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• Are you entitled to single Person discount for council tax

  People in Exeter who receive a single person discount for council tax are being urged to notify the City Council if their circumstances have changed.

• Multiple RNLI assets launched to assist a sinking fishing boat.

  At 06.45 yesterday morning, H.M Coastguard requested the immediate launch of the Exmouth lifeboat in response to a Mayday call from a fishing vessel that had water flooding into the engine room.

• University of Exeter awarded funding by the Type 1 Diabetes Grand Challenge to use brain cells to outsmart type 1 diabetes

  Today the Type 1 Diabetes Grand Challenge, a trailblazing partnership between the Steve Morgan Foundation, Diabetes UK, and Breakthrough T1D has announced funding for a cutting-edge research project led by researchers at the University of Exeter.

• Richard Branston conferred as Honorary Alderman of the City of Exeter

  Honorary Alderman is a title given in recognition of the eminent services to Exeter City Council during the period former councillors were members of the Council. Mr Branston, was a ward councillor for more than 20 years.

• More pensioners could be claiming benefits in East Devon

  A district council team that supports pensioners to check whether they are claiming the benefits to which they are entitled saw its caseload drop recently from 3,658 in April 2022, to 3,513 18 months later.

• Local residents come to the aid of Exeter Citizens Advice service

  Residents of Exeter have raised over £20,000 in response to an appeal to support Citizens Advice Exeter, but the charity’s leadership warns that additional funding is needed to sustain its services.

• Exmouth RNLI lifeboat launched in choppy conditions to reports of two individuals struggling in the River Exe.

  At 09.20 today H.M. Coastguard requested the launch of the Exmouth RNLI volunteer crew and lifeboat to reports from a concerned member of the public about two individuals they believed were struggling on paddleboards in the River Exe.

• East Devon collects drinks cans weighing roughly ‘62 elephants’ each year

  Did you know that East Devon collects an impressive 250 tonnes of drinks cans each year? This weight is roughly equivalent to that of about 62 elephants!