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• Rejigged plan for East Devon town will get run by residents

  Residents of a major East Devon town will get a say on a rejigged plan that aims to improve the experience for residents and bolster its appeal to tourists.

• Exeter council’s change of heart over move to new home

  Exeter City Council has changed its mind over where to make its new home.

• East Devon National Landscape Fund Improves Accessibility to Local Beaches

  This summer, visitors living with disabilities and families with pushchairs enjoyed better access to East Devon’s pebble beach's thanks to more than £17,600 of funding from the Access for All Fund, created by DEFRA and administered locally by East Devon National Landscape.

• Picture appeal following museum burglary in Exeter

  Detectives have issued a further appeal to the public following a burglary at the museum in Exeter.

• Vandals sought for spate of bus shelter damage in Exmouth

  Police have called for any footage or information of vandals who damaged four bus stops in Exmouth, in a one-night spate of anti-social behaviour.

• Burglary at Royal Albert Memorial Museum

  Detectives are appealing for information and witnesses after a burglary at Exeter's museum overnight.

• Membury Primary Good Ofsted in all Areas

  Inspectors have concluded that Membury Primary School which lies on the border of East Devon, is Good in all areas of their latest Ofsted report, with well-behaved and respectful pupils residing in a supportive, friendly and ambitious environment.

• Chance to become one of Exeter’s much-loved Red Coats

  Ever fancied becoming one of Exeter’s famous Red Coat guides? If so, the City Council is preparing to recruit for its award-winning Red Coat Guided Tours and training will take place this Winter.

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Teignbridge

• Town Council says Newton Abbot stays open for business despite County’s insistence on lengthy road closure

  An imminent lengthy closure of a main road in and out of Newton Abbot has prompted Newton Abbot Town Council to speak up on behalf of businesses and residents.

• Call for clarity over council shake-up ‘disarray’

  Devon councillors are calling for clarity amid fears that the government’s plans to shut them down are descending into ’disarray’.

• A new time capsule to celebrate five years of discovery and community at Newton Abbot

  Newton Abbot Museum is preparing to celebrate half a decade since opening the doors of its new home at Newton’s Place, the former St Leonard’s Church in Wolborough Street.

• Dartmoor golf club’s massive makeover gets the go-ahead

  The guardians of Dartmoor have given their blessing to a massive makeover for a golf club inside the national park.

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South Devon News

• Families angry as Torbay SEND transition ‘makes things worse’

  Torbay parents whose children are being educated outside the school system are suffering crisis and stress as a result of a new ‘pathway’ designed to help them, it has been claimed.

• Torbay is a ‘trailblazer’ for free school meals

  Primary schools across Torbay will get a windfall of nearly £300,000 thanks to a ‘trailblazing’ change in the way Torbay Council allocates free school meals.

• Six Torbay shops closed by police after significant court hearing

  In a first for Devon & Cornwall Police a total of six shops in Torbay have been closed down on the same day for selling illegal vapes and counterfeit tobacco.

• Seven more Torbay shops shut down by police and trading standards

  Seven more shops in Torquay and Paignton have been shut down by trading standards officers

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Devon News

• University freshers and young people in the South West urged to use condoms as STI cases remain high

  Returning students and those heading to universities in the South West for Freshers Weeks are being urged to use condoms to protect themselves and others from sexually transmitted infections (STIs), as the UKHSA’s latest quarterly data shows that gonorrhoea and syphilis remain very high in England.

• South West Water and University of Exeter collaborate using AI in bid to make water network lead free

  South West Water is working in partnership with the University of Exeter through the Centre for Resilience in Environment, Water and Waste (CREWW), to develop an upgraded model to predict the location of lead pipes across its network.

• Former Chief Constable financial settlement ends costly uncertainty

  Details of the financial settlement awarded to former suspended Devon and Cornwall Chief Constable Will Kerr following his decision to retire are now able to be publicly shared by the Police and Crime Commissioner

• Survey launched to help improve police service for survivors of sexual offences

  Devon & Cornwall Police has launched a survey to better understand victim experiences of reporting rape and serious sexual offences to the police.

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