Lifestyle

Wildlife walks, stream dipping, crafts, hunts for minibeasts – all this and more is part of this year’s Meldon Wildlife Festival. At Old Meldon Quarry, Dartmoor National Park Authority is hosting the day-long family festival packed with activities, games and crafts. The festival on Tuesday 23 August celebrates Dartmoor’s special qualities and is completely free to attend. The Authority is...

We are tremendously proud of our pupils for the excellent set of results that they have achieved with over half being awarded A* or A for their A Levels.

This is the generation of pupils arguably most affected by Covid. Not only were their studies disrupted, but they also were the ones not to write GCSE exams. This year was their first experience of sitting public exams and they...

For the second year, The Donkey Sanctuary in Sidmouth will be one of the award-winning venues celebrating the incredible food and drink on offer throughout the region as part of the Taste East Devon food and drink festival in September.

The Donkey Sanctuary’s Taste of the West award-winning restaurant The Kitchen will host ‘Sowing with Donkeys’ on Thursday 15 September, and invites...

Students and staff at Plympton Academy, part of Thinking Schools Academy Trust, are rejoicing after receiving their A-Level and Level 3 BTEC grades.

This year, despite the challenges caused by the pandemic, students have excelled, and the Academy is celebrating a year of strong results for its young people. Many students are now preparing to head on to university, apprenticeships or...