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Devon charities announced as partners for huge weekend of live music

Four Devon-based charities have been selected to be official partners for the county’s biggest music event this summer.

TK Maxx presents Live At Powderham runs for four nights from Thursday June 25 to Sunday June 28, featuring headline shows from vocal powerhouse Teddy Swims, seven-...

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Hidden steps revealed at Buckland Abbey

A £54k project to repair Buckland Abbey’s Grade 1 Listed Kitchen Garden wall has started this winter, uncovering new evidence of Buckland’s medieval history.

Buckland Abbey is a medieval National Trust estate nestled in the Tavy Valley on the edge of Dartmoor. Since the Cistercian Monks lived and worked the vast estate, the Abbey’s walled kitchen garden has been cultivated for...

Think about what's in your bonfire before you burn it

People planning bonfires next week are urged to avoid burning items that harm the environment.

It is illegal to burn most types of waste and setting fire to treated wood, tyres, plastics, rubber and oil can seriously harm health and pollute the environment.

The Environment Agency advises people holding their own bonfires:

Make sure waste is kept securely before

7 ideal tips on how to spend free time with benefit

Working 9 to 5, raising kids, maintaining a house, paying bills — all those basic things take lion's share of our lifetime leaving us very little room for self-improvement.

That's why most of us forced to combine pleasure and benefit, finding ways not only to entertain ourselves but at the same time become a little more skillful, smarter or healthier.

So today we will share a...

What to do when an unexpected bill hits you

When money is already tight, and you’re suddenly hit with an unexpected bill, it can be difficult to know what to do next. Do you take out a loan and potentially plunge yourself further into debt? Do you sell your worldly belongings in a bid to make some quick cash? Do you take on more hours at work? At the end of the day, it all depends on the size of your bill and the deadline by which you...

Plymouth crowd helps city wins international prize

Plymouth has won the Cities of Service Engaged Cities Award.

Cities of Service announced on Monday at CityLab DC Plymouth as one of three winners of the Engaged Cities Award. The award recognises cutting-edge techniques to engage residents to solve problems. Plymouth was recognised for demonstrating leadership in citizen engagement, working with their residents to develop and implement...

Dream job offers paid role to travel to 40 countries across the world with your friends

A leading deals platform has advertised a dream job as a ‘Travel Ambassador’ for which a lucky applicant will be paid £25,000 to travel to 40 countries across the world on a 12-month contract and can even take a travel companion on each trip.

Wowcher has launched a national search to find a paid ambassador to experience the 40 global destinations featured in its £99 Mystery Holiday...

Doing Your Bit for the Environment: 5 Ways to Make a Difference

The state of our planet is becoming a growing concern, however, we, as humans, can all do our bit to lower our carbon footprint and preserve our surroundings for future generations. Unfortunately, the climate crisis isn’t about to go away any time soon. It’s here to stay, so it’s up to us to make a few small changes in our lifestyle to support environmental causes.

With that being said...

5G Mobile Broadband is Expanding in the UK

5G network is slowly but surely coming to every major city in the UK. Vodafone, O2, EE and Three are expanding its network right across the country and offering customers some amazing speeds compare to 4G. 5G is now available in 17 towns and cities on at least one mobile network. O2 are the last contenders to the market with their launch only happening this month, October 2019. Nonetheless...

Making the most of on-water opportunities in Plymouth

Plymouth City Council is setting out plans to review the city’s watersports offerings and the service offered by Mount Batten Watersports Centre, in line with Plymouth’s new Visitor Plan and Plymouth Sound’s recently declared status as the UK’s first National Marine Park.

The review will explore how the Mount Batten Watersports Centre’s existing offer – and the surrounding land and...

Forder Valley Nature Reserve footpath closures

A small area within the Forder Valley Nature Reserve will be closed from next month while works to build a drainage pond for the Forder Valley Link Road are carried out.

The entrance at the bottom of Novorossiysk Road and the two short sections of footpath linking to it will be closed from Monday 4 November.

All other footpaths will remain open, along with the access points on...

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