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A new £17m Government initiative tackling violence against women and girls will see Devon County Council receive £357,000.

The fund will go towards a project aimed at ensuring people in positions of care are helped to identify early signs of domestic violence and give them the knowledge of how to intervene.

As well as this, the project also aims to identify and work with perpetrators of domestic violence who may have difficulties with substance misuse and mental health.

The project will be delivered in partnership with a variety of groups, including Torbay Council,...

A collection of weapons amassed during a lifetime is to be sold by Chilcotts Auctioneers in Honiton on September 9.

The impressive, eclectic collection includes military and non-military weaponry from a range of historical periods, from muskets, shotguns and flintlocks to tribal items, military swords and daggers; it will appeal to any buyer interested in weapons through the ages.

The collection includes several blunderbusses. This type of gun features heavily in the Pirates of the Caribbean series and similar productions, and was designed to scare aggressors rather than...

After last year’s success, this year’s Jolly Good Jaunt will be held on the morning of Sunday 29th October. It is a 7.5-mile sponsored walk from the Deer Park Country House Hotel through the breath-taking beauty of the autumnal East Devon countryside.

Allyson Fitzgerald and her daughter Emily took part in the Jolly Good Jaunt for the first time, last year. Her husband Mick had been cared for by Hospiscare before he passed away in 2013.

Both Allyson and Emily found the 2016 Jaunt to be a very positive experience: “We both enjoy walking and thought it would be a great way to...

The auction of a signed Exeter Chiefs rugby union shirt has raised £215 to help disabled and terminally ill children in Devon.

The online auction was the idea of local parents Rachel and Ryan Berryman whose son Reed, aged three, underwent extensive brain surgery in 2015 and now demonstrates challenging behaviours and has a visual impairment. Rising Chiefs star Max Bodily, who plays Full Back/Wing in the 2017 Aviva premiership winning team, provided the shirt for the fundraiser.

It was a way for the Berryman family, from Exeter, to say ‘thank you’ to Newlife the Charity for...