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The 20th anniversary of Devon County Council’s Community Transport Awards was celebrated last night (Thursday 18 July) – with 12 awards presented in recognition of outstanding contributions in local communities.

The annual awards ceremony, organised by Devon County Council and sponsored by local printers Pollards, honours the dedicated staff and volunteers who help deliver Devon’s essential community transport services.

The top accolade of Community Transport Volunteer of the Year was awarded to Steve Manchip, of the Coleridge Bus, which is based in the Kingsbridge area. He...

A new campaign has been launched to encourage landowners with ash trees on their property to inspect them for Ash dieback.

Devon County Council’s “My tree, my responsibility” campaign, supported by the Devon Ash Dieback Resilience Forum, aims to inform owners of trees to look out for signs of the fungal tree disease and to take any appropriate action in order to maintain public safety.

More than 90% of Devon’s native ash trees are expected to be lost due to Ash dieback in the next five to 15 years.

Across the county there are around 448,000 ash trees within falling...

Stagecoach South West and The Devon General Society commemorated 100 years of bus travel with two historic buses and a modern Stagecoach South West bus recreating the original Service 2 route from Exeter to Torquay.

The journey, on one of the county’s oldest bus routes, took place on Thursday 18 July as part of a year of events celebrating the centenary of bus travel in Devon.

Two preserved Devon General buses and a modern Stagecoach South West bus, with special livery to mark the centenary, took part in the spectacle. Passengers onboard included representatives from...

A MAN who impressed three of the judges in Series 13 of the ITV talent show “Britain's Got Talent” - but failed to impress Simon Cowell so much that he became irritated and stormed off - will perform the official opening of the 42nd Dartmoor Folk Festival on Saturday, August 10.

Roger Butler, aka Chucklefoot, a traditional one man band and who is well-known across the folk scene, performed an original song in his audition on the television show.

Roger, who was 73 at the time of his tv audition, performed an original song, with the refrain "don't give Granny any whisky at...