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Bovey Castle takes crown for Large Hotel of the Year at South West Tourism Excellence Awards

A five-star hotel in Devon has been crowned the South West’s best after coming out on top at a major regional awards ceremony.

Bovey Castle has won the gold award for Large Hotel of the Year in South West Tourism Excellence Awards, with over 300 delegates attending the event in the Great Hall at the University of Exeter.

The hotel, which is part of the Eden Hotel Collection...

Devon awarded £5.3 million for zero emission buses

A fleet of 41 electric buses are set to take to Devon’s roads in Exeter, North Devon and Torridge. A successful joint bid by Devon County Council and Stagecoach has secured £5.3 million from the second round of the Department for Transport’s Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (ZEBRA) scheme. Stagecoach will be investing a further £15 million into the project to roll out new EV buses in Exeter...

64th wedding anniversary celebrations at Butterfly Lodge

Forever Spanish Eyes for Ray and his wife of 64 years

“I had not fallen in love until I met Sheila Dora Colman” recalls pensioner Ray Rowe looking back on meeting his future wife in late 50s Devon.

Sixty-four years of marriage later – their love undimmed – the couple have been reliving some of their happiest moments thanks to staff at Butterfly Lodge care home in Plymouth.

Sheila, who has dementia, has been a resident at the care...

B Corp status achieved for Exeter-based employee-owned PR and marketing agency

Exeter-based, employee-owned communications agency, Absolute PR & Marketing is delighted to announce its recent certification as a B Corp business, joining a global movement of companies committed to using business as a force for good.

B Corps are businesses that balance purpose and profit. To achieve B Corp certification, companies undergo a rigorous assessment of their social and...

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Poltimore Music & Arts Festival Announces First Wave of Live Bands Line-Up & Tickets On Sale

The Music in Devon Initiative (MIDI) are announcing the first wave of live bands across two stages for the 2024 Poltimore Music & Arts Festival on Friday 22nd March and that tickets are now on sale; https://www.fatsoma.com/e/yay1hd0p/poltimore-festival-2024 Held in the grounds and the inside of Poltimore House over 2 days on May bank holiday Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th May, the live...

Simon Jupp MP re-elected as chair of group championing hospitality and tourism in Parliament

Simon Jupp, MP for East Devon, has been unanimously re-elected as Chair of the Hospitality & Tourism All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG), a cross-party group of politicians championing the hospitality and tourism industry in Parliament.

During the group’s annual general meeting on the 19th of March which coincided with English Tourism Week, Simon Jupp MP, who has been chair of...

Live music at festival

Coldharbour Farm reveals line up for Solstice Sessions

There’s good news for live music fans as Coldharbour Farm in Ottery St Mary reveals the line up for its second boutique festival.

While a number of festivals have announced that they’re not going ahead this year due to rising costs, the team behind Coldharbour’s Solstice Sessions is determined to give a platform to established artists as well as enabling young and emerging Devon...

Mad Hatter’s tea party highlights importance of Abbeyfield care home residents’ food and drink

Hill House and Abbeyfield House, residential cares home in Honiton and New Malden, have held a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party for their residents and staff to mark Nutrition and Hydration Week (NHW).

The homes, which provides housing, care and support to up to 30 and 36 older people respectively, are part of the worldwide Abbeyfield network of charity care homes, sheltered housing schemes...

Officers in East Devon take part in regional drugs crackdown ‘Operation Scorpion’

Police officers in Rural East Devon Sector have executed a number of drugs warrants recently as part of Operation Scorpion.

This activity is part of the wider operation which is a collaboration between the police forces of the South West region - Avon and Somerset, Dorset, Devon & Cornwall, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire - alongside the British Transport Police, and the South West...

Suspected drugs and jewellery seized by the Exmouth Neighbourhood Police Team

The Exmouth Neighbourhood Police Team are working hard to keep residents and visitors safe as the school holidays approach and they look ahead to the busy Easter Bank Holiday weekend.

The team were recently alerted to someone who was believed to be attempting to post a suspicious parcel at a local post office.

Following further investigation an amount of what is believed to...

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