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• NHS Devon remind visitors and residents to plan ahead this half term

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• Shop Front Fund Scheme

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• Nature Challenge logs 89 species previously never recorded in Exeter

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• Teignbridge chair chosen for second term

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• Police are appealing for witnesses and information following a serious collision on Newton Road, Bishopsteignton.

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• Police appeal for missing Elizabeth Lynch from Crediton

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• Your views wanted on future of city centre and Exeter’s cultural strategy

  Residents are being asked to give their views in consultations on two important new strategies for Exeter.

• Go-ahead for new Exeter homes development

  Developers have been given the go-ahead for the final piece in a jigsaw of new housing on the outskirts of Exeter.

• NHS researchers awarded £125,000 to lead national robotic hernia study

  Experts from the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Exeter have been awarded £125,000 to lead national research into robotic hernia surgery.

• Housebuilder behind rejected 140-homes plan ‘considering position

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• Relaunch of The Brunel Trail!

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• Devon County Council foster carers save on council tax as support package strengthens

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