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Community spirit sees Otter raise £42,000 for Hospiscare

Otter Garden Centres in Ottery St Mary has announced it raised a total of £42,170 for local charity Hospiscare during 2025, revealed at a special thank-you event for volunteers.

The Festive Adventure in December raised £27,826 towards this total. Now in its second year, this magical...

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Are UK leisure activities normalising again?

The UK has seen a lot of changes over the last decade. With a global pandemic to contend with as well as the resulting lockdowns and work from home restrictions, the last couple of years have been more difficult. People’s movements were severely curtailed and leisure activities for a large proportion of the population had to change. However, with things getting back to normal, are we now...

Pie-oneering chef lends support to British favourite

Food lovers will be licking their lips in anticipation during the first week of March which has become well known as being British Pie Week!

With the date just around the corner, renowned restaurateur Marco Pierre White believes the great British public should now give, what is regarded as one of the country’s favourite dishes, some much-needed appreciation.

And with there...

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Skill-sharing brings Plymouth people together, whatever your age

TV PRESENTER and journalist Steph McGovern is supporting a new skill-sharing initiative celebrating the talents that older people in Plymouth can share with the younger generation.

It is all part of the #GenerationWOW campaign (which stands for wonderful older wisdom) from Specsavers Home Visits, together with u3a (University of the Third Age), which gives older people a platform to...

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Taste East Devon returns for 2022

Following the success of last year’s inaugural festival, Taste East Devon is delighted to announce its 2022 food festival is to run from 3-18th September, extending into a 16 day celebration.

Award-winning venues, producers, chefs and restaurants across East Devon have joined forces again to celebrate the incredible food and drink on offer across the region. Founder Members include...

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Guide to the 5 Best Family Adventures in Devon

The charming city of Devon has all the ingredients for an ideal family vacation - something that involves spending hours idling in a boat or gorging on ice creams by the harbour wall as you watch the world go by.

Devon is also famous for its countless outdoor adventures, with idyllic beaches near London offering plenty of fun water activities, from water-skiing to canoeing and...

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New exhibition explores the impermanence of our landscapes

An exhibition of new work by artist Nick Goss opens at Thelma Hulbert Gallery (THG) this March.

Imagined floods and submerged landscapes form the catalyst for a new series of paintings and works on paper which encapsulates the impermanence of our surroundings.

In these works, Nick Goss collapses time and space by filtering images of contemporary London and personal memories...

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Local volunteers to receive Moderna Omicron specific COVID-19 booster vaccine

One of the world’s first Omicron-specific variant vaccines is to be trialled in Devon and Cornwall, as the biotechnology company Moderna, Inc works with the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).

The innovative study will see participants receive a first or second booster. In the South West, it is opening first at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, with plans to open at...

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Revealed: The UK's best places to find love on a staycation

Devon revealed amongst the most romantic places in the UK

With the run-up to Valentine’s day fast approaching and the UK brimming with beautiful romantic places to visit, Welsh cottage company Sugar & Loaf have conducted research into holiday romances around the UK to warm your heart.

Here are some of the loveliest proposal stories to make you smile:

💕 “We climbed high...

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Taylor Wimpey helps Cranbrook school ‘grow’ its eco footprint

Taylor Wimpey Exeter recently helped pupils at St Martin’s Primary School in Cranbrook plant 10 new trees to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

The donation from Taylor Wimpey was to support the school’s involvement in The Queen’s Green Canopy campaign, a unique tree planting initiative created to mark Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee this year which invites people from across the...

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February half-term 2022 'Brilliant Birds' activities

Delve into Dartmoor’s wonderful wildlife this February half term with a focus on the moor’s birds. Dartmoor is home to a fascinating range of birds and provides a refuge for species that are under threat elsewhere. Birds such as the cuckoo, meadow pipit, skylark and ring ouzel can all be seen and heard at different times of the year. The Authority is committed to keeping the landscape special...

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