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Earlier this week, the daughter of an RAF pilot who was killed in a flying accident in 1998 joined the RAF Benevolent Fund to celebrate the charity’s 100th anniversary. It marked the occasion by hosting an afternoon tea at the RAF Club followed by a reception at St James’s Palace hosted by the charity’s President, His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent. The charity brought together 10 generations of beneficiaries for a one-off photoshoot, including 25-year-old Natasha Haward, who comes from Honiton. Natasha’s father, Group Captain David Haward, died when she was just four years old. The RAF...

Plans by St Leonards Neighbourhood Association to maintain Mount Radford Lawn as a playing field were given a boost this week following a recommendation from the city council planning department to reject planning permission for housing on the site. After an application from local developer Burrington Estates to build seven luxury houses (including one with a basement cinema, gym and sauna) on the field in August, the planning department received over 200 letters of objection. The developer had hoped to win over the local community by retaining some of the site as landscaped parkland....

Cofton Holidays, the multi award-winning holiday park near Dawlish, South Devon, has been shortlisted in no-less than five categories in Devon’s most prestigious hospitality and tourism awards.

The family-run business is through to the final rounds of the Visit Devon Tourism Awards 2019, having been shortlisted for: Holiday Park of the Year; Self Catering Accommodation of the Year; Ethical, Responsible and Sustainable Tourism business of the year; Dog Friendly Business of the Year, and Café and Tea Room of the Year.

Now in its 10th year, the Visit Devon Awards saw a record...

It’s no secret that nature is facing threats. Habitat loss is one of the reasons for declining species numbers. East Devon District Council’s Wild Exmouth team are working with the local community to increase space for nature, creating new homes for insects, birds and wildlife.

The Heritage Fund and local councils have funded My Patch for Nature in Exmouth, to help local people to make a change for nature in their gardens, allotments, or even window boxes.

From creating access for hedgehogs to building a bee mansion, making a pond for frogs and newts to planting a window...