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Police are appealing for information following a burglary at a business premises in Woodbury Salterton. The incident occurred sometime overnight between Wednesday 20 August and Thursday 21 August at the premises of Raceworld, located at Greendale Business Park, in Woodbury Salterton. The offenders entered the premises by forcing the shutter doors and once inside stole valuable Go karts including seven Rimo Evo 6 Go Karts (pictured) valued at £5,000 each, and two Statos Karts, one Pro model (pictured) and one Cadet model valued at £1,500 each. Police believe that the offenders may have used...

The Time to Change funded Double Elephant project based in Exeter has received support from acclaimed artist David Shrigley.

The mental health project aims to tackle the stigma that surrounds mental illness by engaging communities across Devon in print making whilst starting a conversation about mental health.

Artist Shrigley has generously allowed some examples of his drawings to be used by The Conversation Station which uses printmaking with thought provoking and humorous slogans to initiate conversations about mental health. Visitors to the Conversation Station will be...

Stagecoach South West pledged its support for a team of super fit staff who are cycling from Land’s End to John O’Groats (LEJOG) to raise money for charity, yesterday (19 August).

The trio - comprised of Jeff Hiscoke, Clive Gillman and Andrew Bradford - left Land’s End on 17 August and are aiming to complete the 1048 miles in just 17 days, arriving in John O’Groats on 2 September. They are using state-of-the-art tracking equipment that will enable supporters, friends and family to monitor their progress, during which they will be covering up to 90 miles in a single day.

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In an effort to minimise disruption during the summer season, project managers for Seaton Jurassic, the new visitor centre, have re-jigged the programme slightly to allow the road reconfiguration to take place alongside the site set-up.

This means the car park on The Underfleet can stay open throughout the main summer period This has been achieved without any change to the completion date which is still expected to be summer 2015 with a 'soft opening' in the autumn.

Cllr Ian Thomas, East Devon District Council's cabinet member for economy, said: "We've tried to be as...