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When the country went into lockdown earlier this year due to COVID-19, many of us struggled to maintain our active lifestyles. However, lockdown was no match for one resident at McCarthy and Stone’s Pinnoc Mews Retirement Living development in Exeter, who managed to continue living life to the full.

Eric Robertson, 79, has always enjoyed being active thanks to the 35 years he spent in the Air Force. On his 77th birthday, Eric decided to challenge himself, so began recording his daily step count on a pace counter as he wanted to prove that he wasn’t going to let his age rule his...

Emergency volunteer doctors working to keep people in Devon safe are ready for the winter months after funding has allowed them to purchase specialist head torches to carry out vital, and often lifesaving, procedures.

BASICS Devon, which provides pre-hospital emergency medical care through its network of volunteer emergency doctors, has purchased the equipment after receiving £5,000 from Wales & West Utilities Safe & Warm Fund.

With a network of 14 volunteer doctors responding to medical emergencies across the county, the winter months can be challenging due to...

Tesco is expanding its food donation programme to help Devon families eat more fresh fruit and vegetables over the winter. From 16 November, the supermarket will give any of the 500,000 families who use the weekly Healthy Start vouchers a £1 coupon to spend on fresh and frozen fruit and vegetables. Every time a customer hands over their vouchers at the checkout, they will automatically receive the money-off coupon to redeem off their next shop.

Marcus Rashford’s Child Poverty Task Force, of which Tesco is a member, is currently pressing the government to increase the value of the...

South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) has begun a new partnership with fire services in the region to boost its Covid-19 emergency response this winter. The mutual aid project, which first ran from April to August, will see fire personnel from Cornwall, Devon & Somerset, Avon and Gloucestershire fire and rescue services supporting the Trust from Sunday 1 November for four months. Under the agreement, firefighters will support ambulance crews by driving vehicles and work alongside clinicians to provide care and assistance to patients. The initiative is part of a...