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Five deaths have now been reported at the Holmesley care home in Sidford, all believed to be related to an outbreak of COVID-19, with post-mortems carried out on three.

Police are continuing to investigate the circumstances of the outbreak, which has affected a 'significant number' of residents and staff.

Local Restrictions Support Grant (LRSG) funding for hundreds of East Devon businesses is waiting to be claimed before the deadline at the end of March.

The Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG) will remain open until further notice.

A Seaton resident has called for regular updates on the proposed seafront enhancement project, saying it should not be forgotten or lost.

Seaton Town Council scrapped its seafront enhancement scheme in December, despite having already spent more than £50,000 on the project.

Police have assured the public that Seaton remains a safe place following a violent incident in Tesco last month.

Police were called to Tesco in Seaton at about 5.30pm on Thursday, February 25 following a report of a fight involving three or four men and a glass bottle in the alcohol aisle.

Seaton Jurassic - one of the town's prime tourist attractions - will remain closed after lockdown as Devon Wildlife Trust has pulled out of operating the centre.

After five years of managing Seaton Jurassic, the trust says it had taken the "tough decision" not to continue in its role as the visitor attraction's operator.

The organisation providing Devon's NHS 111 and out-of-hours GP services has been told to make urgent improvements after a watchdog found patients were at risk, and rated it 'inadequate' overall.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) found several areas of concern during an inspection of Devon Doctors in July 2020.

Colyton Parish and East Devon District Councils have both refuted claims that they breached privacy laws, after the names of those who had requested a by-election were distributed.

The parish council currently has three vacancies, with Ray Watts having recently tendered his immediate resignation.

The UK's first electric commuter flight is to take off from Exeter Airport, after it was chosen as a testing site for the shift towards greener aviation.

A programme has been launched to explore whether hybrid-electric aircraft can be used within the existing aviation system, in what's being described as 'a huge step towards transforming the future of air travel'.

A new veterinary practice will be opening in Colyton this summer.

Jurassic Vets, based in Sidmouth, will be opening a new branch at the Colyton Town Mill site, currently being developed by Axminster Property.