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East Devon District Council's Countryside team and the Holyford Woodland Trust prepare for the annual Bluebell Day at Holyford Woods on Monday 1 May.

With this year’s Bluebell Day falling on May Day Bank Holiday the annual event is set to be as popular as ever!

For those wanting to make the most of the day, there is a free Dawn Chorus Walk at 6am starting from the Seaton Down Hill picnic site, opposite the Seaton Tower Garage. The walk, led by experienced bird-watcher, Donald Campbell, will help participants to identify the birds they see and hear as they sing to welcome in...

Improvements to the A379 Sandy Park Junction in Exeter have been completed ahead of schedule. The junction has been upgraded from a ‘left-in, left-out’ system to a signalised junction that now also allows right turns in and out of the site. The £2.5 million scheme improves access to Sandy Park rugby ground and David Lloyd leisure centre as well as planned developments in the Newcourt area of the city.

The new layout reduces the need for vehicles to loop around the Sandygate junction (M5 Junction 30). It also reduces the need for u-turn manoeuvres at the Russell Way junction, which...

“It’s great to see workplaces getting creative and making the campaign their own,” says Becky Russell, from Active Devon who joined Exeter College on a lunchtime walk around Exeter, taking in the history of Rougemont Gardens.

Matt Rowett, who has been championing the project for Exeter College and led the history walk said: “I’ve loved seeing how many staff have joined in with this activity from all areas of the college workforce. It’s created a great opportunity for cross college competition along with the county wide rivalry.” More than 60 staff from Exeter College, named as a...

Last weekend it was the turn of Honiton Gymnastics Club’s stars of the future to display their prowess, as 52 gymnasts competed at the South West Club Development Championships in Sherborne, Dorset.

The results included two golds, a silver and three bronze medals.

Taking top honours were Grade 2 Group Daisy Spiller, Abigail Wilson & Libby Wray and Grade 1 Women’s Pair Chloe Hutsby and Hettie Behan. Chloe and Hettie raised the level even further, taking the top score of the whole day out of 133 partnerships.

Sisters Abigail, Katharine and Christiana Wilson also...