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• New strategy aims to help Devon reverse nature decline

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• Police appeal for information for missing Exeter man

  Officers are growing increasingly concerned for the welfare of a 55-year-old man who has been reported missing from Exeter.

• Torbay Blue Flag opt-out ‘risks huge tourism damage’

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• Appeal following serious injury collision near Exeter

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• Exeter-led projects win EPSRC grants for ‘nature-based engineering’

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• Survivors and emergency services work together to identify road safety priorities

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• Chris Packham backs Exmouth screening of The People’s Emergency Briefing

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• Celebrating Devon’s Foster Carers in Fostering Fortnight 2026 – ‘This is Fostering’

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