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Scouts in the Cullompton area have a new long term home thanks to the work of five star housebuilder Barratt Homes.

Apprentices from the housebuilder, which this year celebrates its 60th anniversary, have built a brand new community hub for the scouts with the Cullompton Scout Centre officially handed over to the group at a recent opening ceremony.

And the new residents were full of praise for the new facility which can accommodate all 60 members of the group and has room for them to expand in the future.

Scout leaders James Buczkowski and Sarah Wyatt said they were...

Conservationists in Torquay have turned marine waste into thought-provoking art.

A new installation at Living Coasts, Torquay’s coastal zoo and aquarium, combines education, plastic waste and inspirational creativity. And for zoo artist Jackie Kidd, the task has turned into an obsession - and a new hobby. Jackie collected rubbish on beaches for 6 weeks to make the work. And she found beauty in the piles of coloured plastic waste: “It has been an interesting and wonderfully colourful project, one which I hope will inspire others to collect, create and recycle for the future of our...

South Devon’s multi-award winning holiday park, Cofton Holidays, has unveiled five newly re-furbished holiday apartments for 2018.

Located near the pretty coastline at Dawlish Warren, the apartments have received a makeover from interior designer Julie Jeffery. They also received the approval of Anne Marie Morris, Member of Parliament for Newton Abbot, who was the first to be given a tour of the collection, which includes five high-end apartments within the impressive Georgian Eastdon House. With two and three bedroom apartments available, guests can enjoy both space and luxury...

A new greener, stronger and more durable concrete that is made using the wonder-material graphene could revolutionise the construction industry.

Experts from the University of Exeter have developed a pioneering new technique that uses nanoengineering technology to incorporate graphene into traditional concrete production.

The new composite material, which is more than twice as strong and four times more water resistant than existing concretes, can be used directly by the construction industry on building sites. All of the concrete samples tested are according to British and...