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The spirit of a medieval saint will be evoked in a new community ritual for Dartmoor, which aims to reconnect people with water and the land. St Gudula’s Well in Ashburton, an ancient holy well, will be the focus of the ceremony, which will honour water as the source of all life, and also celebrate the start of summer. ‘Gudula’s Gathering’ has been conceived by events curator and writer...

Two new life-sized sculptures inspired by Beryl Cook’s much-loved painting Hips and Chips have been unveiled today near the Belvedere on Plymouth Hoe, adding to the growing trail across the waterfront and city centre that celebrates her life and work.

Dating from the 1970s, the original painting is a characteristically humorous everyday scene with two women and a man dressed in...

Mrs Julie Rickets, a retired resident from Sourton near Okehampton, is looking forward to a run of good fortune having been through the trauma of having her house flooded by a burst pipe, and receiving the shock news that her rural bungalow needed a new roof.

On top of having had trouble with her car, Julie needed a boost, which is exactly what she got last week when she discovered...

A strategic planning officer from West Devon is marking the sixth anniversary of her brain tumour diagnosis by backing a national fundraising campaign to help find a cure.

Magda Robertson, 49 from Beaworthy who works at the University of Exeter, is supporting Wear A Hat Day on Friday 27 March, the flagship fundraising event from the charity Brain Tumour Research . Magda previously...