Local News

Photo caption:hows (left to right) PCSO Sarah Reece, PC Ross Buckler and PC Tom Driver from the Sidm

Sidmouth police team get ready for a busy summer helping the public

Sidmouth police neighbourhood team are gearing up for a busy summer of events and are looking forward to meeting local residents and holidaymakers as they patrol the town.

The team will be mixing with the crowds at this weekend’s Seafest music event in Sidmouth (18 May) and at the International Jazz and Blues Festival, which begins in the town on 23 May. The upcoming school half term...

Family First Aid Preparing for Any Emergency at Home

When it comes to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of our loved ones, there’s hardly a skill more valuable than knowing how to handle a medical emergency. From minor mishaps like a scraped knee in the garden to more severe situations such as a choking incident, having the confidence and knowledge to act swiftly can make all the difference.

Let's explore how you can prepare to handle...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

advert, hotel room, hotel front and beach in Icmeler, turkey
Family Law Company - Specialists have an advantage, the same is true in family law.