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Leigh Curtis
Devon County Council has been awarded a total of £7.53 million to deliver around 90 new zero emission buses across the county through the government’s Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (ZEBRA) scheme.
The new diesel-replacement fleet will include an additional fourteen vehicles funded through Devon’s Bus Service Improvement Plan.
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THURSDAY 25 JUNE TO SATURDAY 4 JULY 2026
Annual event returns with classical concerts, musical workshops and a tribute to Hilary Mantel.
BUDLEIGH SALTERTON
Subsidiary of US-based Cannae Holdings buys Sandy Park stadium club from Exeter Rugby Group following vote in favour of proposed takeover by club members.
Just 85 invitation-only workshop attendees consulted during development of yet another city council strategy without a delivery plan.
Charity says women’s homelessness often hidden from view because of “fears around safety, harassment, and gender-based violence” in report following publication of city council snapshot count which recorded five-fold rise in rough sleeper numbers.
Financing for second phase yet to be found as adjacent Rennes House demolition costs rise to £1 million and Exeter City Living reports year-end loss in residual Guildhall flats management role.
Survey inviting feedback on city council word salad arrives two years late, following second UK City of Culture bid failure, with delivery plan outsourced to secretive, unelected sub-committee.
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Sentencing in second case awaited, scope of third legal action expanded and Devon County Council announces desire to pursue company through courts on same day Pennon Group reports £135 million underlying pre-tax profits in 2025-26.
