Sport

Footballers score grand support

An expanding football club has been gifted £1,000 by Persimmon Homes South West to help fund a its running costs and support players.

Starcross Dons Football Club, based in Starcross, near Exeter, was awarded the funds through the Persimmon Homes Community Champions scheme, which supports up to 64 good causes every month.

John Thipthorpe, for the club, welcomed the donation...

4 Famous Olympians from Devon

With the delayed Tokyo Olympics now underway this summer, many people’s thoughts are on sport and their favourite Olympic events. Thanks to high medal totals from Team GB at the last few games, in the UK especially these have become big community events, with large groups of people coming together to watch the games & enjoy each other’s company – something that was much needed after the...

Tom Daley could be made 'freeman of Plymouth' after winning Olympic gold

By Philip Churm, Local Democracy Reporter.

After Plymouth’s Tom Daley won an Olympic gold medal, some of the city’s councillors are calling for the diver to be made a freeman of the city; the highest honour the city can bestow.

On Monday morning Tom Daley and diving partner Matty Lee made history by winning Great Britain’s first gold medal in the men’s synchronised 10 metre...

Will Novak Djokovic be the best tennis player of all time?

Following on from his triumph against Matteo Berrettini, Novak Djokovic now has a record number of major titles alongside Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Over recent years all three professional players have made a name for their selves with various wins and nail-biting games. They now all have 20 major titles to their name and show no signs of stopping anytime soon. In fact, well-known...

Euro 2020: Why Everyone Needs to Be Behind England in the Final

We’re based in Devon, so it’s always nice to broadcast the individuals and teams from the local area when they achieve something great. This coming Sunday, the men’s England football squad has an opportunity to make history without any Devonish players present. The biggest demographic is Yorkshire with five.

However, it’s not about our tribal influences and where we’re from when...

Dodgeball at Lipson Academy

Celebrating Diversity of Competition

THIS week sees the return of Lipson Academy’s annual School Sports Days, when the focus will be on celebration, as well as competition.

Every single student at the Academy will take part in the action-packed two-day schedule, with all the staff also participating in a whole-school festival of endeavour and achievement.

Head of PE Ed Goodman has organised a crammed timetable of...

County Selection for Jake, 15

YOUNG teenager Jake Weir has achieved his season's aim by being selected to run for Devon in next month's South West Inter-Counties Championships.

The 15-year-old Plymouth sprinter, who attends Lipson Academy, reached the county standard qualification time for the 200m in the recent Devon County & Schools Championships, in which he won the Under-17s' 100m and 200m sprints....

Keeping it in the family - Jack Stein talks food, golf and Cornwall

They say the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree and it’s certainly true when it comes to Jack Stein.

Son of famous Cornwall chef Rick, Jack has more than lived up to his famous surname overseeing all the Rick Stein Group’s food and its 14 restaurants across the UK.

From an early age, he worked as a porter in his father’s The Seafood Restaurant before moving to front of...

In review: Royal Ascot 2020

As Royal Ascot 2021 gets ever closer, and excitement starts to build for the return of spectators to the prestigious Berkshire-based racecourse, now seems like the perfect time to reflect on last year’s renewal of the Royal five-day meeting, which of course took place behind closed doors for the first time in its rich history. Read on to find out more!

Day One

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