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A cutting-edge Ambulance Special Operations Centre in Exeter (ASOC West) will be officially opened on Monday 16th February 2015 by a very special visitor. HRH The Princess Royal will be in attendance and welcomed by a host of dignitaries.

The innovative new ASOC is part of the impressive £210 million SkyPark scheme, and is the base for the Trust’s Hazardous Area Response Team (HART). There are two well established HART teams across the area served by SWASFT; one in Bristol and one in Exeter. This base for the Exeter team was chosen owing to its location, its proximity to the M5 and...

A new music project based in Axminster aims to strike a chord with young people from across East Devon by offering free music making sessions.

Soundwaves is for young people aged 11 to 19 who play an instrument, DJ, or sing – or would like to.

“We welcome everybody, whatever their level of musical experience, style or interest,” says professional musician Pete Wild, Soundwaves’ music leader. “We are keen to work with everybody – from very experienced musicians to those who have not had opportunities to play an instrument, but feel they would like to have a go in a relaxed,...

For the first time visitors to Knightshayes, near Tiverton, will have the opportunity to see the estate all year round, providing an insight into the National Trust’s ongoing work behind the scenes to care for the historic houses and landscape.

Visiting in the winter months, a time when the house and estate would usually have been closed, the public will enter via the East Wing, once a private flat and previously unseen part of the house. Once inside, they will be given access to the conservation stores and workshops used by the house team, giving them to chance to learn all about...

More properties are coming on to the South West housing market, and stamp duty reform is continuing to provide a boost to sales volumes, according to the latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey.

In the South West, 28% more chartered surveyors have seen a rise in new instructions in January and 24% more respondents have reported a rise in new buyer enquiries. Price momentum, whilst positive, continues to moderate and surveyors expecting a relatively flat price picture over the next three months.

Despite a month in which mortgage approvals fell to their one of their lowest...