SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity, will be delivering Christmas cheer across Devon this December. With the cost of living crisis biting hard at the heels of the older generations, 60 Christmas hampers will be delivered to veterans and their families who are considered vulnerable.
SSAFA supports all those who are serving, or have served, in the Armed Forces, in their times of need, and...
Plymouth’s Mini Police programme for 8 - 10-year-olds, which has been running in the city’s primary schools for over a year, has achieved an impressive series of milestones for its community.
The city’s Mini Police programme has been recognised with a series of national Police awards this year including the Mini Police Award, Innovation Award and Cadet Unit of the Year Award. The...
Trevi is delighted to receive an amazing £1710 donation raised by the Plymouth based Ukulele Group - Queens Dock Ukes.
Queens Dock is a group of retired men and women who enjoy playing the Ukulele. They have been together for eight years and are now friends. They play performances for charity and each year nominate a local charity to receive the donations.
Devon CPRE, the Devon branch of the countryside charity, is celebrating after councillors in East Devon voted to refuse permission for a large solar farm on agricultural land at Marsh Green, near Exeter, following a two-hour debate just before Christmas.
The 6:4 decision (with one abstention) came as a welcome surprise to opponents of the scheme, including residents in and around Marsh...
BIDEFORD’S new Specsavers store has now opened – bigger and better than before.
It was announced in September that Specsavers Bideford would be opening a new store in the town after fire severely damaged the original High Street property.
Since then shop-fitters have been working at the new premises, just 200 yards up from the previous site, which had been operating as a...
A new therapeutic laser that Paignton Zoo have recently purchased is showing promising results for treating animals with a wide variety of medical conditions.
This new laser, a class 4 therapeutic laser, is enabling Paignton Zoo’s veterinary team to provide non-invasive and pain-free treatment to a wide array of their animals, for conditions such as arthritis, wounds, dental disease...
A six-week "Countryside Skills" course will be held next month for unemployed people interested in working in the environment and countryside management sectors. The course, which starts on Tuesday 10 January, has been developed by community interest company Running Deer and is funded through Devon County Council’s Natural Capital Challenge Fund (NCCF), which was created to stimulate the...
A popular family-run holiday park in the English Riviera has begun work to extend its provision and provide space for an additional 29 new pitches on its land.
After a significant year of growth following the pandemic and the rising demand for holiday home ownership in the south west, Hoburne Devon Bay holiday park has made a substantial investment to increase its holiday home...
