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More from Devon News

• HPV vaccine coverage in the South West outperforms national average, but nearly 56,000 eligible young people remain unprotected

  The UK Health Security Agency has published annual coverage data for the HPV vaccination programme for the 2024/25 school year. While the South West has achieved higher vaccination rates than the England average across all year groups, around 1 in 4 young people in the region are still leaving school without protection.

• Bridge panels portray life in Devon

  The pedestrian and cycle bridge over the A379 in south west Exeter, called Blisses Bridge, has been brought to life with newly added decorative panels.

• Month-long amnesty calls on owners to hand in now-illegal firearms

  Firearms owners are being urged to check if their previously lawful weapon is one of five now classified as illegal – and to hand them in safely during a month-long amnesty.

• Police funding settlement leaves Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner with no choice but to propose council tax increase

  The Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, Alison Hernandez, will today propose an increase in the police part of next year’s council tax of £15 a year for an average Band D property.