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• Local government reorganisation – postcode checker available now

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• Campaigners channel ‘Count Binface’ in fight against possible giant Exmouth housing site

  Campaigners fighting a proposal for a site on the edge of Exmouth that could accommodate 700 homes have channelled the satirical political candidate battling Nigel Farage.

• New Chair appointed for £20 million community initiative in Exeter

  A £20 million initiative to strengthen communities in Exeter has taken a major step forward with the appointment of an independent Chair.

• Go-ahead for demolition of Dawlish Warren ‘blight’ site

  A derelict hotel overlooking one of Devon’s busiest resort beaches is to be transformed into a modern ‘aparthotel’ with a spa, a coffee house, a café/bar and a roof terrace.

• Coastguard payments to continue after government U-turn

  Local MPs have welcomed the government’s decision to abandon plans to no longer offer an hourly reimbursement to coastguard rescue officers (CROs).

• Building strong foundations for Devon’s children with free local support

  Devon County Council are backing the national Best Start in Life campaign, with a focus on children who will start school in September 2027. This includes children currently aged three to four, who are about to begin their final year in nursery or pre-school. 

• New Health Lead appointed to tackle city's health inequalities

  Statistics have revealed that Exeter residents living in the city's most deprived neighbourhoods can expect to live nearly 17 years less than those in its wealthiest areas.

• High numbers of people with dehydration attending Emergency Departments

  The hot weather in the South West is continuing to have an impact on the number of people presenting at the Royal Devon Emergency Departments with heat related conditions.

• Commissioner encourages reporting as concern over antisocial behaviour continues

  Police and Crime Commissioner Alison Hernandez says significant efforts are being made to tackle antisocial behaviour after reports of rising issues in towns across the region.

• Angry youngsters tackle South West Water over sewage

  Children at a Devon primary school who say their classmates are getting sick after swimming in pollution have taken aim at South West Water.

• CQC rates Devon County Council’s adult social care provision as requires improvement

  The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated Devon County Council as requires improvement, in how well they are meeting their responsibilities to ensure people have access to adult social care and support under the Care Act (2014).

• SWR earns highest MOD accolade for supporting Armed Forces

  South Western Railway (SWR) has been awarded the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) Gold Award, the Ministry of Defence’s highest accolade for organisations that provide exceptional support to the Armed Forces community.

• Commissioner welcomes latest recognition of improvements to force performance

  A year after Devon & Cornwall Police was taken out of special measures a new inspection rating system puts the force two categories away from that rating.

• Appeal following a car and motorcycle collision in Exeter

  Police are appealing for witnesses and information following a two-vehicle collision on Honiton Road, Exeter.

• Devon ‘betrayed’ as Exeter and Plymouth given land-grab green light

  Devon’s residents have been “betrayed” in a fundamental overhaul of how Devon’s councils will be reorganised and which services they will be responsible for, it has been claimed.

• Greens’ anger at Exeter car ban decision

  Councillors who voted to let cars back into a cycles-only street in Exeter have been accused of ‘kicking the can down Dryden Road’.