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Plans to change the funding arrangements for school crossing patrols will be considered by Devon County Council’s Cabinet next week (Wednesday 14 January).

The authority is facing a £50 million reduction in its funding in the next financial year and, as part of that, it is looking to reduce its school crossing patrol budget by around £100,000 per year in the next two financial years.

Councillors are being asked to approve the criteria that determines whether an existing school crossing patrol qualifies for funding from the County Council. They are also being asked to...

Answer: Woodbury Common... after two troops of Royal Marine recruits scoured the area picking up litter.

Recruits based at the Royal Marines’ Commando Training Centre at nearby Lympstone regularly use the commons for military exercises. The land is also visited by thousands of people daily for recreational reasons, such as running or dog-walking.

And that means that over time a fair amount of rubbish is generated.

So, armed with plastic bags alongside their SA80 rifles, the recruits, working in conjunction with landowners Clinton Devon Estates, conducted a sweep of...

Police have released an E-Fit of a man they are seeking in connection with public decency offences in Newton Abbot.

Officers are investigating two incidents where the man has exposed himself to women and carried out an act of public indecency.

Both offences happened in Brunel Road and within a week of each other.

In the first incident around 5.45pm on Wednesday 17 December, a woman in her 40s was walking along the road when she saw a man in the grounds of Forde House exposing himself. As she walked by he made a comment to her, but she continued on walking.

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A couple from Cullompton are in an ‘excited panic’ after winning an £8,000 dream wedding - thanks to Mercure Southgate and Radio Exe.

Carla Pillivant and Toby Rowland have been together for two years and got engaged in June when he popped the question on the beach at sunset.

They are now planning a luxury wedding celebration at the top Exeter hotel in Southernhay after beating more than 30 other couples to the prize.

Carla said: “We are so excited to have won. The most I have ever won until now is £20 on a scratch card so this is just incredible. The panic is on...