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Zoo keepers at Living Coasts in Torquay are teaching a tiny seal pup how to swim.

She had to be hand reared because her mother Grace was unable to produce milk. Now, keeper Libor Mach has taken to the water to give her swimming lessons.

But how do you teach a seal pup to swim? Living Coasts’ Clare Rugg explained: “In the wild the mother would simply take them into the water and keep them afloat until they got the hang of it. So we have to do pretty much the same!

“She has a natural instinct but needs Libor, her surrogate mother, for confidence. She can’t get in or...

As Green Party members join campaigners at railway stations today calling for public ownership of rail, the Party have slammed a report by Network Rail which concludes that all investment options for creating a resilient railways network in the South West are ‘poor value for money’. Greens say it is the private franchise system that offers poor value for money, both to rail passengers and tax payers, not investment in the region’s railways. The West of Exeter Route Resilience Study by Network Rail followed an eight week shutdown of the railways west of Exeter due to severe storm damage at...

Exeter's Unexpected 2014 Festival, running 29-31 Aug, brings some of the UK's most explosive street theatre and circus shows to the open-air streets, cultural venues and public spaces of Exeter in an extraordinary three days of family festival fun to end the summer holidays. Best of all, almost the entire programme is free and unticketed – meaning families can enjoy all the fun at their leisure, on what promises to be the most exciting Exeter weekend of the summer. Returning after Exeter City Council's huge success producing Unexpected 2013 - the Festival's stunning debut, this major 2014...

St Thomas Cricket and Sports Club in Marsh Barton is reaping the rewards of a new 12kw solar installation that could slash the clubs electricity bills by up to 50%.

The club, which is now run as an event, conference and function venue, decided to go ahead with the 48 panel installation after the club manager cut his own electricity bills by 20% following the installation of solar panels on the roof of his own home.

Cricket Club Managers Mike and Sue Evans had panels installed on their home in Exeter by MIG Renewable Technologies just over a year ago and have so far received...