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• Devon council seeks further clarification from government before taking a decision to issue proceedings

  Devon County Council will defer a decision to issue judicial review proceedings in order to seek further clarification from government.

• Walk this way as Exeter prepares for first ever walking festival

  Exeter is tying up its laces for the city’s first ever walking festival.

• Projected £88m special needs overspend highlights bailout urgency

  A predicted overspend of £88 million just this year in Devon’s special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) service highlights the urgency of anticipated national reforms, it has been claimed.

• Quarry dust pressure leads to monitoring pledge

  Pressure over dust from quarries and its impact on residents has led to a pledge from Devon’s largest council to work out who should be monitoring it.

• Manipulative and violent man jailed for terrifying attacks on women

  A manipulative and violent man has been jailed for more than seven years after subjecting two women to terrifying serious assaults which left them fearing for their lives, and sending multiple women sexually explicit images.

• Cranbrook Country Park Wins BALI Award for Nature Conservation & Biodiversity Enhancement

  Cranbrook Country Park and Open Spaces have secured a top honour at the BALI National Landscape Awards 2026, taking home the trophy in the “Nature Conservation & Biodiversity Enhancement” category.

• South West communities asked to help shape energy future

  From new homes and businesses to cleaner transport and industry, electricity is becoming increasingly important to the future of communities across the South West.

• Almost time for Heritage Open Days in Exeter

  Heritage Open Days starts on Friday 11 September with lots to see and do in and around Exeter.

• Exeter determined to stick with its expanded ‘super-council’ plan

  Exeter remains determined to press on with its bid to become an expanded city ‘super-council’ despite the government’s decision to pause its nationwide local authority overhaul.

• Exeter organisations join forces to improve access to free drinking water

  Organisations across Exeter are coming together to explore how free, reliable and accessible drinking water can be made more widely available in the city.

• More than 400 people handed electronic ‘tags’ in Devon and Cornwall

  More than 400 people across Devon and Cornwall have been fitted with electronic monitoring ‘tags’ according to the latest figures.

• Council calls on Government to reimburse Devon for reorganisation costs

  Devon County Council is calling on the Government to repay the costs incurred preparing for local government reorganisation (LGR) before the programme was paused.

• Ofsted recognises continued improvement in Devon’s children’s services

  Ofsted has recognised continued improvement in our children’s services, highlighting stronger decision-making, effective early help services and increasingly joined-up support for children and families.

• Public invited to discover how virtual wards bring hospital care closer to home

  People across the area are being invited to hear about advancements in neighbourhood health and care services at a public event taking place at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford) and online

• Nearly 150,000 South West secondary school pupils missed their flu vaccine last winter, UKHSA figures show

  Almost 45% of secondary school-aged pupils (149,067) across the South West went without a flu vaccine last winter, new figures show. UKHSA South West warns that older children are increasingly falling through the gaps in protection from flu as they move through school.

• Anger as council charges NHS to park mobile screening unit

  A Devon council has come under fire after charging the local health trust to put its mobile breast screening unit in its car parks.