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With Christmas over and 1st January fast approaching, many of you may be thinking about your New Year's resolutions.

Perhaps you would like to cut down on the fast food, or maybe even cut your spending.

Or perhaps you would like to make a resolution that will not only help others but will also give you that ulitmate feel good factor.

Farm Africa, a charity that works with farmers in Africa to help them produce food, has some great resolution suggestions that will benefit those in need.

Your New Year's resolution could be something as simple as hosting a...

Police investigating a spate of robberies in Axminster have released a CCTV image of a man they would like to speak to in connection with one of them.

Three robberies have taken place at commercial business premises over the last two weeks.

The CCTV relates to a robbery which occurred at around 6pm on Christmas Eve at the Prospect Garage filling station, Lyme Road, Axminster.

A man described as white, around 6ft, slim build with brown eyes. He was wearing a distinctive horizontally-striped jumper, horizontally-striped woollen hat and light-coloured scarf across his...

Devon County Council is re-organising the on-street parking service to reduce the costs of enforcement.

The County Council has been reviewing the structure of its Civil Parking Enforcement (CPE) over the past year in order to reduce the operating deficit in this part of the service.

Since the introduction of the CPE service, the District Councils have provided on-street enforcement under agreement with the County Council. A review of the service showed that significant costs savings could be made by re-organising the way the service is provided. As a result, notice was...

More than 22,000 people came to Christmas services and concerts at Exeter Cathedral over the Christmas period this year.

There were more people at every service this year in the run up to Christmas, adding up to a 13 per cent rise on last year's attendances.

On Christmas Day, 1,450 people came to services, and more than a thousand came to lunchtime carols in the week before Christmas. The crib service on Christmas Eve attracted 600 people and children, and the evening service that day, known as the Grandisson, drew in 1,700 people to sing carols and hear all the choristers...