the Devon Week

The Devon Week is a round up of news events throughout the region.
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Living Coasts seal brushes up spa sessions

Living Coasts seal scrub

Living Coasts’ South American fur seal Tunanta loves a good exfoliating scrub with a stiff brush followed by a dip in the open-air saltwater pool and maybe a seaweed wrap to finish.

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Keepers at Paignton Zoo are hand-rearing two tiny African chicks

Paignton Zoo - Lesley O’Connor hand feeds chat chick

Keepers at Paignton Zoo are hand-rearing two tiny African snowy-crowned robin-chat chicks with tweezers to feed them every hour from 8am to 9pm

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Conservationist learns language to help work protecting critically endangered species

Jez Bird

The latest recruit to Devon’s Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust Jez Bird is learning Bahasa Indonesia to help his work protecting the endangered Sulawesi crested black macaque – known locally as the yaki

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South Devon /

Mud, glorious mud. Black rhino cools down at Paignton Zoo

rhino in the mud at Paignton Zoo

Paignton Zoo’s newest arrival, rare black rhino Manyara, enjoyed a wallow in the red Devon mud, going from a black rhino to a red rhino in the process

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New Scouting groups get set for Heathfield

New Scouts groups are being set up in Heathfield, Bovey Tracey for Beaver and Cubs, with an age range from five up to 10.

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Historic Teignmouth to Shaldon ferry seeks a good home

Teignmouth to Shaldon Ferry

Historic Teignmouth to Shaldon Ferry, which has been working since 1908, is in need of a new home, says Teignbridge District Council

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South Devon /

Multi-agency safety day in Dawlish

Operation Everest, a police-led initiative across Devon and Cornwall aiming to connect with local people and tackle the issues that matter to them, will be in Dawlish

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South Devon /

Flying rhino lands at Paignton Zoo

The newest arrival at Paignton Zoo, a one-tonne male black rhino called Manyara was lifted into his new home by a 20 tonne crane

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Stone Lane Gardens voted Favourite South West Garden by BBC Gardeners' World magazine readers

Stone Lane Gardens

Stone Lane Gardens, which is nestled on the edge of Dartmoor, has beaten top names such as the Eden Project and Trebah Gardens to win the double accolades of being voted the BBC Gardeners’ World magazine readers’ favourite South West Garden, and the Most Romantic South West Garden, too.

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Bay MP seeks end to Torbay bus pass fiasco

Torbay has lost millions of founds because of the complicated funding structure for free bus passes

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