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• These roads will close for the English Riviera Airshow

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• Citizens Advice Exeter celebrates 80 years of supporting local people

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• Exmouth Community College Students Learn Vital Water Safety Skills with RNLI 

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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

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• Go-ahead for new Exeter homes development

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