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CPRE Devon invites entries from across the county for Devon’s Best Churchyard Competition 2020

The Devon branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE Devon) is seeking Devon’s Best Churchyard of 2020 and is inviting churches of all denominations to enter the competition by the end of March.

“Devon has hundreds of churchyards and they are beautiful places,” says Penny Mills, Director of CPRE Devon. “That’s why we believe in celebrating them and celebrating the people...

70 piece brass band to play at Salvation Army ‘play day’

IN WHITLEIGH on Saturday 1 February, The Salvation Army Devon and Cornwall Divisional Mission Band is holding its second annual ‘play day’.

70 brass musicians drawn from brass bands throughout Devon and Cornwall have registered to come and play at this unique event, which will see Dr Stephen Cobb, Bandmaster of the world-renowned International Staff Band of The Salvation Army as...

Devon celebrates Young Carers Awareness Day

"My mum was born without a thyroid gland. She has learning difficulties and some physical problems, and she gets depressed. Her problems have affected me and my sister in lots of ways.

"The Young Carers worker called a meeting with people like my teacher and a social worker from the Disability Team. My family and me went to the meeting. We came up with a plan to help my family in...

Flooding hastens spread of Japanese knotweed across Devon and Cornwall

Heavy rainfall across the south west of England in autumn 2019 [1] will have prompted the spread of invasive plants such as Japanese knotweed, Giant Hogweed and Himalayan Balsam, which can hitch a ride in floodwater to spread and take hold in new locations, warns Environet UK .

Homeowners who live near watercourses, particularly those in areas hit by severe flooding in recent months...

Tools needed to help young people in Africa

RGB Building Supplies is delighted to have once again joined forces with South West-based charity Amigos to invite customers and members of the local community to donate preloved tools, which will go on to be used by young people in Africa.

For the past 13 years Amigos has been providing vocational learning opportunities in Uganda including training in carpentry and building...

Free Pet Workshops across Devon this half-term

To help parents keep kids entertained throughout the February half term holidays, Pets at Home is once again offering its fun and free interactive My Pet Pals workshops, every day in stores from 11.30am, plus there’s a free bag of wild bird seed* with every workshop booking.

The woodland themed workshops will be hosted by the friendly and knowledgable pet care advisors and offer fun-...

Holocaust Memorial Day commemorated with tree planting

The Chairman and Leader of East Devon District Council, Cllr Stuart Hughes and Cllr Ben Ingham, welcomed Richard Halsey, the President of Exeter Synagogue, to the council’s headquarters, Blackdown House in Honiton yesterday for a special tree planting ceremony to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day, which takes place every year on 27 January – the day that Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi...

University Hospitals Plymouth first in UK to get new Heart-Lung machines

Patients of Cardiothoracic Theatres in Plymouth are first in the UK to benefit from new high-tech heart-lung machines following a wider £4million investment in cardiothoracic surgery over 10 years.

Five new ‘Quantum heart-lung machines’ will mean improved safety for patients undergoing heart surgery.

Heart-lung machines (or cardiopulmonary bypass machines) take over the work...

3 low emission cars to consider in 2020

In a bid to tackle the ever-increasing climate crisis, and dare we say try and corner a market to appeal to the masses – car manufacturers are turning their attention to recreating their old favourites in an emission-free way. With new laws surrounding CO2 emissions , manufacturers are on a mission to go clean, or at least cleaner.

From hatchbacks to cross-overs and everything in-...

The increasing lows of the UK high street

The UK high street; once it was a hub of the community, selling clothes, furniture and market goods. Now though, after a slow period of decline, Britain’s high streets are becoming desolate with supermarket chains and charity shops replacing independent retailers that were once the epitome of the local town or city.

The shift to online hasn’t exactly helped the high street either;...

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