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At first glance the small cluster of wooden houses, sat next to a dirt road under the dappled shade of lychee and mango trees, in the rural community of Belavenoky, looks like any other you might find in south east Madagascar.

Look a little closer however and you notice their palm thatched roofs are draped in a series of slanted tarpaulin sheets and there are blue tanks by their walls.

These houses are part of a project called Tatirano (meaning ‘to collect water’ in Malagasy), set up by engineer Harry Chaplin, which is hoping to expand its clean drinking water project to...

Wellbeing Exeter is a partnership of public, voluntary and community sector organisations who have come together to explore better ways of supporting the 40% of patients who visit their GP with socially based rather than medical problems.

Gina Awad said “Wellbeing Exeter is a vital collaboration of sectors in the city and with the essential integration of Social prescribing at the core it felt like a natural progression for them to join us as a member of the alliance.

"First steps was to deliver a Dementia Friends session, an Alzheimer’s Society initiative for the Community...

This is a vampire crab. With its purple body, orange pincers and piercing pale eyes, it’s a nightmarish vision. And a crab that’s also a vampire? Days out at the beach will never be the same…

You may not have heard of a vampire crab, though it’s a species popular with aquarists – in fact, illegal over-collection for the pet trade is a real threat to the species.

As alarming as it looks, this amazing photo, taken by Paignton Zoo photographer Eleanor Stobbart, betrays the true size of this tiny crab. It’s found in India, South East Asia and the islands of the Pacific. The...

Essential resurfacing work will be carried out in the centre of Bradninch from the end of February.

A number of roads will be closed throughout the scheme, which is expected to take around five weeks.

From Monday 25 February until Friday 15 March, preparatory work will get underway in Millway and then followed by Fore Street.

The main work in the scheme will be carried out from Monday 18 March, again starting in Millway, and then moving on to High Street, Fore Street, and then part of Cullompton Hill.

The roads will undergo separate closures during weekdays...