The iconic Seaton Jurassic heritage centre has been shortlisted for a record six prestigious building and planning awards for its astonishing and forward-thinking design.

The centre, which was designed by Plymouth-based firm Form Design, was opened last year and has since had 50,000 visitors to the site.

Seaton Jurassic is owned by East Devon District Council and operated by the charity Devon Wildlife Trust.

Four of the nominations come from The Planning Awards 2017, an esteemed awards scheme which looks to honour "excellence in planning and placemaking". The four...

A Mid Devon man raised more than £8,500 for local cancer patients and their families by walking 710 miles along the entire South West Coast Path.

Jim Bray completed the 56-day, anti-clockwise trek from Minehead in Somerset to Poole Harbour in Dorset last year, with fundraising continuing into 2017.

The walk, entitled Jim’s Journey, raised £8,511.35, which was split 50-50 between Exeter-based FORCE and Over and Above, the charity of the Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.

Jim, 37, who lives in Sampford Peverell, presented cheques to both charities at Tiverton Golf...

Devon Labour Party is proud to announce that for the first time every seat in the upcoming Devon County Council elections will have a Labour candidate. Rob Hannaford, Labour candidate for Exwick & St. Thomas in Exeter said: “I'm delighted our Party will for the first time stand candidates in every Devon division. "Our Party has a clear message for Devon voters - the Conservative's plan more Council Tax rises whilst cutting your key services, charging residents more for less. This will be disastrous for Devon’s social care, children's services, our NHS, education, our environment and...

Redrow, one of the UK’s leading house builders, has extended the sales team of its West Country Division to support the firm’s growth plans across Somerset, Devon and Cornwall.

Michele Jones has been appointed Area Sales Manager to take responsibility for a portfolio of new and existing Redrow sites while Clare Mitchell has been promoted to the role of Trainee Area Sales Manager.

Michele brings 11 years’ experience in the field, having previously worked as a Connections Manager and Area Sales Manager at Linden Homes. With an expertise in lead prospecting and database...

Thousands of employers will publish their gender pay gap figures for the first time from today, helping break the glass ceiling and create a more modern workforce.

The UK is one of the first countries in the world to require gender pay gap reporting and follows the government’s commitment to introduce the requirements at the last election. This is a key part of the government’s work to eliminate the gender pay gap.

Voluntary, private and public sector employers with 250 or more employees will be required to publish their figures by April 2018. The regulations will cover...

The University of Exeter has launched new business space and hot-desking facilities at the Exeter Science Park to help build partnerships with high-growth businesses.

To mark the opening of the new space, CBI South West Director Deborah Waddell and Sean Fielding, Director of Innovation, Impact & Business at the University, met to discuss business collaboration and new initiatives.

The space at the Science Park will be managed by the University’s Innovation, Impact and Business (IIB) team, who are experts in creating collaboration opportunities and generating value for...

Only 7% of people in the South-West of England know a lot about pancreatic cancer, according to a national awareness survey commissioned by Pancreatic Cancer Action.

Nationally, the figures are even worse, with 5% claiming they know a lot about the disease.

Across the nation this year, 9600 men and women will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and 8,800 will die of the disease. In the South West, 963 people were diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Of that number, only 48 survived.

It is the UK’s fifth worst cause of cancer death, with a survival rate of just 5% - the...

Householders are urged to be on their guard following reports that fraudsters, falsely claiming to be trading standards officers, are operating in Devon and Somerset.

Devon and Somerset Trading Standards Service says that the fraudsters have been knocking on doors and 'advising' residents that they can obtain a refund and compensation following poor work carried out previously.

The resident is then told by the officer that for the claim to proceed £1000 must be paid into a specific bank account, the details of which are provided by the fake officer.

This is a type...

Maternity staff at the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust are set to benefit from a £41,000 funding boost which will enable the Trust to deliver further training to improve maternity safety.

The RD&E has received a share of over £8m through Health Education England’s (HEE) Maternity Safety Training Fund, which is being distributed to all NHS Trusts in England on behalf of the Department of Health.

The fund aims to support a culture of continuous learning and improvement in safe maternity services, with the hope of reducing the rates of still births, neonatal...