Lifestyle

Simple and Effective Ways to Improve Your Health

We have all pledged to improve our health and lifestyle in some format at some stage. However, it is often much more difficult than we had anticipated, which means you may have given up on the idea soon after. While we should always aim to accomplish our health goals, it’s important that they are both realistic and that there is a motive behind them, so that you are much more likely to stick...

Three Devon schools to make more space for social distancing during school run

Three schools across Devon County Council will be making more space outside their gates at pick up and drop off time as pupils return this term.

The School Streets schemes will restrict motor traffic at specific times to make more space for social distancing during the school run.

The schemes are being delivered by the schools and Devon County Council in partnership with...

Coastal hotel makes way for 'staycation' apartments in multi-million-pound re-development in Devon

A SEA-VIEW hotel on the South Devon coast is to make way for a series of modern 'staycation' apartments in a £3.3m re-development project.

Lantern Lodge Hotel, based in Hope Cove, Devon, will be replaced by 14 new modern apartments by Trinity Square Developments.

Nine of the new units – which will provide guests with uninterrupted views over the English Channel – will be...

New research shows the South West among the slowest savers for a mortgage

FIRST TIME buyers in the South West are among the slowest to get onto the property ladder with one fifth saving enough for a deposit in just one year.

New research by UK mortgage advice company firstmortgage.co.uk reveals the ideal home for first time buyers is a two-bedroom property (40%) with residents in the South West aiming to save an average deposit of £32,000. Although with 20...

2020 Food Drink Devon Awards

Food Drink Devon Launch Alternative Awards Scheme 2020

One of the UK’s biggest county competitions celebrating local food and drink has been forced to undergo changes this year for obvious reasons - but in the fertile and highly productive county of Devon, it remains the case that “the show must go on”.

The county’s producers, hospitality and catering businesses and speciality retailers have now been given the deadline of the end of this...

Why Have People Become Obsessed With CBD?

People all over Britain are becoming obsessed with a little molecule called CBD. A quick look online finds tens of different companies in Devon selling or producing CBD, and it has penetrated beauty fanatics, those wary of their health and mental-health enthusiasts alike. What is it and is it worth its reputation?

What is CBD

CBD is one of over 100 cannabinoid chemicals that...

Eat Out To Help Out Resounding Success For Plymouth’s Marco Pierre White Steakhouse Bar & Grill

Following on from the hugely popular Eat Out to Help Out (EOHO) scheme, a Plymouth-based restaurant is hoping people will continue to dine out having seen the measures put in place to look after their safety.

The Marco Pierre White Steakhouse Bar & Grill, which is located on the top floor of the Crown Plaza Hotel on Armada Way, is now looking forward to a positive Autumn on the...

Devon, holidays

Devon parks declare two-month extension to holiday year

Four popular holiday parks in Devon will be offering families two extra months of staycations this year, say owners Park Holidays UK.

Instead of shutting as usual after this October's half-term, the four seaside holiday parks will continue welcoming guests until the week before Christmas.

Park Holidays UK, one of Britain's largest holiday park groups, says the move has been...

Plymouth Arts Cinema to reopen as part of Plymouth Art Weekender with ‘This Is Us,’ a new manifesto for independent cinema

Plymouth Arts Cinema is set to welcome its audience back to the big screen from Saturday 26th September.

The opening weekend is part of the annual citywide art festival, Plymouth Art Weekender, following months of closure due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

The date marks the opening of many of Plymouth’s cultural venues.

As the leading independent cinema in the city,...

Battle of Britain Day explained

The national celebration of Battle of Britain Day on 15 September is a major event. But do you know what we are commemorating and why, and how can you explain its significance to your children? Former primary school teacher Laura Steele of leading education resource creators PlanBee has all the answers.

What was the Battle of Britain?

The Battle of Britain was a decisive air...

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