If you’ve ever wanted to get up close and personal with your favourite star, now’s your chance.
Following recent research which revealed the 80s is the UK’s top decade for entertainment, adult-only hotel group Warner Hotels is offering people in Devon the chance to win a star break at one of its fifteen hotels across the UK – including a VIP meet and greet.
At a recent meeting with Prebendary Robert Harris of St Marys Church Plympton, Nicky Ball Deputy Provincial Grand Master of the Devonshire Freemasons accompanied by his wife Gill and Assistant Provincial Grand Master Andy Vodden presented him with a cheque for £2,000.
The cheque is from the Provincial Grand Lodge of Devonshire Benevolent Fund and was donated to help with the...
One of the first Devon cancer patients to be recruited onto a ground-breaking trial in the region has spoken of his relief at receiving cutting-edge treatment following his diagnosis.
Gary Rowe, 53, from Paignton, was told he had cancer of the throat just before Christmas 2022 and was offered the chance to go on a clinical trial, giving him a new type of radiotherapy, and the...
As Cheese Lover’s Day is celebrated on 20th January every year, the cheese-loving Residents at Gittisham Hill House care home in Honiton, Devon, simply had to mark the day somehow, so Colleagues organised a tasting session.
To start the afternoon off, a discussion group was held with Residents and Colleagues where they talked about all the different types of cheeses and where exactly...
Sidmouth’s coastal defences have been given a boost after almost £2 million was made available to protect the town from eroding cliffs and high tides.
In 2020, glass ‘splash walls’ were installed on the seafront to see how they would fare against the waves, but many people didn’t like them and they were soon vandalised.
Now East Devon District Council has chosen a new scheme...
A Totnes independent day school is celebrating after its pupils all received outstanding results in their LAMDA examinations.
Children at St Christopher’s Prep School and Nursery at Staverton in South Devon, which accepts children between the ages of three and 11, all achieved either a merit or a distinction for their exams.
LAMDA, which stands for London Academy of Music...
Two women were left shaken after unsettling taxi journeys in two separate incidents in East Devon, prompting council warnings.
East Devon District Council’s (EDDC) licensing department has received two reports in the past month from people using taxis taken from a rank on the Strand, in Exmouth.
The first passenger reported an incident, in December, where she said she was...
Aldi is rolling out its partnership with the world’s largest surplus food platform, Too Good To Go, to all of its stores in Devon.
Following a successful trial last year, the UK’s fastest-growing supermarket is making the surplus food bags available nationwide, in a bid to tackle food waste while also offering even lower prices to customers.
The owners of one of the UK’s most iconic beaches, Blackpool Sands near Dartmouth in South Devon, have partnered with new operators to re-open their renowned eating establishment and implement a series of fresh and exciting changes over the next 12 months.
Geoffrey and Robert Newman have joined forces with Charlie and Zuzana Deuchar, owners of Dartmouth’s multi-award winning boutique...
Communities across Devon from Tavistock to Tiverton, Bideford to Budleigh and from Ashcombe to Avonwick are being invited to apply for a free street party licence to mark the coronation of His Majesty King Charles III and Her Majesty The Queen Consort.
The Coronation takes place on the morning of Saturday 6 May at Westminster Abbey, and on Sunday 7 May Coronation Big Lunches will...
