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Local MPs Hugo Swire and Neil Parish, together with around one hundred representatives of voluntary organisations and community groups attended East Devon District Council’s annual ‘Working Together for the Future of East Devon’ event held at Knowle, Sidmouth on Friday 9 October 2015.

Councillor Jill Elson, East Devon District Council’s Cabinet Member for Sustainable Homes and Communities, who is responsible for organising this occasion, said she was delighted with the high level of attendance from voluntary organisations, community groups and town and parish councils who turned...

Rail enthusiasts now have better access to one of the largest collections of railway resources in the country thanks to Devon County Council’s Library Service and the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).

Devon Libraries received a £50,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to improve access to their Railway Studies Collection which is housed at the Passmore Edwards Centre in Newton Abbot.

An essential resource for anyone interested in Britain’s railways, it boasts over 25,000 books, pamphlets, maps, periodicals and timetables and almost 60,000 images.

New signage designed...

Commuters on an early evening London Paddington to Exeter St David’s train were treated to a surprise series of mini concerts in each of the coaches.

Three of the UK’s top woodwind players entertained train travellers on the GWR service with a varied selection of works to publicise the Two Moors Festival which begins on Thursday (October 15).

The players, Jordan Black on clarinet, Holly Melia on flute and Jonathan Davies on bassoon, (pictured above) performed a selection of Mozart, a rendition of Danny Boy, Samba Alla Turca and even delivered a Charleston with gusto....

Council leader Councilor John Hart says that if the authority had more power and a fairer funding deal from Whitehall, it could better tackle youth employment, low pay and deprivation in the county.

Cllr Hart’s comments follow the release of the English Indices of Deprivation Report 2015 by the Department for Communities and Local Government.

The report measures relative levels of deprivation in 32,844 neighbourhoods in England, cross referencing income, employment, education and skills, health and disability, crime, barriers to housing and services and environment....