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Devon community food boxes ‘selling out within minutes’

Devon community food boxes ‘selling out within minutes’

BBCMelissa Trudgill: "Sometimes we sell out within 10 minutes"Families of school pupils are getting help with the cost of living through a community food box scheme. Called the Green Box Project, it is based at Okehampton Primary School in Devon and involves volunteers taking surplus food from the charity FareShare South West and packing supplies into boxes which are then sold to parents.Organisers said the project, which sees about £20 worth of food sold for £2.50, said they…

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Watchdog orders improvements at Dawlish mental health unit

Watchdog orders improvements at Dawlish mental health unit

Getty ImagesInspectors found "inconsistent care planning and risk management" at the Langdon Hospital wardsAn NHS trust has been told to take immediate action after inspectors found regulation breaches at a mental health unit.The Care Quality Commission (CQC) carried out an unannounced inspection in April of the wards at Langdon Hospital in Dawlish, Devon, following concerns over the safety of people using the service.The watchdog said the forensic inpatient and secure wards at the site, run by Devon Partnership…

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New ice warning for Cornwall as snow falls across South West

New ice warning for Cornwall as snow falls across South West

Princetown Primary Community SchoolGritters have been out overnight as snowfall has been reported at locations across the South WestA new weather warning for ice has been issued for Cornwall, as both the county and parts of Devon were hit by snow and ice.Devon County Council said Princetown Community Primary School was shut due to low staff numbers as a result of the weather conditions.Callywith College in Cornwall said "no lessons" would take place and buses had been suspended…

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Bradley Ibrahim: Plymouth Argyle midfielder ‘out for months’ after ankle injury

Bradley Ibrahim: Plymouth Argyle midfielder ‘out for months’ after ankle injury

Plymouth Argyle midfielder Bradley Ibrahim will be out "for months" after suffering a "significant ankle injury".The 21-year-old summer signing from Hertha Berlin has been one of the bright spots in a difficult season for the Pilgrims.He has played 18 times for the club, scoring six goals after joining for an undisclosed fee in June."It was a freak incident where his studs have got caught in the ground and he received a contact," head coach Tom Cleverley told BBC…

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Kingsbridge College head calls smartphone ban ‘transformatory’

Kingsbridge College head calls smartphone ban ‘transformatory’

A college principal has said a smartphone ban introduced in September had been "fantastic".Tina Graham at Kingsbridge Community College said teachers had pushed for change after noticing a growing dependence on smartphones among pupils and rising issues around safeguarding and inappropriate online content.Parents were consulted in April, and the Ms Graham said she decided "quite quickly" to move to an outright ban on smartphones while still allowing simple "brick" phones so students could contact their families in emergencies.She…

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Old Woollen, Leeds – Review

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | Cassie RamoneOld Woollen, Leeds17th November 2025 The C86 revivalists fizz through their cult classic debut album to mark its fifteenth anniversary This first UK tour in over eight years for The Pains of Being Pure at Heart throws up a curious proposition: a nostalgia tour for a band who have always been profoundly nostalgic anyway. The New York outfit made their name in the late noughties with a heady, romantic…

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Jake Richards: Exeter City and Luton Town agree compensation for midfielder

Jake Richards: Exeter City and Luton Town agree compensation for midfielder

He is the latest academy player that Exeter have sold in recent years following the likes of Jay Stansfield, Alfie Pond, Jack Stacey and most memorably Ollie Watkins and Ethan Ampadu.Neither club has disclosed if there is a sell-on clause in the agreement.Richards has made six starts and five substitute appearances for the Hatters this season, scoring his first Luton goal in the 3-0 win at Stockport County earlier this month. "Jake is someone I see bits of…

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Petition launched after flooded Tarka Line issues

Petition launched after flooded Tarka Line issues

Alison StephensonLocal Democracy Reporting ServiceDavid SmithNorth Devon MP, Ian Roome, launched the petitionA petition has been launched after commuters faced more than a week of train cancellations due to flooding. North Devon MP, Ian Roome, who launched the petition, said ongoing problems on the Tarka Line, in Devon, were "totally unacceptable" and residents had been left with "a second class service".Earlier in November, rail passengers and campaigners called for change on the line due to delays, cancellations, flooding,…

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Panini launch first sticker collection featuring all 72 EFL clubs

Panini launch first sticker collection featuring all 72 EFL clubs

The first-ever sticker collection to feature players from all 72 clubs across the Championship, League One and League Two has been launched.The album - the first collaboration between the English Football League and Panini in more than 20 years - was unveiled at the National Football Museum in Manchester. Current players, including Doncaster striker Billy Sharp, Chesterfield forward and former Northern Ireland international Will Grigg and Blackburn skipper Todd Cantwell, along with EFL icons such as Curtis Davies,…

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Plymouth Argyle: What has gone wrong at struggling League One side?

Plymouth Argyle: What has gone wrong at struggling League One side?

Wayne Rooney. The former England captain turned the spotlight on Home Park in the summer of 2024 when he was named as Foster's permanent successor.That was despite having a torrid spell as Birmingham City boss the season before as they went from a play-off place to finishing a point behind the Pilgrims in the final relegation spot. He won just four games and left on New Year's Eve as a club that had been hailed for their foresight…

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Plymouth factory could help defend UK says cabinet minister

Plymouth factory could help defend UK says cabinet minister

Technology being developed at a factory in Plymouth could play a "big part" in defending the UK, a cabinet minister has said.Defence Secretary John Healey formally opened German firm Helsing's Plymouth Resilience Factory which will be used to produce unmanned submarine gliders.The factory's opening comes after it was confirmed by the government a Russian spy ship Yantar, which is designed for gathering intelligence and mapping undersea cables, was spotted near the UK coast for the second time this…

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