is planned to begin in 2025. The scheme will involve improving a 400-metre length of existing rock armour along the foot of the cliffs at Seaton Hole Beach, and repairing the existing Check House seawall.
Around 2,000 trees have been relocated as part of Devon County Council’s pioneering efforts to make the A382 link road development near Newton Abbot the UK’s first “carbon negative” highway.
A field near the road has been transformed into a temporary nursery to house the trees ahead of the start of construction work.
The A382 improvement scheme is one of seven projects...
A retired chemistry teacher who has been diagnosed with mesothelioma, a cancer of the pleural lining almost exclusively linked to exposure to asbestos, has spoken of his ordeal in a bid to help others after securing a £180k compensation care package from Devon County Council.
Alan Turner, now 83, devoted his life to teaching children, having originally started as a lab technician in...
Devon County Council is inviting families, professionals and community organisations to help shape services that support young families
The council is changing the way that young families are supported at Children’s Centres, and is inviting those who use the services, as well as professionals and community groups, to help influence the changes.
Councillors have approved plans which set out priorities for developing cycling and walking improvements in a number of areas of the county.
Devon County Council’s Cabinet yesterday (Wednesday 10 January) backed the Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans (LCWIPs) which outline cycling and walking improvements for Exeter, Teignbridge, and Barnstaple, Bideford and Northam over...
More than 65 road repair schemes in Devon are being brought forward with additional funding recently announced by Government.
Devon County Council is receiving an extra £6.663 million for highway maintenance this financial year.
The money is a share of the Government’s £8.3 billion investment in roads over the next 11 years using funds redirected from the cancelled HS2 rail line...
Around 400 more free training places are being offered through the Train4Tomorrow Skills Bootcamps after Devon County Council secured an extra £900,000 for its programme.
The County Council scheme is responding to employers across Devon and Cornwall to help them bring the right skills into their business and to upskill existing staff.
