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Exmouth Town Council is celebrating the achievement of its long-standing ambition to run the Town Hall, providing a community hub for residents, businesses, and local groups going forwards.

City Councillors have set a balanced budget which will enable the authority to deliver on its priorities for the year ahead.

Campaigners opposed to a Devon karting circuit’s push for more race days have bagged poll position after the firm’s plans were blocked.

The Axe Estuary Ringing Group, who regularly monitor bird populations at East Devon District Council’s award‑winning Seaton Wetlands nature reserve, have shared an extraordinary milestone with the Countryside team: their first-ever African recovery.

This summer a major new exhibition at Exeter City Council’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery (RAMM) invites visitors to explore a spectacular world of colour.

A young cyclist from Exmouth will be taking on a 600-mile cycle challenge next month to help fund an activities weekend for young people living with diabetes.

Next week Wales & West Utilities will start the final phase of its project to upgrade the gas pipes in the Buddle Lane area of Exeter.

People can explore local memories of the coronavirus pandemic and hear more about research into how communities are building memorials at an Exeter event.

A closure order has been granted for a business on Bank Street in Teignmouth.

THE Mayor of Newton Abbot has praised the work of Citizens Advice and called on graduates from ‘the university of life’ to become trustees.

The position of a Newton Abbot speed camera which has caught more than 6,000 drivers is being challenged by councillors.

Roadworks around Newton Abbot have been described as ‘hell’ in the House of Commons by the town’s MP, who says councils are powerless to prevent utility companies from causing problems.

The expansive gardens at Agatha Christie’s country estate, Greenway, have been brought to life in a mobile media trail that takes visitors back to 1940, when the property became a home for Second World War evacuees.

Torbay Council have announced a new partnership with Active Devon to manage and oversee the delivery of free Bikeability cycle training for children across Torbay.

Two Torbay taxi drivers have been sanctioned following a council hearing into how ‘fit and proper’ they are to carry on taking passengers in the bay.

Opposition is mounting in Brixham after plans were unveiled for homes and a hotel on green fields on the outskirts of town.

Councillor Denise Bickley, Devon County Council Cabinet Member for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), has welcomed the publication of the government’s education and SEND white paper, Every Child Achieving and Thriving.

A major home‑improvement scheme has helped hundreds of Devon residents cut their energy bills and make their homes warmer, greener, and more efficient.

Devon County Council has agreed its budget for the next financial year, and set out how services will be funded from April 2026.

A major new programme launching across Devon aims to expand and strengthen access to inclusive leisure and physical activity opportunities for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).

A long-running university outreach programme that creates theatre, drama and dance opportunities for schools in Devon has now touched the lives of more than 5,000 pupils.

Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service are praising the instinct and swift actions of two of our colleagues after they helped rescue an elderly man from a smoke-filled home in Crediton on Wednesday 11 February.

Roads and children’s services will receive a major cash injection in the first budget of Devon County Council’s new administration.

Senior Liberal Democrats have urged Westminster to step in and postpone the process of radically overhauling Devon’s councils amid the backtrack over this year’s local elections.