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An Outline Business Case for improvements to the North Devon Link Road has been submitted to government (Monday 18 December).

Devon County Council has handed its £93 million bid for Department for Transport (DfT) funding, as it aims to receive a share of money available nationally through the Local Majors Fund. Councillor Andrea Davis, Devon County Council Cabinet Member for Infrastructure, led a delegation along with Councillor Pat Barker, Deputy Leader of North Devon District Council, Councillor Jane Whittaker, Leader of Torridge District Council, and North Devon MP Peter Heaton...

A pilot which is looking at streamlining the process for international Masters students wanting to study in the UK has been extended to the University of Exeter, the Immigration Minister announced today (Monday 18 December). Currently in its second year with the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Bath and Imperial College London, the pilot will streamline the process for international students looking to study on a Masters course of 13 months or less in the UK.

It also provides greater support for students who wish to switch to a work visa and take up a graduate role, by allowing...

TOP honours at the 36th Exeter and District Primestock Christmas Show, held at Exeter Livestock Market, went to home-bred British Blue cross heifer “Saucy Clover”, shown by Paul and Lin Calcraft from Payhembury, Honiton.

It was the fifth time the couple had claimed the supreme championship at the show in seven years.

Saucy Clover, by well-known sire Drift Domini, was born on January 4, 2016 and weighed in at 658 kilos. The heifer went on to top the sale at £2,632 (400ppk), purchased by Darts Farm Master Butchers at Topsham.

Saucy Clover finished the season on a high...

Fresh on the back of the Government's Industrial Strategy and the PM brokering a last minute Brexit ‘Breakthrough' deal, the latest import/export figures have been published by HM Revenue and Customs. In the year- on- year period up to September 2017 overall exports in the region grew from £13.2 million to £15.3 million, an increase of 13.7 per cent.

Last month saw the publication of the Government's Industrial Strategy. The document which runs to over 200 pages sets out the government's plans to create an economy that boosts productivity and earning power to the UK. In its own...