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Police are appealing to the public after a burglary in Teignmouth which led to the theft of a number of World War II medals.

The burglary took place at an address in Bitton Park Road, Teignmouth between 7.40-11am on Friday 20th October.

Detective Sergeant Dave Mills from Newton Abbot CID said: “This is a particularly heartless burglary as the war medals that have been taken are of huge sentimental value to the family.

“Some of the war medals were framed and mounted, some had ribbons attached to them, and were stolen along with an 18 carat gold ring with a diamond...

Fi Hailstone is celebrating being named one of three finalists in the ‘Best contribution to a heritage project by a young person’ category of this year’s prestigious Historic England Angel Awards. Fi, 24, has lead on the ‘Bringing Killerton Park to life’ project for the National Trust in Devon. Under Fi’s leadership the project has seen the historic parkland at Killerton transform, with historic monuments no longer at risk and inspiring views opened up. The parkland is much more accessible and volunteers, staff and visitors at Killerton have been enthused by the stories that have...

Young people are being encouraged to take a break from smartphones to improve their wellbeing and cyber security.

A new poll from YoungMinds and Cyber Aware reports that over a fifth (21%) of 18-25 year-olds surveyed spend more than sixhours a day on their smartphones. This is despite the fact that more than half of them (60%) agree that they would benefit from taking a short break from them.

Results from UK young people aged 18-25 responding to the Ipsos MORI online poll also showed that:

When forced to go without their smartphones during the past 12 months, over a...

The RD&E’s Emergency Department (ED) has won a top national accolade for the quality of its patient care after making a raft of improvements over the past four years.

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine awarded the Exeter team first place in the ‘patient experience’ category of their inaugural annual awards. The team were also runners-up in the ‘clinical team of the year’ category.

The accolade comes after staff introduced a series of innovations all designed to improve the safety, comfort and experience of patients, in what might otherwise be a distressing time for...