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Devon’s talented food and drink scene was alive at Monday (2nd October) night’s 12th Food Drink Devon Awards. Over 444 individuals from the county’s finest food and drink producers, hospitality and catering businesses and speciality retailers celebrated in style at the esteemed awards’ ceremony, held at Sandy Park the home to Gallagher Premiership Rugby team, the Exeter Chiefs. During the evening Mike Palmer, Executive Chef at Two Bridges Hotel, Dartmoor was awarded the coveted title of ‘Chef of the Year’. The award acknowledges the explosion of talented chefs in the region who have been...

Councillor Neil Denton joined West Country housebuilder Devonshire Homes to celebrate the official opening of its latest North Devon site, Sun Houses.

As the Councillor for Fremington and Yelland, Councillor Denton cut the ceremonial ribbon at Devonshire Homes’ Yelland development off Allenstyle Road. Local businesses, Councillors, key stakeholders, and partners were all in attendance at the special reception where guests had the first opportunity to look around the brand-new show home.

The launch event gave attendees the perfect opportunity to witness Devonshire Homes’...

Exeter based IT specialists, Bluegrass Computer Services, has undergone a rebrand and company name change.

Four months ago, Dave and Chris Thomas completed the sale of Bluegrass to Modern Networks, a leading provider of IT and telecoms to the UK’s commercial property market and SMEs. The past four months have seen many exciting changes made at Bluegrass.

One such change is the name change from Bluegrass to Modern Networks. It marks a significant milestone in the company’s evolution. The comprehensive transformation encompasses a new logo and visual identity and is set to...

Communities across Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly are being urged to come forward and report any drug-related activity to help build an intelligence-rich picture as part of a regional campaign to disrupt county lines gangs.

The Operation Scorpion intensification campaign will be taking place across the South West, with exact locations and timings being withheld.

Op Scorpion, now in its sixth iteration since inception, harnesses the collective powers of the region to disrupt drug-related crime and ensure young people and their families are warned about the...