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Visit South Devon, the official tourism organisation for South Devon, has announced the winners of its 2018 South Devon Photograph Competition.

With a record breaking 570 entries (an increase of 1000% from 2017) from holiday makers, locals, professional and amateur photographers, this year has been tougher than ever.

The photographs had to capture the essence of South Devon that we all know and love and what the region has to offer. From the 570 entries, Visit South Devon faced the tough task of whittling those down to 25 images, which were then put out to public vote which...

Metal matters and it can be endlessly recycled in to new items from cars to kettles – that’s the message that children from two East Devon primary schools have been learning over the last few weeks as part of a district-wide campaign asking residents to recycle more metal.

East Devon District Council and its partners SUEZ recycling and recovery UK, are calling on households to recycle more of their drinks cans, food tins, deodorant cans, aluminium food trays, foil and metal jar and bottle lids in their green recycling sacks which are collected every week from the kerbside.

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Chemotherapy is now available in East Devon for the first time, thanks to funding from FORCE Cancer Charity.

Up until now, cancer patients have had to travel to Exeter for potentially life-saving treatment.

The new service is available to patients from across the East of the county every Friday between 9:30am and 3:30pm at Honiton Hospital.

Experienced nurses from the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital’s Cherrybrook chemotherapy unit will deliver the treatments.

FORCE launched regular support and information sessions for anyone affected by cancer at Honiton...

With research last year estimating that Brits are likely to spend around £320 million on Halloween, its popularity in the UK is growing at a frightful rate. Exeter is no exception – the city and its surroundings offer a monstrous array of spine-tingling experiences for all ages. 


Halloween has always been a kids’ favourite and Exeter has plenty of fearsome family fun to raise their spirits. Crealy Adventure Park features the Scarecrow Scare Maze, the Treehouse Trolls and some ghastly goings-on at the Creaky Hotel. With bewitching tales of wars and sieges, Exeter’s Underground...