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Stagecoach South West has paid tribute to the country’s bus and coach workers, as it joins the industry today to mark Bus and Coach Worker Support Day in recognising the thousands of people involved in keeping key bus services running during the Covd-19 pandemic.

Stagecoach South West has joined forces with the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) and government to publicly thank all of the country’s bus and coach workers for continuing to run essential services.

As part of the support day, members of the public are encouraged to share messages of thanks for bus...

The organisation that supervises low and medium risk offenders in Dorset, Devon and Cornwall launched this week a new telephone helpline for people on probation worried about the impact of coronavirus (Covid-19) on areas of their life such as finances, housing and mental health.

KSS CRC set up the advice line for the 4,200 people it supervises in the region to signpost them to services quickly as their circumstances change as a result of the pandemic. It is hoped that by intervening early to offer help, probation workers can ease the pandemic’s impact on areas of offenders’ lives...

Doom and gloom might be everywhere at present, but there are green shoots beginning to sprout across the commercial South West - if you know how and where to look for them.

The organisation Food Drink Devon has launched a campaign through which its members can voice concerns and woes during the coronavirus lockdown - and the latest survey shows how many businesses are able to adapt and even develop going into the future, thanks to inventiveness and agility.

The first question in the Devon Speaks Up campaign’s latest fact-finding mission asks if business owners believe...

A Devon-based charity is providing a lifeline for vulnerable adults with a brain injury during the covid-19 pandemic through remote support.

Some of the community’s most isolated members were left with nowhere to turn as lockdown commenced and they were cut off from their family, friends and the outside world.

Thankfully, brain injury charity Headway Devon stepped in to ensure brain injury survivors in the local area were properly supported.

Headway Devon, based on Commercial Road, Exeter, has been working to improve life after brain injury for survivors and...