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The Mayor of Ilfracombe joined representatives from Devonshire Homes, Lloyds Bank, and the Housing Growth Partnership (HGP) at an official turf cutting ceremony in Ilfracombe to mark the start of works on a significant new homes scheme for the area.

Cllr Dan Turton donned a hard hat and hi-vis jacket alongside Managing Director of Devonshire Homes, Angus Cook, Construction Director Paul Coombes, Sales and Marketing Director Jane Pearce, Sales Manager Sarah Hall, Lloyds Bank representatives Rebecca Wicks and Paul Collings and Investment Director at HGP Arnaud de Blay to cut the...

As the winter months loom on the horizon, many people in Devon are concerned about how they will meet their energy bills as the cost of living crisis continues to bite.

Citizens Advice is launching a new campaign to encourage take-up of the Energy Relief Scheme, which can provide up to £100 towards meeting energy bills for those struggling to pay their supplier.

Citizens Advice Exeter Chief Executive, Sue Julyan, said: “Last year, local Citizens Advice offices across Devon helped thousands of people with emergency funds through the fuel voucher scheme, and this year, the...

The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (Royal Devon) has ranked joint second nationally for inpatient satisfaction, alongside three other acute and general combined NHS Trusts.

The findings come from the latest Care Quality Commission (CQC) inpatient survey, which asked patients to say what they thought about their stay in hospital in 2022. The Royal Devon scored above the average score for all Trusts for 47 of the 51 questions.

The survey results reveal that patients at the Royal Devon found their experience of the ward they were staying on to be ‘...

This autumn Killerton, near Exeter, will be running a drop -in workshop to offer advice and tips to people wanting to look after and repair treasured clothing, or wanting to reduce, reuse or recycle fashion.

The workshop connects to the theme of this year’s fashion collection, ‘Thirsty for Fashion’ at the National Trust property which looks at cyclical fashion through the ages and the impact of ‘fast fashion’ today.

On Saturday 30 September, from 11-4pm, join Molly from Darn Good Studios and Cat from Mend Assembly, who can demonstrate a wide range of skills and answer...