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Local chartered independent financial advice firm Strategic Solutions who are located in Devon Square, Newton Abbot has been awarded another prestigious title : “Moneyfacts Investment Adviser of the Year”.

This national award is from Moneyfacts, the largest independent research company in the UK. The ceremony was hosted by top comedian Tim Vine at the impressive Lancaster London Hotel and adds to the Professional Adviser “South West Adviser Firm of the Year” title they collected this February. Hundreds of firms were judged on a number of aspects including professional...

Residents in East Devon are being warned to be vigilant after a series of thefts have been reported to police over the last few weeks.

Thieves have entered barns, garages and sheds in rural areas, surrounding Ottery St Mary, by removing the hinges or the padlocks and stolen items from inside including power tools, animal feed, animal bedding, fencing, petrol and small items.

During one burglary, a red compressor was taken from a shed at a property in Higher Spring Gardens, Ottery St Mary, on Tuesday 22 September. (CR/066429/15)

A barn was broken into in Higher...

An initiative to get more adults in Exeter active has today (1 October) received a massive financial boost.

Get Active Exeter, whose ambition is to make Exeter the most active city in the South West by 2018, has been given a £130,000 grant from Sport England.

Get Active Exeter is a multi-sports partnership led by Exeter City Council, Exeter Health and Wellbeing Board and Active Devon, set up to get more adults in Exeter involved in physical activity.

The partnership will motivate and engage new people in Exeter to take part in regular sport and physical activity. It...

New legislation has come into force today (1st October) which makes it an offence to smoke in a vehicle containing a person under the age of 18.

The Smoke-Free (Private Vehicles) Regulations 2015 has been introduced to protect children from the harms of second-hand smoke.

It is now an offence to smoke in a private vehicle with someone under the age of 18 present, and if you are the driver, to fail to prevent smoking in your vehicle with someone under-18 present.

It is not an offence for someone under-18 to smoke in a vehicle alone due the legal requirement for there...