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Storm Goretti forecast to bring damaging winds and possible travel disruption

Storm Goretti is forecast to hit Devon later today (Thursday 8 January), bringing with it a mixture of disruptive weather conditions which could impact parts of the county.

Exceptionally strong winds could cause most damage, with the Met Office issuing a Yellow...

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Fragrance Group's new seafront hotel debuts first-of-its-kind dry spa

The ibis Styles Paignton Hotel has today announced the opening of its new ‘Drift’ dry spa, representing a first-of-its-kind in the hotel group’s UK collection.

Open to hotel guests and local residents every Wednesday to Sunday, the new Drift spa boasts the unique distinction of being the first in the ibis Styles’ nation-wide portfolio to offer three beauty treatment rooms alongside a...

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Exeter Pre-Prep pupils run over 100 miles to raise money for Devonwide charity

Pupils at Exeter Pre-Prep School in Exminster have recently run the equivalent of four marathons as part of a sponsored fun run to raise money for Westbank Community Health and Care, a local charity that aims to improve the health and wellbeing of people across Devon.

With 72 children under the age of seven, the school hoped that pupils and staff would be able to run a collective...

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Devon & Cornwall Police ask public to ‘name our tractor’

The Rural Affairs team at Devon & Cornwall Police are asking children to choose the official name of the newest addition to the rural fleet – the police tractor.

A tractor has been loaned to Devon & Cornwall Police, free of charge, by local agricultural machinery dealership, Masons Kings. The tractor has been decked out in distinctive police livery and will be used as an...

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Award-Winning Chocolatier Crowdfunds Transformation of Butcher’s Shop into Plant-Based Chocolaterie

Chocolatier, Karen Waller, is transforming a butcher’s shop in Totnes, Devon, into Tempt – a plant-based chocolaterie and café. Tempt aims to provide not only delicious, ethical, artisan, plant-based chocolate, but a much-needed social hub for Totnes’s Bridgetown community, which has now seen all but one other shop converted into residential use.

To help fund the venture, Waller has...

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Five East Devon beaches win national awards

Beer, Exmouth, Seaton, and Sidmouth Town beach have met the high standard required to be awarded the Blue Flag and Seaside Award, with Budleigh Salterton also receiving a Seaside Award.

Exmouth has now achieved Blue Flag status for six years in a row, while this is the fifth year for Sidmouth, the third for Seaton, and the second for Beer.

Councillor Geoff Jung, East Devon...

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Ryanair winter schedule now on sale from Exeter Airport

Ryanair’s winter schedule is now on sale from Exeter Airport with flights bookable right through to March 2025.

The airline has just released thousands of winter seats via ryanair.com including flights from Exeter Airport to Alicante and Malaga in Spain, both of which operate year-round.

Ryanair also flies from Exeter Airport to Faro in Portugal and in May this year launched...

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Ground-breaking South West 3D high-definition viewer set to change the trading card landscape forever

Game-changing marketplace specialising in raw, ungraded cards launching in July

Features Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Sports cards, and many others

Cornish start-up Ungraded is primed and ready to shake up the world of trading cards with the summer launch of a revolutionary new online marketplace, dedicated to ungraded or “raw” cards.

Using an...

Lympstone Manor's Celebration of Speed Returns

On Wednesday 10th July 2024, luxury manor house hotel, Lympstone Manor , in Devon, welcomes back its revered annual Celebration of Speed. The one-day summer festival commemorates Michelin-starred Chef-Owner Michael Caines’ love of motorsport with a line-up including panel discussions with TV presenter and racing driver, Jodie Kidd and TV presenter and motor specialist, Ant Anstead. As the...

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Kilos of cocaine seized in proactive vehicle stop

Officers have seized around four and a half kilograms of cocaine near Exeter after they stopped a vehicle believed to be linked to the supply of drugs.

Serious and Organised Crime Operations stopped the car on the A30 shortly before 10pm on Monday 13 May and found the drugs on searching the vehicle.

The cocaine is believed to have an estimated street value of over £300,000...

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Many cars have been seized and motorists arrested during the first week of a crackdown on drivers disregarding road traffic laws across Devon and Cornwall.

Throughout May, Devon & Cornwall Police are carrying out ‘Operation Vortex’ - a proactive operation which aims to reduce the number of collisions and casualties by targeting inconsiderate and dangerous driving.

During week one of the operation, which started on Wednesday 8 May 2024, officers stopped 103 cars, seized 10 cars and made 10 arrests. So far, offences discovered by...

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