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Communities and organisations in south east Dartmoor are celebrating a successful bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and have been awarded a grant of nearly £2 million over the next five years, as part of a £3.8 million scheme of community heritage and conservation projects.

They have been working together over the last year as the Moor than meets the eye Landscape Partnership to show that there is indeed Moor than meets the eye to Dartmoor. They have developed the winning scheme of 28 integrated projects which will bring important benefits for Dartmoor's heritage. It will...

The Westcountry's leading combined heritage and leisure charity has appointed two new trustees to its Board.

Welcomed by fellow trustees at South West Lakes Trust's recent board meeting were Devon farmer and businessman, John Lee and Dinah Nichols, the former Director General Environment at DEFRA and Board member of Pennon Group who currently chairs the charity ‘Keep Britain Tidy'.

Chairman, Keith Bungay, said: "We are fortunate to have attracted the commitment of two very experienced and extremely able non-executive directors and trustees. They bring additional skills to...

Flybe has returned to profits after a major shake up of the Exeter-based business.

The airline reported pre-tax profits of £8.1m in the year to the end of March, up from a £41.1m pre-tax loss in the previous year. Total revunue rose 11pc to £868.4m.

Saad Hammad, the chief executive officer, who was brought in to turn the business around after a number of profit warnings said: "2013/14 marks the rebirth of Flybe ... The return to profitability is a great step forwards.

"We have made a good start to FY15, in line with our expectations... We are moving to build on our...

Local charity, Exeter Citizens Advice Bureau, has said the route to more competition in the payday loans market is for banks to offer responsible alternatives.

Provisional findings from the Competition and Markets Authority has found payday loan customers could be paying £5 to £10 more per loan due to lack of competition.

Steve Barriball, Exeter Citizens Advice Bureau Chief Executive, said: “People are paying over the odds for payday loans that often sentence customers to years-worth of expensive debt. Borrowers are left with deep financial problems after what was supposed...