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Two prominent Exmouth shops have been permanently closed for selling counterfeit cigarettes and illegal vapes. Classic Mini Market on Rolle Street and Phone Zone in The Parade were shut following closure orders over multiple offences.

Fifteen Year 9 and 10 students took part in a session introducing digital enterprise and innovation. The workshop explored how digital skills can develop ideas, solve problems, and create opportunities in a rapidly changing world.

Do you recognise this man? Police investigating a burglary at a Sidmouth home are appealing for help to identify him. An offender forced rear doors on Woolbrook Road on 14 February, searched inside, and moved jewellery, but nothing is believed stolen.

With just weeks until the City Council elections, Exeter residents are urged to ensure they’re ready to vote. Polling takes place on Thursday 7 May across all 13 wards. Polling stations will be open from 7am to 10pm.

Police were called at around 10pm on Tuesday 10 March to reports of a collision in a layby on the A30 Westbound at Fenny Bridges and they are continuing to appeal for witnesses following the incident.

The Summary of Candidates Nominated for the elections on Thursday 7 May can now be viewed on the City Council website. The publication of the notice follows the close of nominations on Friday 10 April and confirms the candidates standing in each ward across the city.

East Devon District Council is inviting residents, visitors and stakeholders to take part in a public consultation on its draft Local Nature Recovery Plan, aiming to understand how people value nature and what matters most to communities.

Lady Seaward’s Primary School in Clyst St George plans to replace its main and secondary entrance gates to boost security, including increasing height of main gate, and another on site.

Newton Abbot Town Council has welcomed a new health app designed by a local GP and urged backers to help get the device to a wider audience.

A Devon council is to create a fund to help local families facing financial ‘shocks’.

More cliff falls are expected at Shaldon, where a dramatic landslip last month sent tonnes of debris crashing into the sea.

The government’s controversial Family Farm Tax will push local farming families to the brink unless urgent steps are taken, a Devon MP has claimed.

A pioneering project led by educational experts to tackle the South West’s “NEET” crisis will allow young people not in school to sit GCSE exams. 

Devon Communities Together has secured £250,000 over three years from the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation to launch its Vibrant Villages initiative, empowering rural communities and strengthening village halls as vital local hubs.

A new campaign and digital platform, Explore UNESCO South West Trails, has launched, offering visitors an inspiring and sustainable way to discover the rich cultural and natural heritage of South West England.

Devon’s new High Sheriff, entrepreneur Mark Ansell, has pledged to put Restorative Justice centre stage during his year in office, championing a system proven to support victims of crime and rehabilitate offenders.

The investment comes from the government’s Arts Everywhere Fund, delivered by Arts Council England. Devon secured £200,000 from the Libraries Improvement Fund, one of three streams supporting 28 library services to upgrade buildings and technology.

Bideford will be the home to one of the four new community diagnostics centres (CDC) announced nationally by health secretary, Wes Streeting, while Exeter’s Nightingale will be expanded to increase the range and volume of tests it can carry out.

Coffee pods are now being accepted at Devon’s Household Waste Recycling Centres from this week where they will go on to be recycled to make renewable energy and other products.

A new county-wide plan to help wildlife recover and restore habitats across Devon was adopted by the Councils Cabinet this week