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A suspended Reform UK councillor has lodged an appeal against the party’s decision to remove him from the group.

A Devon boxing club has delivered a knock-out blow in a multi-year planning wrangle as part of efforts to build itself a new headquarters.

A Devon family has said it would be “devastated” and possibly forced to move if a 200-year-old oak tree is removed from their garden.

Another 2,000 homes in the city will soon be receiving weekly food waste collections.

Fraudsters pretending to be from local councils have emailed residents to tell them that they have outstanding Council Tax account payments, and to follow a link to proceed to payment.

A pilot project supported by the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, designed to help GPs spot early warning signs of cancer from routine blood tests, has received £2.4 million to roll out and test it is working.

Cycling campaigners celebrated at County Hall after councillors agreed to go ahead with a new traffic project in Exeter.

A council committee that closed a busy Exeter road to create a ‘pop-up’ cycle route through the city during the Covid pandemic has been urged to open it again.

Colourful new illuminations will soon be gracing Teignmouth seafront if a £60,000 scheme proposed by the Town Council gets the backing of County Hall

Newton Abbot Town Council has awarded grants worth more than £6,000 to good causes in the local community.

A report on the future of public toilet provision in Teignbridge will be discussed at Full Council on Tuesday, 29 July.

Plans for more than 1,000 new homes on green fields on the outskirts of Newton Abbot will come under scrutiny next week.

The government has been urged to lift the two-child benefits cap as families in Devon slip into ‘Dickensian’ poverty.

Hundreds of schoolchildren across Torbay have been developing their love of growing fresh food.

A system used in Torbay to find out how much support to offer children with special educational needs has been described as ‘wicked’ during a Westminster debate.

Torbay’s waste, cleaning and maintenance company has transformed services across the bay and turned itself into a firm people want to work for, councillors have been told.

Devon trading trading standards service continues to work closely with the police together to stamp out the sale of illegal tobacco and vapes – and this week five more shops were closed down.

Devon County Councils health scrutiny committee has expressed ‘concerns’ about plans to replace paid co-responders with trained volunteers across Devon and has asked the ambulance service to ‘pause’ and provide more information within four weeks.

A leading Devon councillor has welcomed the retirement of South West Water’s chief executive Susan Davy, saying it would be an ‘outrage’ to pay her any kind of golden handshake.

A tragic accident occurred in Somerset on Thursday afternoon when a school coach carrying children and staff from an end-of-term trip overturned and slid 20 feet down a bank.

Devon County Council needs to address the way funding is allocated to children and young people with Education, Health and Care Plans, (EHCPs)

South West Water’s Better Future programme is inviting local community projects to apply for funding to help support people across the region and unlock opportunities to bring positive change across the region.

Stover Country Park and the Grand Western Canal Country Park are celebrating being officially named among the best parks in the country after receiving this year’s Green Flag Award.

Devon County Council’s new leader has sharply criticised plans to restructure local government as he launches a campaign to ensure the public have a chance to shape services in the county.