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Appleby Westward donates over £30,000 to Marie Curie

South West SPAR wholesaler, Appleby Westward, has raised over £30,000 for end-of-life charity, Marie Curie.

Over the past year, the Cornwall-based company has held multiple fundraising events at its head office and has encouraged its company-owned and independently-owned SPAR stores to do the same.

Many of Appleby Westward’s South West stores have got involved in fundraising...

The Wheels of Luck Go Round and Round

A bus driver from Devon is honking his horn with delight after driving away with the top prize of £1million pounds on a National Lottery Bank The Cash scratchcard.

The wheels of fortune really delivered for Steve Goodwin, 51, from Holsworthy in South Devon. Steve, who went to the supermarket to simply buy some bread, ended up with £1M and a cold doner kebab to take home.

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Devon school embraces solar power as it becomes part owner of local solar park

Bridgerule Church of England Primary School becomes a solar pioneer by owning part of Ripple Energy’s Derril Water Solar Park – a UK first in renewable energy ownership

Ripple Energy and Bridgerule Church of England Primary School announce today that the school will become a part owner of GB’s first shared solar park: Derril Water in Devon The school’s decision to be powered by the...

Sandridge Barton’s free Vineyard Nature Trail that's fun for kids and great for adults too

Some of the greatest childhood memories are made when exploring outside, which is why Sandridge Barton’s free Vineyard Nature Trail looks sure to be top of parents’ bucket lists this year.

The trail starts from Sandridge Barton’s Visitor Centre at Lower Well Farm and is great fun for kids, and informative for adults too. It's set in the countryside on the edge of the River Dart close...

Drake Circus set to welcome first Rituals store to Plymouth

Luxury cosmetics retailer Rituals will be opening at Drake Circus this summer.

Rituals offers a wide range of high-quality, yet affordable bath, body and home products focused on holistic wellbeing.

Founded in 2000 in Amsterdam and now with over 1,000 stores spanning 36 countries, this will be the first Rituals branch in Plymouth.

Dedicated to sustainable wellbeing...

Stations battle it out to be pride of the South West and the region’s champion in the World Cup of Stations

Four train stations across the South West will battle it out for a place in the final to be crowned ‘The UK’s best loved station’ and winner of World Cup of Stations 2023, the competition hosted by the Rail Delivery Group in partnership with the Community Rail Network.

This year’s competition takes place during Community Rail Week (22-26 May) to showcase community rail and the...

Devon schools make national finals of the Big Bang Competition

Students from two schools in Devon are among those named as national finalists of the popular Big Bang UK Young Scientists & Engineers Competition .

This year’s finalists include:

  • West Exe School with the project ‘Project mAVES’ - a sustainable urban air mobility system - from Tobias Frost, Laila-Rose Hutt, Tom Ryder, Stanley Thomas, Teniola Rojugbokan, William
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Is The Mystery Now Solved?

For some time, The Cridford Inn has been recognised to be the oldest pub in Devon and possibly the oldest in England.

The building, in the Devon village of Trusham, dates back to 825 AD and is known to have been remodelled in the 1300’s. Much of the building’s history has been traced back and there is a comprehensive summary of the owners and use of the building since that time on...

Fox cub strangled by garden football net triggers renewed RSPCA warning 

Charity reveals top five English counties with most netted animal reports

The RSPCA is renewing its warning about the dangers to wildlife of netting , after a little fox cub was strangled to death in a back garden football net.

The animal charity attended the tragic scene in a South London garden after receiving a call from the worried homeowners about three netting-...

Patrick the pony, ‘Mayor’ of Cockington visits The Lodge

It was a very special day for all concerned on April 19th when a famous visitor of the four-legged kind visited The Lodge, the Elizabeth Finn care home in Exeter.

Patrick, the miniature pony spent around an hour meeting residents and staff at the care home where he was very well received and impeccably behaved.

The miniature Shetland pony, owned by Kirk and Hannah Petrakis,...

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