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After the exceptional rainfall and storms of last winter, the Environment Agency has completed a record number of repairs to flood and coastal defences across Devon and Cornwall and is urging communities to make sure they are ready if flooding happens this year.

As well as repairing flood defences, the Environment Agency has improved resilience to flood defences and in some areas, created new defence systems. This work means communities are now better protected.

Working around the clock with their partners and main contractor BMM (Bam Nuttall and Mott MacDonald), the...

Now in its fourth year, it is expected to be more popular than ever. Last year all 460 tickets for the event were snapped up in a week. This year, organisers expect them to go even faster.

TEDx is a programme of local, self-organised events licensed by TED and made possible by local volunteers who want to engage their communities. The organisers have brought together an inspiring range of speakers who will take the long view in their talks. “We aim to take the long view back into the past, and explore how it has shaped the world we now live in,” said Claire Kennedy, licensee &...

Devon and Cornwall Police has welcomed a new assessment from Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary which shows the Force is performing strongly and serving communities to a high level.

The HMIC’s first Police Effectiveness, Efficiency and Legitimacy, (PEEL), report is overwhelmingly positive and singles out the Force as performing well in terms of reducing crime, achieving efficiency savings and operating with integrity.

It rates the Force as ‘Good’ in all areas assessed with further praise for preventing reoffending, tackling anti-social behaviour, secure financial...

Staff at Otter Nurseries were delighted to learn that readers of Primary Times have voted the garden centre’s grotto as the best place to celebrate Christmas with Santa in Devon.

Over the last few months families from across Devon have been voting en mass in the magazine’s highly regarded Reader Star Awards, designed to recognise favourable, local family friendly places and people.

Otter Nurseries Managing Director, Jacqui Taylor said: “We are over the moon to be chosen by the readers of Primary Times as the winners in their new Christmas/Santa Event category.

“Each...