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Eighty brave supporters have walked on hot coals to raise vital funds for Hospiscare, the local hospice charity for Exeter, central and east Devon.

Park for half the summer price with the new simplified winter parking offer, from Saturday 1 November 2025 to Tuesday 31 March 2026, at East Devon District Council (EDDC) car parks*.

An important archway linking two Exeter city centre parks has been reopened.

A small environment-focused community group in Devon has taken a “really big decision” and rejected nearly £5,000 in grant funding due it being offered by the region’s water company.

Three pools – in Exmouth, Honiton and Sidmouth  – need various repairs which have been identified during routine surveys by the company.

East Devon District Council are asking for your help following an act of vandalism at the Changing Places toilet at Lime Kiln, Budleigh Salterton. The matter has been passed to the police and is under investigation.

Beautiful monastic music will be heard again in a former Exeter priory closed by Henry VIII thanks to the discovery of a rare collection of medieval chants.

Residents of a Devon village have moved to try and protect the “rural setting” of their homes and called for community spaces to be protected.

Council officers have confirmed they are seeking ‘urgent clarification’ over whether a developer has breached planning controls by restarting work on a controversial homes scheme at Newton Abbot.

Devon County Council has been urged to think again over a massive construction project which has meant road closures around Newton Abbot.

Residents of Bovey Tracey and Heathfield have been encouraged to take part in a community environment day on Saturday November 1.

The Teignmouth and Shaldon Fireworks Display at Point Beach is on Saturday 1st November and could be in jeopardy unless all beach hut owners in the Safety Exclusion Zone (please see map below) agree to vacate the beach huts from 6:30pm till 7:35pm.

Extra frontline police officers in South Devon have recently been trained to test drivers for drugs to keep local communities safe.

Torbay’s MP has called for reassurances over the future of the policy custody suite at Torquay’s police station.

The approach to Torbay Hospital is set to bloom with colour and hope, thanks to a new partnership with Torquay Rotary Club. Together, volunteers from the Rotary Club and hospital staff have planted 1,000 purple crocus bulbs by the Lowes Bridge entrance, creating a vibrant welcome for patients, visitors, and staff.

Talks are due to begin this week between Torbay Council and liquidators over the future of the trust that manages some of the bay’s countryside ‘crown jewels’.

The NHS in the South West is thanking those who have already received their flu vaccine and urging those eligible to come forward as levels of flu continue to rise.

Devon County Council have been talking a lot in recent months about work we’re doing to review the way that funding is allocated to children and young people with Education, Health and Care Plans, (EHCPs).

Halloween and Guy Fawkes or bonfire night fall within the space of less than a week. Devon & Cornwall Police has some advice to avoid any behaviour that others may find antisocial during that time.

People will ‘undoubtedly die’ if changes in Devon’s cardiac care mean long delays in getting patients the emergency care they need, it has been claimed

As the Halloween approaches, Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service are encouraging everyone to pop battery-powered tealights into shopping baskets while hunting for the perfect pumpkin.

Devon County Council are working closely with the Department for Education (DfE) on a proposal to build a new secure children’s home at an out-of-town location in South Devon.

Libraries Unlimited is bringing back its popular Films at the Library programme, transforming libraries across Devon and Torbay into cosy community cinemas from 29th October.

South Western Railway (SWR) is offering free travel to serving military personnel and veterans for Remembrance Sunday events.