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Local parents and friends have raised £5,000 for Honeylands Specialist Child Assessment Centre in Exeter. Fellow parents and friends of Charlie Palmer have raised £5,000 by supporting her in the Tris Tri Challenge – a 750m swim at Exmouth pool followed by a 20km cycle and a 5km run.

Charlie undertook the challenge to raise money for Honeylands Centre and the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital where her son Tristan has received treatment for cerebral palsy and visual impairment. One year after he was diagnosed Charlie decided she wanted to acknowledge the support she and her family...

Firefighters were called to a report of smoke coming from a house in Durham close in Exmouth. Initially 2 local crews from Exmouth were sent to this incident but when they arrived they found the ground floor of the property engulfed in flames and called for further support. Crews got to work fighting the fire using 2 sets of breathing apparatus and a hose reel jet awaiting the arrival of the third appliance. Due to further crew power being needed a further fire engine was requested making the total up to 4 fire engines - the last one being sent from Budleigh Salterton. An Ambulance was...

The Exeter headquarters of South West Water is being powered by green energy.

Work to install hundreds of solar panels on the roof of Peninsula House, Rydon Lane, started in August and was completed this month.

The 860 panels, each measuring 1,650mm by 941mm, are capable of producing 210,000kWh of electricity each year – more than 10% of the building’s annual electricity use – all of which will be used on site.

The scheme is part of South West Water’s ongoing commitment to increase its renewable energy generation. The company has already installed solar panels at...

Dawlish Leisure Centre's new health and fitness suite Gym & Tonic is open and ready to be used by gym-goers and fitness fanatics.

Gym & Tonic has a range of equipment including free weights, treadmills, cross trainers, rowers, adjustable benches, a lat pull-down machine, weighted bars, medicine balls, dumbbells and floor space for small exercise classes.

Teignbridge District Council, which owns the busy leisure centre, officially opened the new suite on Saturday 16 November. The ribbon was cut by Teignbridge District Council Chairman Cllr Rosalind Prowse and...