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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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

An East Devon resident repaid in full more than £25,000 of falsely claimed Council Tax Reduction, alongside a £1,000 penalty, following a fraud investigation into an undeclared change in household circumstances.

Police have launched an investigation after a banner promoting Exmouth Pride was torn down, marking the third consecutive year that event signage has been targeted

Police are reminding youngsters and their parents about the dangers of entering derelict sites and abandoned buildings.

Council Leader Phil Bialyk has welcomed a £2.7m investment to transform Exeter Central – one of the busiest railway stations in the South West.

An electric Sandy Park had plenty to cheer about as Exeter Chiefs swept past Saracens on their way to the Gallagher Premiership play-offs

Exeter Chiefs kept their play-off hopes firmly alive with an emphatic win over Leicester Tigers at Mattioli Woods Welford Road in round 17 of the Gallagher Premiership.

The football season may have just ended, where The Grecians are getting for life in League Two for the 2026-7 season. However two pre season friendlies have been arranged for the end of July.