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Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park will hear the jingling of bells this Christmas when Santa, Rudolph and his helpers fly in to visit the park throughout December.

Guests are invited to join Santa in his warm and cosy grotto for Santa’s Interactive Story Time and hear magical tales of his festive adventures. Younger guests will also get the chance to meet Santa himself and find out who’s been naughty or nice. A gift will be given to all who visit Santa in his grotto to take home.

Santa, Rudolph and his helpers will be appearing at Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park on 6th...

How do you learn how to be a good gorilla? You go to gorilla school, of course.

And 12-year-old Kivu is earning top marks when it comes to sitting in a barrel.

He was photographed at Paignton Zoo Environmental Park in Devon by Curator of Mammals Neil Bemment.

“I’m not sure if he was being Father Christmas coming down the chimney, but he certainly seemed to be enjoying himself,” said Neil.

Top zoos provide animals with what is known as environmental enrichment, scientifically designed to help keep them stimulated mentally and physically. Enrichment can range...

A new study published today by Travelodge into the nation’s regional dialects has found that the West Country accent is the nation’s third favourite, but that Britons are totally clueless when it comes to identifying British dialects.

Despite nearly half (48%) of adults reporting that regional dialects are a unique part of Britain’s heritage, the survey found that in many cases we are better at understanding foreign languages than our own dialects. The study of 2,000 British adults investigated the nation’s knowledge of regional dialects and revealed that Britons travelling within...

Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg has today (Thursday 20 November) published the findings of a review, undertaken by his office, into Devon and Cornwall’s Police 101 non-emergency service.

The main findings of the report are:

• Calls are answered promptly at the switchboard and within times that are consistent with other forces, or equivalent non-emergency contact services;
• However, the average waiting time to speak with someone that can handle the callers query is over six minutes;
• Half of all callers wait over 10 minutes and one in five
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