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South Devon’s multi award-winning holiday park, Cofton Holidays, has officially opened a brand new, state-of-the-art scooter, BMX and skateboard pump track to help promote health, fitness and fun among visitors to the park, year-round.

Designed and officially opened by Devon-based Kye Forte, former European King of the Dirt title holder, the new figure-of-eight tarmac pump track consists of a continuous loop of banked turns, rollers and jumps that enables users to generate speed with little or no pedalling.

Kye, noted for his whips, flips, 360s and for getting huge air -...

DCW Polymers, the South West’s only specialist plastics recycling and reprocessing plant, has raised £3,101.68 for local charities by recycling plastic tubs and bottle tops donated by the general public.

The funds, which have been split equally between Dartmoor Zoological Society and Life Chance Trust, were raised through DCW Polymers’ Recycle & Raise initiative. The appeal asked the general public to donate plastic tubs and bottle tops for recycling which DCW Polymers has shredded into granules.

The granules have been used in the manufacturing of DCW’s recycled plastic...

Home Instead Exeter & East Devon, a local award-winning home care provider, have extended their pledge to support present and future team members by becoming a ‘Disability Confident’ employer.

The Company provide care and companionship services to local residents, enabling them to live independently at home, and are the only home care provider in the southwest to have achieved a CQC rating of Outstanding in all areas of inspection by the regulating body.

This latest commitment will see the Company support current employees and those applying for a role with Home...

University of Exeter research on the impact of digital access and artificial intelligence in healthcare has been showcased to MPs and peers in Parliament.

Technology is increasingly being used to transform the treatment of disease and illness. But these tools don’t reach people equally, and those in rural areas, the elderly and poorer communities are not as likely to have access to them.

Robin Pierce, Professor of AI and the Law at the University of Exeter Law School, is investigating the implications of the digital divide for health outcomes, now and in the future. She...