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• ‘Grow your own’ approach sees extraordinary surge in social work applications

  Over 200 people have applied for just three funded social work apprenticeship places at Devon County Council, in a striking show of demand at a time when many councils across the country are struggling to recruit and keep social care staff.

• New tourist tax ‘a bridge too far’ for Devon holiday industry

  Devon’s Liberal Democrat MPs are to lobby the government in a bid to scupper plans for a tourist tax which some industry insiders say could wash out the summer season for seaside resorts.

• University of Exeter secures £6.4 million investment to expand advanced engineering, computing and defence-related skills

  The University of Exeter has secured £6.4 million in Government funding to expand advanced engineering and computing education, supporting the development of the next generation of highly skilled graduates needed by the UK’s defence, security and technology sectors.

• Four men jailed for violent and brutal killing of Denva Smith in Exmouth

  Four men have been jailed for their roles in the “senseless” killing of 24-year-old Denva Smith in Exmouth last summer.

• Exmouth Town Council Honours Former County Councillor Christine Channon for 30 Years of Dedicated Service

  Representatives of Exmouth Town Council gathered on Cranford Avenue to pay tribute to retired County Councillor Christine Channon, recognising her remarkable 30 years of service to Exmouth and, in particular, the Littleham community.

• Views sought on plans to replace ageing Bridge Road bridges

  Residents are being asked for their views on plans to replace two ageing bridges on one of Exeter’s busiest routes with new crossings that could serve the city until the end of the century.

• Help for Devon communities to enjoy great outdoors

  Devon’s towns, cities and villages are being offered help from National Grid to create or improve green spaces that can be enjoyed by communities.

• County Council explores legal options in relation to water quality concerns affecting Devon residents

  Devon County Council’s Leader, Councillor Julian Brazil, has asked officers to explore whether any legal options are available to the authority in relation to ongoing concerns about sewage discharges and water quality in the county.

• Go-ahead for ‘massive’ Honiton care home

  A 70-bed care home is to be built on the site of a former Devon school despite locals warning that it will be ‘massive’, ‘unsustainable’ and a burden on under-pressure health services.

• ‘Last chance’ for derelict Devon farm building

  A project to transform a tumbledown farm building near Sidmouth into a modern home has been turned down.

• Royal Devon wins national award for pioneering digital care in patients own homes

  The Acute Hospital at Home (or virtual ward) team at the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is celebrating winning an HSJ Digital Award for pioneering a system to provide patients with 24/7 heart monitoring in the comfort of their own home.

• All Aboard The Summer Book Quest!

  Libraries in Devon are inviting children to join The Summer Book Quest over the summer holidays. The Summer Book Quest: Mission to Wayfarer Island follows a group of friends as they set out to help an explorer on an exciting, transport-themed adventure. Children can participate with a mix of activities and reading, and receive a special medal upon completion.

• Can you crack it? GWR challenges customers to decipher code hidden on train for past four years

  The race is on to finally crack a secret code hidden on the side of a Great Western Railway train for the past four years.

• Ten Royal Devon donated anaesthetic machines transported from Devon to Ukraine to support critical care treatment

  A convoy led by the World Extreme Medicine Fund (WEMF) has successfully delivered ten anaesthetic machines from Devon, UK to Kropyvnytski Hospital in Ukraine, helping support intensive care treatment for patients suffering severe infection and trauma-related complications caused by war injuries.

• Road maintenance programme gets underway across Devon

  The warmer weather over the past few weeks means Devon’s annual surface dressing season is now underway.

• Citizens Advice provides new emergency funds in Devon

  Citizens Advice services across Devon will provide emergency funds and support to break the cycle of poverty for around 4,000 households most in need as part of a £1 million initiative.