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Devon Wildlife Trust (DWT) is running its popular annual National Mills Weekend event this Sunday (10 May). Cricklepit Mill, DWT’s headquarters and visitor centre on Exeter’s Quay is the last working watermill in the city. Visitors will be given the chance to see the historic mill in action and hear traditional mill songs from Exeter’s folk choir. The wildlife garden will be open and the flour that is milled will be available to buy. The free event will take place on Sunday 10 May from 10am until 2pm and is part of National Mills Weekend, the annual festival of the UK’s milling heritage....

A road safety campaign which was launched in Devon last year has been so successful, it's to have its own national awareness day.

The My Red Thumb campaign, hit the headlines last May as a multi-agency road safety campaign designed to raise awareness of the risks of distraction specifically associated with using a mobile phone while driving.

The aim of the campaign was to reach as many road users as possible through the use of social media and to use behavioural change techniques to encourage people to change their habits.

National My Red Thumb day will take place...

Exeter Deaf Academy students will be out in force in Exeter City Centre tomorrow (Thursday 7 May) as part of National Deaf Awareness Week (4–10 May).

This year’s theme is ‘Connect and Communicate’ and the Deaf Academy’s students would love to meet more of the local community to help raise awareness of deafness and the Deaf Academy.

From 9.30am-12.30pm a group of Deaf Academy’s School students will be ready and waiting in Bedford Square to deliver Deaf Awareness sessions and also on hand to teach members of the public how to sign their names in British Sign Language (BSL...