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National housebuilder Redrow Homes has sponsored Okehampton Roundtable’s drive-by Christmas Sleigh for the second year running.

The annual and much-loved Christmas Sleigh drive-by will take place throughout December, 7pm-7:30pm weekdays and 4pm-7:30pm at weekends, in Okehampton and the local area.

The Okehampton Roundtable has supported the Okehampton community throughout the pandemic, Throughout the summer Roundtable members were out visiting Sticklepath, North Tawton, Hatherleigh and Okehampton to collect food donations for Okehampton Foodbank.

In July, the...

The winner of a photography competition has donated his prize of a tree to a popular city park.

Generous Paul Osborne didn’t have room in his own garden so instead allowed the tree to be planted in Heavitree Pleasure Ground.

The park is one of Paul’s favourite haunts and the location for his winning photograph – a stunning image of a blue sky above a group of oak trees.

Paul’s image caught the eyes of judges in the City Council’s tree photography competition.

The Council asked people to take a picture of their favourite tree in the city as part of...

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Proud to Care Devon has successfully secured £3.45million of European funding to help Devon’s health and care workers develop new skills and to encourage others to join the profession. The money was awarded by the European Social Fund, and follows a successful bid by Devon County Council in a partnership with Torbay Council, Plymouth City Council, Devon’s NHS trusts and education and training providers.

The funding will be used to develop an ‘accelerator’ programme, which will assist care and health workers with their training and development and to remove some of the barriers...