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Communities say they are keen to work with Devon County Council to ensure their library service continues.

Towns and villages, which had feared a potential loss of their library services due to budget cuts, are saying that alternative solutions are achievable if people put their minds to it.

So far, more than two out of every three of the 2,500 people (67.7 per cent) responding to the council’s consultation agree with the proposals for their local library.

More than eight out of every 10 respondees agree that sharing library space with multiple services – the...

Devon Partnership NHS Trust has published the findings of a report into an allegation against Jimmy Savile.

The allegation, by Ms X, relates to a sexual offence that took place in 1970 at Digby Hospital in Exeter. The hospital closed in 1987.

Ms X contacted Devon and Cornwall Constabulary as part of Operation Yewtree and the investigation has been conducted by Devon Partnership NHS Trust in its role as the current provider of mental health services for the county.

Commenting on the publication of the report, Melanie Walker, Chief Executive of Devon Partnership NHS...

A rare Exeter envelope sent to the city by an officer serving in the Crimean War has been uncovered by stamp and postal history specialists Scotia Philately Ltd.

The letter is addressed to Mrs W. D. Francis, 41 St Bartholomew Yard, Exeter, and is written by her husband, a British officer serving with the Turkish contingent at Pera on the European side of the Bosphorus in Turkey.

It is franked with three 1d red-brown British stamps which are cancelled by the very rare “O*O” postmark which was only used on mail from Crimea.

The letter is today worth £550. The key to...

The new Bishop of Exeter began his prayer pilgrimage around the county in Plymouth this week, with a visit to St Aubyn Church, which also houses Devonport library and a café.

The Rt Revd Robert Atwell is to be installed as the 71st Bishop of Exeter on 5 July at the Cathedral, and everyone is welcome to the service by 2pm. He is spending the days before the installation getting to know the diocese, listening to people’s concerns and offering to pray for them.

The café at St Aubyn’s is run by the social enterprise company, Trading Routes, which supports community projects...