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Two new life-sized sculptures inspired by Beryl Cook’s much-loved painting Hips and Chips have been unveiled today near the Belvedere on Plymouth Hoe, adding to the growing trail across the waterfront and city centre that celebrates her life and work.

Dating from the 1970s, the original painting is a characteristically humorous everyday scene with two women and a man dressed in...

Mrs Julie Rickets, a retired resident from Sourton near Okehampton, is looking forward to a run of good fortune having been through the trauma of having her house flooded by a burst pipe, and receiving the shock news that her rural bungalow needed a new roof.

On top of having had trouble with her car, Julie needed a boost, which is exactly what she got last week when she discovered...

A strategic planning officer from West Devon is marking the sixth anniversary of her brain tumour diagnosis by backing a national fundraising campaign to help find a cure.

Magda Robertson, 49 from Beaworthy who works at the University of Exeter, is supporting Wear A Hat Day on Friday 27 March, the flagship fundraising event from the charity Brain Tumour Research . Magda previously...

As Devon CPRE ramps up its campaign against the Alverdiscott solar cluster in Torridge, the charity is dismayed that neighbouring North Devon has waved through a 108-acre solar farm in Braunton without even a planning committee debate.

Exagen Development was granted planning permission by North Devon District Council yesterday for a solar array along with a substation, cabling, CCTV...