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Devon Young Carers shine at the 2025 Young Carers Festival

Seventeen young carers from across Devon have enjoyed a well-deserved break from their caring responsibilities at the largest festival in the world dedicated to young people with unpaid caring roles.

It’s the 25th year that Devon Young Carers has attended the Young Carers Festival at YMCA Fairthorne Manor at Botley in Hampshire. Four dedicated staff members, one volunteer, and one inspiring Adult Young Carer accompanied them on a two-night adventure packed with connection, laughter, and discovery - a well-deserved break from their day-to-day caring roles at home.

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Help to scupper the scammers

Leading local advice charity Exeter Citizens Advice Bureau, working in partnership with Devon and Somerset Trading Standards (a joint service commissioned by Devon & Somerset County Councils), is calling on residents in Exeter to expose scams and help stop more people from falling prey to clever cons that fleece them of thousands of pounds.

Throughout Scams Awareness Month in July the campaign will be highlighting how scams continue to flourish when people stay silent. Figures show that less than 5% of victims report scams to the authorities, and Exeter Citizens Advice Bureau,...

Host families needed in Devon

A Devon-based work placement company is seeking host families for international trainees as it prepares for its busiest summer yet.

The Training Partnership (TTPL) is welcoming more than 240 trainees to the county in July, and another 300 from August to October, with a need for host families in Exeter, Torbay and across South Devon for this summer, autumn and beyond.

Host families are usually professional couples, or a family with children, or a single person, with a spare single or twin room.

Nadine Stroud, the company’s Business Development Manager, said: “Having...

Management changes at Flybe

Flybe today announced that Paul Simmons, Chief Commercial Officer, is to leave the company in mid-January 2016 to take up a role with Malaysian Airlines based in Kuala Lumpur. Following Paul's departure, Flybe will move to a new commercial organisational structure. The Chief Commercial Officer role will be split into two, with both new roles sitting on the Operating Board and reporting to CEO, Saad Hammad. The first role is to head Network Planning and Development, establishing this as a separate function. This is to ensure that as Flybe drives network expansion, new route investment...

Urgent appeal for organ donors

The number of people who donated organs has fallen for the first time in 11 years.

During 2014/15 more than 4,400 (4,431) people in the UK had their lives saved or improved by an organ transplant.

New statistics released today in the Organ Donation and Transplantation Activity Report 2014/15 shows the number of transplants has decreased from 4,655 in 2013/14 to 4,431 in 2014/15. This is a 5% decrease on last year and means that 224 fewer people received an organ transplant.

Of the transplants carried out, 1,092 were made possible by living donors who gave a kidney...

Will you Race For Life?

Women in Exeter are being urged to grab their last chance to enter Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life at Westpoint Exeter as there is just one week left until registration closes. Over 5000 women have already joined a ‘pink army’ ready to take on cancer in the 5k, 10k and Pretty Muddy events on 25 and 26 July, but there are still places left. One of those is inspirational mum Jess Gallaway whose world fell apart when she lost her brother Rhys to a brain tumour nine years ago. But every year the family do something special in memory of Rhys and pay tribute to the bubbly, carefree boy who...

Judi 'erased from BBC history'

Embarrassed BBC bosses appear to have ‘erased from history’ axed presenter Judi Spiers.

Just a month after she announced her last week on the station, two controversial Facebook postings seem to have been removed.

The first was a statement by BBC Radio Devon managing editor Mark Grinnell explaining his decision to drop the broadcasting star.

Another post, made by Judi and her team on the show’s last day, has also disappeared.

Observers believe it might be to do with the fact that both posts attracted more than 700, largely negative, comments.

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Old Malt Scoop Inn opens to acclaim

The people of Lapford turned up in their hundreds to welcome the new landlords of the Old Malt Scoop Inn when it re-opened for business.

The freehold of the historic pub has been acquired from Punch Taverns by Linda and Trevor Voaden and they have set about a comprehensive programme of renovation and refurbishment.

In just two weeks the couple have stripped the pub and created a very comfortable and contemporary environment while retaining many of the original features that remind you that the building is an historic Grade II listed property.

The ‘Scoop’ now boasts...

John Hart re-elected as SW voice

Devon County Council leader John Hart has been re-elected as the voice of the South West.

He was voted in unopposed as the chairman of South West Councils for a second two-year term.

The organisation represents all 41 county, unitary and district councils stretching from Cornwall to Gloucestershire and Wiltshire.

It also includes the local police and fire authorities as well as the national parks.

Mr Hart was unanimously re-elected as chairman at South West Councils’ annual meeting in Exeter.

He said: “It’s a tremendous privilege to have been re-...

Last few properties at Exmouth development

Award-winning independent developer C G Fry & Son Ltd., is to hold an open weekend on the 1st and 2nd August at their Hillcrest Development in the popular seaside town of Exmouth where visitors will be able to view the last few remaining properties for sale.

This includes the release of the four-bedroom detached show home with double garage and extras including curtains, light fittings and flooring, overlooking the central green, ready to move in to and on the market at £395,000.

C G Fry has a history of building individual homes throughout the West Country since 1920...

Generous donor funds shelter

It’s a big thank you from East Devon District Council to the extraordinary local resident whose outstandingly generous financial donation has resulted in the installation today of a new bus shelter for Sidmouth.

Residents waiting to catch their bus at Sidmouth Triangle will no longer be at the mercy of the elements, as the brand spanking new shelter – kindly donated by this caring and community minded person – has now been installed by East Devon District Council in place of an earlier version, which was destroyed by vandals.

Budget cutbacks meant that the council had no...

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Devon Young Carers shine at the 2025 Young Carers Festival

Help to scupper the scammers

Host families needed in Devon

Management changes at Flybe

Urgent appeal for organ donors

Will you Race For Life?

Judi 'erased from BBC history'

Old Malt Scoop Inn opens to acclaim

John Hart re-elected as SW voice

Last few properties at Exmouth development

Generous donor funds shelter

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