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Festive cheer has been brought to Ottery with a Christmas tree grown by Otter Garden Centres less than two miles from the town centre.

The tree was put up outside the library in Silver Street by a team from the garden centre just in time for the town’s late night Christmas shopping event.

As before, the tree donation was managed by Ottery resident Richard Coley with representatives from Otter joining him to help decorate and add the all-important fairy lights.

Otter Garden Centres Branch Manager John Giblin, who was on hand helping to hang the baubles, said: “We...

The illuminated polar bears that have appeared in Princesshay for the last four festive seasons have been donated to the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.

The bears, named Hope and Clarence, have now taken up residence outside of the RD&E after Princesshay donated them following a new lighting scheme being commissioned this year.

Wayne Pearce, Princesshay Centre Director said from Princesshay said: “The bears were very loved, so we really wanted them to stay in the city when we introduced our new Christmas lighting scheme. We hope they bring a little Christmas sparkle...

A tree planting demonstration will be carried out in the grounds of County Hall to mark National Tree Week (Saturday 23 November – Sunday 1 December) and support the Woodland Trust’s “Big Climate Fightback”.

Pupils from St Leonard’s Primary School and representatives from the Devon Youth Parliament will be helping to plant ten trees on Friday 29 November.

The aim is to promote tree planting to tackle climate change and also raise awareness of the importance of acting now to replace trees lost to Ash dieback and other diseases.

The trees being planted at County Hall...

RGB Building Supplies is delighted to launch The Big RGB Christmas Appeal in aid of Devon Air Ambulance Trust and is inviting customers and the community to donate a bag of good quality preloved items to the drop-off point in its Exeter branch. The bag of items will go on to be sold in the charity’s shops and help it continue to save hundreds of lives across Devon.

The Big RGB Christmas Appeal was officially launched on Monday 25th November when RGB mascot Archie Bee donated the first bag of items. Donations of clothing, shoes, books, DVDs and Blu Rays, toys, accessories, jewellery...