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Information about Teignbridge’s improved waste and recycling service will be dropping through the letterboxes of the district’s homes over the coming months.

Teignbridge is changing its waste and recycling service to make it easier for people to recycle more. The scheme is being rolled out across the district in three phases and will start in September and end in November.

Ahead of roll-out in each area, a four-page leaflet is being delivered to homes. It gives people information about when their new recycling service starts and how they can subscribe to a new optional...

Devon County Council is proposing to move the town’s children’s centre into the nearby library on Belle Parade in order to save money and improve the services on offer.

Run by Action for Children, Crediton Children’s Centre supports families in Crediton and the surrounding area with their children’s wellbeing, safety, health and development needs through individual support, parenting programmes, play sessions, holiday activities and information services.

Last year the Council launched a series of consultations looking at how they could better provide the services that Devon...

Three local men are cycling the length of the country to raise funds for Exeter-based charity Rainbow Living.

Duncan, Will and Jools are cycling from John O’Groats to Land’s End to help raise money for a third Rainbow House which will provide a home for a group of young disabled adults in the local area. The trio are preparing in a variety of ways and have just completed the Nello, a 100 mile cycle ride!

Says Will: “After a casual conversation about going for a cycle ride we've ended up setting ourselves the biggest physical challenge of our lives! To make it even more...

Key information is being sent out next week to around 1,800 households living in the Feniton and Exmouth (The Colony) areas giving details of an improved recycling collection service which is to be trialled by East Devon District Council.

From mid-September, residents in these areas will be able to recycle more in their green recycling boxes as the council is adding cardboard and mixed plastics to the extensive number of items it already collects from the kerbside each week.

Every household in the trial areas will receive an additional 70 litre reusable sack which they can...