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Exeter City Council have identified £3.5m in savings, a figure set out in our Medium Term Financial Plan. As always, we try to maintain frontline services.

The East Devon District Council Countryside Team recently welcomed a group of young people to Clyst Meadows Local Nature Reserve for a day of hands-on volunteering.

The 40 properties at Blakeslee Drive will all be built with Exeter’s well-publicised need for affordable housing in mind. Twenty-two will be offered at low-cost social rents while the others will be sold with shared ownership.

The representation of donkeys in cinema is the focus of a new and unique course that has been launched in partnership between a leading university and an international animal welfare charity.

The Animal and Plant Health Agency has extended its Bluetongue control zone to parts of Sidmouth and Honiton after cases of the viral disease were identified in cattle in neighbouring Dorset.

Devon and Cornwall Police are looking for Volunteers to help support the Volunteer Police Cadet groups who volunteer within their local communities, attending various events throughout the year and helping with the smooth running of weekly sessions.

A plan to build a new community hub in an underprivileged area of Exeter have been given unanimous backing by city councillors.

East Devon District Council invites public feedback on the revised Neighbourhood Plan for Clyst St Mary and Sowton, now open for consultation until 17 March 2025.

£7,500 worth of suspected illegal tobacco, cigarettes and vapes were seized from a shop in Newton Abbot as part of a joint operation with Trading Standards and Devon & Cornwall Police.

A Devon council is planning to appoint an independent expert to work out why some of its members are behaving so poorly.

Thieves have stolen donations intended for the Dawlish Pet Pantry, taking several boxes of pet food meant for local animals in need.

NEWTON Abbot Town Council has urged Teignbridge District Council to improve the multi-million pound changes to Queen Street after wheelchair and mobility scooter users discovered they had no means of crossing the road.

Devon & Cornwall Police recently worked alongside British Transport Police (BTP) in a bid to target individuals using rail networks to transport drugs.

Nearly 1,000 new homes must be built in Torbay every year under government housing targets.

Torbay could be wiped off the map in the rush to reorganise local government.

Staff at Paignton Zoo are carefully monitoring an extraordinary pregnancy that brings both hope and challenges for one of the world’s rarest primates

A proposal about how Devon could be reshaped in the biggest overhaul of local government in 50 years looks set to suggest the county should have three councils.

Special Constables from Devon and Cornwall Police Roads Policing Team have launched an operation to crack down on the illegal use of electrically assisted pedal cycles (EAPCs/E-bikes).

A medium-term financial plan, which stretches to 2030, has been created to assess its potential income and expenditure.

Devon & Cornwall Police has issued a warning following a noticeable increase in reported telephone scams across the region in recent weeks. Scammers are targeting residents, pretending to be from trusted organisations such as banks or law enforcement.

Withy take charge at Raleigh Park to take the win

One of Europe’s brightest young runners is being put through her paces at an athletics track in Exeter.

A closely fought contest earns the boys a point on the road