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• Royal Devon part of cancer education programme recognised at HSJ Awards

  The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is thrilled to announce that its Living with and Beyond Cancer (LWBC) team was part of the group that won the Workforce Initiative of the Year award at this year’s HSJ Awards.

• Car park plan approved for country park site

  A 16-space car park has been approved in the Clyst Valley Regional Park, which will double in size over 25 years. The Station Road site includes footpaths and a bike shelter. Despite flood zone concerns, the Environment Agency backed the plan.

• Major developer lined up as plans for up to 260 homes approved in East Devon town

  A national housing developer has been lined up to take on a site for up to 260 homes in an East Devon town now the scheme has been given initial approval. Planners waved through outline planning application at an area called Farlands off London Road, Cranbrook.

• Public invited to comment on land disposal at Grace Road

  The public are being invited to comment on a Public Open Space Disposal for land at Grace Road Field, Marsh Barton, for a proposed energy centre.

• Torbay and South Devon NHS Trust logs nearly 4,000 staff absences for mental health issues since 2021

  Torbay and Devon NHS Trust has seen hundreds of staff take at least one day off work due to a mental health issue in the past three years, a new investigation has revealed

• Efforts being made to learn Cranbrook ‘lessons’ with next new town

  A new town planned for East Devon won’t suffer the same issues that befell Cranbrook, it’s been claimed.

• Congratulations to the University of Exeter’s winter graduates

  Over 2,600 students from 89 countries graduated from 250 courses at the University of Exeter, joined by 6,000 guests. Many earned MA, MSc, or postgraduate diplomas, training as teachers, radiographers, and healthcare workers, marking years of dedication.

• Witnesses sought after serious assault at St Davids Station Exeter

  The victim, a man in his 50s, had travelled on the 11.50pm train from Exmouth to Exeter at around 11.50pm on 7 December. When he arrived at Exeter, at around 1am on 8 December he was assaulted while waiting at the bus stop.