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Free Cider and Summer Tunes Come to Devon with a Music Series from Thatchers Cider

Free pints, live music and summer vibes

Thatchers is set to delight music and cider fans heading into venues and pubs across the summer with a national 40+ gig series that will visit Devon throughout August.

A mix of Juicy Sounds DJ nights and Summer Sessions acoustic evenings will be...

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National support for Arts University Plymouth

Arts University Plymouth formally recognised as the UK’s newest arts university

Founded in 1856, Plymouth College of Art has been granted full university status and formally recognised with the new title of Arts University Plymouth following approval by the Privy Council, becoming the city of Plymouth’s specialist arts university.

Higher and Further Education Minister Michelle...

A Derriford transplant patient is raising money for kidney units

Jamie Reed, who received a kidney transplant at Derriford Hospital in December 2021 is taking on a number of challenges in order to raise money for the kidney units that treated him.

At three years old Jamie was diagnosed with a genetic kidney condition called Alport Syndrome. The condition progressed slowly but as Jamie got older his kidney function slowly decreased. Then just over...

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Kingsbridge Community Works celebrates one year in business

Kingsbridge Community Works, a unique project run by Learn Devon, has celebrated its first anniversary.

The initiative was launched by Learn Devon , the County Council’s adult education service, with the aim of supporting traders in Kingsbridge while teaching digital and work skills to learners with learning disabilities.

Funded through Devon County Council’s recovery...

Plymouth named the second best place in England to give birth

Plymouth is the second best city in England to give birth in, new research has found.

The study by childcare and education experts Little Ones London analysed NHS patient satisfaction rates across categories for maternity services, including involvement in decisions, time to have skin to skin contact with baby and how little mothers were left alone when worried.

The second-...

Devon Air Ambulance provides new defibrillator to St James CofE Primary and Nursery School

Last year, Devon Air Ambulance (DAA) crews attended 333 patients who were suffering a cardiac arrest. This year the charity has so far attended 142 more people whose heart stopped beating. This is the most common reason for their emergency medical team to be called to help.

Earlier this year, the charity launched their ‘Help with all your Heart’ campaign to raise awareness about...

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Allison Homes South West makes two senior appointments as part of its national growth strategy

Allison Homes South West has appointed managing director Matthew Bennett and commercial director Alan Bray to its senior team.

The two new appointments come as Allison Homes embarks on ambitious expansion into the region as part of its growth strategy to be a national housebuilder.

Matt joins from Burrington Estates where he was commercial managing director, having also held a...

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Bargain Hunt at Chilcotts

The Bargain Hunt production team recently filmed at Chilcotts Auctioneers Dolphin Saleroom in Honiton after one of the programme’s producers spotted the company’s youngest auctioneer in action.

The producer saw Mary Chilcott running an auction online and realised she’d found an interesting focal point for the popular BBC 1 show; partly because there are still so few female auctioneers...

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Honiton care home host their own Glastonbury festival

Gittisham Hill House care home, in Devon, is not far from Glastonbury, being a little over an hour’s drive away, so to celebrate the UK’s popular festival starting this June, the home decided to have their own Glastonbury on 22nd of the month.

The Residents at the residential, nursing and dementia care home enjoyed getting dressed up with ribbons round their heads and flowers in...

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The return of Taste East Devon - A 16 day food festival

Following the success of last year’s inaugural festival, Taste East Devon is delighted to announce its 2022 food festival is to run from 3-18th September, extending into a 16 day celebration.

Award-winning venues, producers, chefs and restaurants across East Devon have joined forces again to celebrate the incredible food and drink on offer across the region. Founder Members include THE...

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Future of Castle Drogo secured after complex nine-year project

Following nine years of major conservation work, the National Trust’s ambitious project to save Castle Drogo, one of the country’s most iconic buildings, is complete.

Castle Drogo is the last castle to have been built in Britain, between 1911 and 1931, by the renowned architect Edwin Lutyens. It was built for Julius Drewe, a food retailing magnate, whose dream was to create an...

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