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A Devon family has said it would be “devastated” and possibly forced to move if a 200-year-old oak tree is removed from their garden.

Another 2,000 homes in the city will soon be receiving weekly food waste collections.

Fraudsters pretending to be from local councils have emailed residents to tell them that they have outstanding Council Tax account payments, and to follow a link to proceed to payment.

A pilot project supported by the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, designed to help GPs spot early warning signs of cancer from routine blood tests, has received £2.4 million to roll out and test it is working.

Cycling campaigners celebrated at County Hall after councillors agreed to go ahead with a new traffic project in Exeter.

A council committee that closed a busy Exeter road to create a ‘pop-up’ cycle route through the city during the Covid pandemic has been urged to open it again.

East Devon District Council is asking local people, community groups and businesses to help choose a name for a new community planned near Westpoint, in the west of the district.

Post Office campaigner Sir Alan Bates will join politicians, journalists, philanthropists, entrepreneurs and AI pioneers being given honorary degrees by the University of Exeter this week.

A report on the future of public toilet provision in Teignbridge will be discussed at Full Council on Tuesday, 29 July.

Plans for more than 1,000 new homes on green fields on the outskirts of Newton Abbot will come under scrutiny next week.

The government’s decision to put crucial work to protect Devon’s fragile railway line on hold has been described as ‘devastating’ by a local MP.

Construction work to upgrade the A382 near Newton Abbot is due to get underway this autumn following the confirmation of funding from the Department for Transport (DfT).

Hundreds of schoolchildren across Torbay have been developing their love of growing fresh food.

A system used in Torbay to find out how much support to offer children with special educational needs has been described as ‘wicked’ during a Westminster debate.

Torbay’s waste, cleaning and maintenance company has transformed services across the bay and turned itself into a firm people want to work for, councillors have been told.

Staff and volunteers manning Brixham’s town centre museum have been praised for their work.

South West Water’s Better Future programme is inviting local community projects to apply for funding to help support people across the region and unlock opportunities to bring positive change across the region.

Stover Country Park and the Grand Western Canal Country Park are celebrating being officially named among the best parks in the country after receiving this year’s Green Flag Award.

Devon County Council’s new leader has sharply criticised plans to restructure local government as he launches a campaign to ensure the public have a chance to shape services in the county.

Low school attendance remains a “critical concern” in the South West, a new report warns.

Moving stories of lifesaving treatment have galvanised efforts to save a vital emergency services collaboration that is in danger of being replaced.

Parish halls and community centres in Devon are being offered free help to upgrade and become more energy efficient by National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED).

Motorists are being warned they could face fines of up to £1,000 for using social media to alert others about police speed checks.

Devon’s NHS is offering dentists a higher payment for taking on urgent patient cases in a bid to hit its stretching government target.