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With news on: CIWM welcomes net zero department; Devon-wide van permit at HWRCs begins next month; fly-tipping falls across Durham; and, Cheshire East considers garden waste charge.

Proposals for a passenger ferry service between Swansea and the south-west of England are being taken forward.

With a third of Devons population now over 60, the county council is increasing spending on adult social care and funding voluntary support…

ILiveHere, which attracts waspish, no holds barred reviews of towns in the UK has seen some of the nations tourist towns - including Harrogate, North Yorkshire and Ilfracombe in Devon - branded snooty.

Having the heating on, we should be able to do that. mel eyers ending that report by michael buchanan. and michaeljoins me now — michael, there have been some results released today from a survey about the impact of winter pressures on adults. this is carried out by the office for national statistics, they surveyed just over 4500 people across great britain in the four weeks to the 18th of december, but they were looking at was the impact of rising prices and nhs pressures and what they found ...

Thousands of nhs staff across the uk are facing pay cuts as temporary covid sickness rules come to an end. they were introduced to support workers if they caught the virus. analysis by bbc panorama suggests that between 5,000 and 10,000 nhs staff could currently be off with long covid. our health correspondent catherine burns reports. we clapped for them every thursday. now, some health workers say they feel abandoned. for me, its a living, breathing beast. weve had to sell the family home. | i ...

Organised by councils, and the vacancy rates are as bad if not worse. thats why many are arguing a reform plan for that service is long overdue. well, one of the simplest ways to ease pressure on the nhs is to keep people out of hospital in the first place — and a community in devon is trying to do that by focusing on keeping them warm. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan has been to see how it works. winter in north devon. on days like this, its best to stay indoors, hopefully i...

BRIDGWATER Blackhawks travelled the 1 hour and 40 minutes journey for their fixture against second-place North Devon in the Exeter District…

On in the day and temperatures tomorrow getting up potentially to 12 celsius. thats it from me for now. hello, this is breakfast withjon kay and sally nugent. as weve been hearing this morning, a £1 billion package of measures to tackle emergency care delays in england will be unveiled by the government today. one of the simplest ways to ease pressure on the nhs is to keep people out of hospital in the first place — and a community in devon is trying to do that by focusing on keeping them war...

A year—long scheme sees them visited by advisers who try to improve each homes energy efficiency. living in cold, damp, dark homes is really bad for you if youve got pre—existing respiratory illness. in the severe group, they often have medical devices that need electricity, such as oxygen concentrators, which they cant afford not to run. and so thats one of the reasons why we chose this population. lots of old, poorly insulated homes, combined with low incomes, means that fuel poverty level...