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The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, this week visited Exeter’s centre of excellence in healthcare innovation, where he announced a new £150 million investment into technologies to revolutionise research into disease.

Mr Osborne revealed that £1.6 million of the Medical Research Council (MRC) cash pot will come to the University of Exeter Medical School, to fund a state-of-the-art facility that will unlock some of the hidden secrets of the genome. It is part of an overall investment by the partnership led by the MRC which totals £230 million.

As well as the...

Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education has received £2,220 to fund new equipment for its Sensory Pod to support students’ physical and emotional development needs.

The donation was provided by the Santander Foundation, which offers grants to UK registered charities for projects that help disadvantaged people in local communities.

The much needed equipment includes a touch activated bubble tube, a UV lamp, soft play items and a play tunnel. The donation supports the work of the Deaf Academy’s Occupational Therapy Team who are already starting to see positive results as the...

Police in Newton Abbot are appealing for information following the "unusual" theft of a complete garden shed.

The incident happened sometime between Friday 17 October and Tuesday 22 October, at an unoccupied house in Oliver Place, Heathfield, Newton Abbot. The shed was removed from the rear garden. The contents were left behind.

Acting Detective Sergeant Shane Robertson of Newton Abbot CID said: “This is a very unusual crime and I believe that someone local would have seen the removal of the shed.” Anyone who has any information regarding this crime is asked to contact e...

Private housing and private commercial construction activity fuelled a record workload in Q3 2014, according to the RICS UK Construction Market Survey – the highest recorded since 1994.

In the region, construction activity in private housing, private commercial and private industrial remain high despite the skills shortage and 39% more chartered surveyors are reporting a rise in activity (up from a net balance of 35% in August). In the region 48% of respondents cited a lack of quantity surveyors, while 41% cited a shortage of other construction professionals and 47% citing a...