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Over 200 people have applied for just three funded social work apprenticeship places at Devon County Council, in a striking show of demand at a time when many councils across the country are struggling to recruit and keep social care staff.

Devon’s Liberal Democrat MPs are to lobby the government in a bid to scupper plans for a tourist tax which some industry insiders say could wash out the summer season for seaside resorts.

The University of Exeter has secured £6.4 million in Government funding to expand advanced engineering and computing education, supporting the development of the next generation of highly skilled graduates needed by the UK’s defence, security and technology sectors.

Residents are being urged to take extra care when clearing out sheds, garages and lofts after Brunel Road Recycling Centre in Newton Abbot was closed and evacuated on Wednesday 3 June following the discovery of a suspected grenade.

Four men have been jailed for their roles in the “senseless” killing of 24-year-old Denva Smith in Exmouth last summer.

Representatives of Exmouth Town Council gathered on Cranford Avenue to pay tribute to retired County Councillor Christine Channon, recognising her remarkable 30 years of service to Exmouth and, in particular, the Littleham community.

Residents are being asked for their views on plans to replace two ageing bridges on one of Exeter’s busiest routes with new crossings that could serve the city until the end of the century.

Devon’s towns, cities and villages are being offered help from National Grid to create or improve green spaces that can be enjoyed by communities.

Devon County Council’s Leader, Councillor Julian Brazil, has asked officers to explore whether any legal options are available to the authority in relation to ongoing concerns about sewage discharges and water quality in the county.

A 70-bed care home is to be built on the site of a former Devon school despite locals warning that it will be ‘massive’, ‘unsustainable’ and a burden on under-pressure health services.

A project to transform a tumbledown farm building near Sidmouth into a modern home has been turned down.

The Acute Hospital at Home (or virtual ward) team at the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is celebrating winning an HSJ Digital Award for pioneering a system to provide patients with 24/7 heart monitoring in the comfort of their own home.

Libraries in Devon are inviting children to join The Summer Book Quest over the summer holidays. The Summer Book Quest: Mission to Wayfarer Island follows a group of friends as they set out to help an explorer on an exciting, transport-themed adventure. Children can participate with a mix of activities and reading, and receive a special medal upon completion.

The race is on to finally crack a secret code hidden on the side of a Great Western Railway train for the past four years.

A convoy led by the World Extreme Medicine Fund (WEMF) has successfully delivered ten anaesthetic machines from Devon, UK to Kropyvnytski Hospital in Ukraine, helping support intensive care treatment for patients suffering severe infection and trauma-related complications caused by war injuries.

The warmer weather over the past few weeks means Devon’s annual surface dressing season is now underway.

Exeter Chiefs Women racked up eight tries in front of a record crowd for the season to claim their play-off place against Saracens next weekend.

Exeter City FC have announced the acquisition by the Club of the land known by supporters as the ‘Jungle Path’ at St James Park from Network Rail.

An electric Sandy Park had plenty to cheer about as Exeter Chiefs swept past Saracens on their way to the Gallagher Premiership play-offs

Exeter Chiefs kept their play-off hopes firmly alive with an emphatic win over Leicester Tigers at Mattioli Woods Welford Road in round 17 of the Gallagher Premiership.