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Staff, volunteers and patients at the city’s hospice were celebrating after being awarded £2,000 from the E.ON Energy Action Fund towards the cost of replacement lighting throughout the building.

In a bid to improve its energy efficiency, charity Hospiscare has now begun fitting LED lighting in its day care and in-patient units, education facilities and staff offices. Hospiscare expects the new, high efficiency lighting to reduce its electricity use by more than 60%, with resulting savings to the charity of around £5,000 a year. The donation from E.ON covered the cost of improved...

Tails will be wagging at Ferne Animal Sanctuary thanks to a donation of more than £2,000 raised by East Devon District Council’s Environmental Health Team.

The Team has held a raffle on its stall at Honiton Show over the last two years and the money was raised through selling tickets. At this year’s show, more than 200 prizes were donated by local businesses across East Devon.

It was the fifth year in a row that the Team has taken part in the agricultural event and more than 1,000 people visited their stall which was promoting responsible dog ownership. Doggy goody bags...

Teignbridge has been crowned the winner for its pioneering work in self build at the annual Build It awards.

Teignbridge scooped the ‘Best Council for Self/Custom Builders’ accolade, pipping two other authorities to the post for the national title awarded by Build It awards in association with BuildStore.

The Build It Awards 2016, in association with BuildStore, celebrated all aspects of self build and renovation, including completed projects, services and suppliers. The awards brought together architects, manufacturers and key industry figures in recognition of innovation...

It was the conflict of a generation and one that many will never forget. On 2nd April 1982, Argentina invaded the Falklands Islands with the aim of recapturing them from Spain. Join us for An Evening with Simon Weston to hear about how the Falklands War changed his life forever, along with the lives of many of his comrades.

The Islands, which had been controlled by Great Britain for nearly 150 years, became a battle ground and the UK government were quick to defend both the Islands and its inhabitants.

What was to follow saw the deaths of 655 Argentinian Soldiers and 255...