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A festival which pulls science out of the lab and into the pub is coming to Exeter for the first time.

Pint of Science is a national hit, and now a local event is being organised by scientists at the University of Exeter who want to ensure some of the institution’s world-class research is publically accessible in a fun and informal environment.

Everyone is welcome to attend the evening sessions, held in some of the city’s best-loved pubs between May 18 and 20. As well as hearing first-hand about a wide range of cutting-edge research over a drink, the events will offer...

Thousands of young people will set off on the 2015 Ten Tors Challenge this weekend (9 and 10 May), spending two days in small self-sufficient teams walking through some of the most stunning scenery Dartmoor has to offer.

Dartmoor National Park Authority has been working closely with the Army and provided training to team managers to ensure that the event has minimum impact on the fabric of the moor and its wildlife.

In 2013 the National Park introduced the £ for the Park initiative whereby those taking part in organised events on the moor are invited to make a donation...

East Devon District Council has started making preparations to release documents containing background information about the proposed move of the council’s offices away from Knowle.

This follows a ruling by an appeal tribunal, calling on the council to divulge the information, but recognising the council's case that some sensitive words or passages should be blocked out – or ‘redacted’.

Whilst welcoming the tribunal’s recognition that there was some justification for withholding certain types of information, the council will, as instructed, now move to make public all six...

Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service are supporting Arson Awareness Week (May 3-9) by focusing on their Firesetter Intervention Programme aimed at young children who are drawn to lighting fires.

Our Firesetter Intervention Programme helps children and young people understand and control the feelings and circumstances that lead them to set fires.

Most children show a natural interest and curiosity in fire, even if they do not display any firesetting behaviour. Children may be fascinated by the glow from a real flame from when they blow out their birthday candles,...