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A £1.4m coastal protection scheme has been completed in a bid to provide stronger protection for cliff-top homes and public spaces. The project at Seaton hole, led by South West Flood and Coastal (SWFaC), included delivering 6,500 tonnes of rock by sea to upgrade the cliff-toe revetment, along with repairs to the Check House sea wall.The council said the rock armour was used to reinforce the base of the cliffs at Seaton Hole where there have been repeated…

Councillors have called for prices of memorial benches in a part of Devon to be revised after complaints about charges of up to £12,000. The higher prices are for premium locations, for 25 years, at places such as Babbacombe Downs or Torre Abbey Gardens, and a lower price of £8,000 at Paignton seafront or Battery Gardens at Brixham. Liberal Democrat councillors, Swithin Long, for Barton with Watcombe, and Mandy Darling, for Tormohun, have tabled a motion for prices…

A group of volunteer emergency doctors has been named as an association's charity of the year. BASICS Devon, whose volunteers respond to serious medical emergencies, supporting the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, has been named the charity of 2026 for the Devon County Agricultural Association (DCAA).Each year, the DCAA selects one charity to support - which includes making them the sole organisation eligible for donations throughout the Devon County Show.John Lee, a DCAA member, who cast…

Caroline RobinsonSouth WestNorthlew Nativity ExhibitionThe exhibition is open for the weekend at St Thomas's Church in NorthlewA nativity exhibition made up of about 80 nativity sets collected from around the world is being put on display this weekend.Organisers said the display at St Thomas's Church, Northlew, Devon, was believed to potentially be the largest Nativity Exhibition in the South West. Luisa Hulbert began collecting nativity sets from Africa, South America and across Europe after her husband, Victor Hulbert,…

GoogleNational Grid said the works were needed to supply electricity to a new housing developmentThe end of roadworks that had caused delays and disruption in a Devon town have been welcomed by traders.There were three-way traffic lights around Drake's statue in Tavistock which had caused congestion on a main route into the town.National Grid said the works, which began on 17 November, were necessary to provide an electricity connection for a major new housing scheme in the town.The…