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Volunteers planting thousands more trees through Emergency Tree Fund

More than 9,000 trees are being planted at County Farms owned by Devon County Council this winter as part of the ongoing Emergency Tree Fund planting.

One of the biggest planting sites is at Bulleigh Elms Farm, near Newton Abbot, where volunteers are currently helping to plant 3,250 trees, co-ordinated by local not-for-profit social enterprise ParkLife South West .

They are...

Meeting the Ukrainian Ambassador

Meeting the Ambassador

A group from Medics4Ukraine and the World Extreme Medicine faculty recently travelled to London to meet the Ukrainian Ambassador.

WEM Founder Mark Hannaford and Advanced Paramedic Luca Alfatti gave a presentation to His Excellency Vadym Prystaiko about the work of Medics4Ukraine, which they established in response to the Russian invasion.

They were accompanied by Jake Levene, a...

Successful open weekend at new Tiverton riverside development

Local independent housebuilder, 3 Rivers Developments Ltd, is celebrating a successful launch event for its highly anticipated development, St. George’s Court, just off Andrew’s Street in Tiverton.

The Open Weekend event which ran on 25th and 26th February provided prospective home buyers with the opportunity to take a private tour of the attractive new show houses and apartments,...

Ten New Shows On Sale at Theatre Royal Plymouth

Theatre Royal Plymouth have announced TEN exciting new productions for 2023/24 now on sale.

With shows from the Lyric stage and the Drum going on sale, there is something for everyone to enjoy from musicals to family shows and dance.

There are some family favourites coming to TRP including Alice in Wonderland and Madagascar, as well as work that has been delivered directly...

Artist with kaleidoscope eyes transforms animal artworks for pop-up exhibition

Kommune, the Boho arts, music and coffee space, located in The Narrows, Totnes, will host a temporary art exhibition, featuring a vibrant collection of artworks The Kaleidorasa Series: The Kaleidoscope within you without you from 28th February until 20th March 2023.

The series has been created as a collaboration between up and coming Devon-based artist RiverSongHeart (Rosa Weber MA)...

This World Book Day, half a million children in the UK don’t own a single book

As reading attainment rises in schools, reading for pleasure continues its sharp decline

To mark World Book Day 2023, the charity is calling on teachers, carers and parents to ensure that reading for pleasure is encouraged as much as reading attainment, in and outside of schools.

While reading was the only core subject which saw attainment levels improve in 2022, (at Key Stage 2, 75...

​​​​​​​Exmouth dental practice complete expansion following funding from Lloyds Bank

Select Dental, has secured a £887,000 funding package from Lloyds Bank to facilitate its largest expansion to date.

Select Dental received the six-figure loan enabling them to expand further into an area with growing demand for dental provisions within the local community.

The Exmouth based dental practice is set to grow its surrounding dental services from three to seven...

Lifeworks Saturday enrichment groups for young people with learning disabilities

All smiles at Lifeworks Learning Disability Saturday groups relaunch.

Lifeworks Saturday enrichment groups flourish

Our Lifeworks Saturday enrichment groups restarted this year with plenty of activities, both indoors and out. It was lovely to see new faces joining the groups and great to have so many smiling faces back with us. This first Saturday was jam-packed, with different events. Including a hardy circuit training workout where the group went through...

Channel 4 challenges students to create a new television show

Channel 4 is challenging secondary school students across the UK to conjure up ideas for a new TV show as part of a nationwide competition.

Students are being invited to create a new show which explores how we are Altogether Different . The only other stipulation is that the show can be set at any point in time, except in 2023.

They will need to come up with the idea for the...

Tavistock Enterprise Hub plays crucial role for growing business

REDS Group is a relatively young south west based company that has experienced exceptional growth in its first five years – but it has remained true to its roots.

Those roots stem partly from the Tavistock Enterprise Hub , which was one of two hot desk locations used by the business when it was founded in 2017 with just four engineers.

Today, REDS Group has expanded to a...

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