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More than £8 million extra will be spent on services in Devon next year.

County councillors have won an extra £8.4 million in rural support and other grants from Local Government Secretary Greg Clarke.

It made Devon County Council the fourth highest beneficiary in the country after robust lobbying from council leader John Hart and the county’s MPs.

At the authority’s annual budget meeting it was confirmed how the extra money will be allocated.

An extra £5 million will go into strengthening resilience in social care for elderly and vulnerable people as Devon’...

Online trolls are tricking people into completely breaking their iPhones.

Numerous tricks are circulating online that encourage people to switch their phone back to 1 January, 1970, and then restart it. But doing so confuses the phone and forces it to break, and it is only possible to bring it back by going to an Apple Store.

On its website, Apple says: "Manually changing the date to May 1970 or earlier can prevent your iOS device from turning on after a restart.

"An upcoming software update will prevent this issue from affecting iOS devices. If you have this issue...

Chagstock Festival organisers have confirmed that Rock N Roll & Songwriting Hall Of Famer, Donovan will headline Friday night on the festival’s 10th Anniversary this July.

Donovan is a legendary Scottish Poet, folk-rock & pop-troubadour who has been an essential part of worldwide popular culture since signing to Pye Records in 1965. Best known for his signature song, ‘Mellow Yellow’, Donovan has recorded more than 27 albums, and his 1967 hit, ’Sunshine Superman’ (featuring Jimmy Page on Guitar and John Paul Jones on Bass) was a US No.1 single.

Over the course of his...

Shaun Sawyer will remain as chief constable of Devon and Cornwall Police up to 2021. Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg is extending Mr Sawyer’s existing contract by three years. “Shaun Sawyer is an excellent chief constable,” said Mr Hogg. “During his tenure, recorded crime has continued to fall, despite a climate of unprecedented public sector cuts. “I am delighted that Shaun wants to stay and lead the continued transformation of policing in Devon and Cornwall. “His contract was passing a mutual break point and I felt it was in the public’s and the force’s interest for him to be...