With not one UK river in an overall state of ‘good’ health it’s never been more important to monitor the UK’s waterways. Planet Patrol, the environmental non-profit dedicated to tackling the pressing threats of pollution, has launched the UK’s first-ever Autumn Water Watch – a citizen science survey to help assess the health and quality of our freshwater environments and determine what needs...
Leading UK rice brand, Laila, is inviting schools and playgroups across the country to take part in a rangoli art competition for a chance to win goodies for their school – including an annual elephant adoption with world renowned wildlife charity Born Free. The competition is part of a major national campaign by Laila to raise awareness of Diwali, also known as the ‘festival of lights’, and...
On Wednesday 5th October Anthony Mangnall MP for Totnes and South Devon made a special visit to Lifeworks Learning Disability Charity. The students at Lifeworks Special Further Education College had the chance to showcase their current artwork projects, including pottery, large canvas paintings and Lego models, all of which have all been created in their new updated art room facilities in...
Soft plastics, such as cling film, biscuit wrappers and carrier bags, can now be recycled in even more co-operative convenience store locations in Devon and Dorset.
Following the success of its trials and in response to customer demand, Southern Co-op now has soft plastics recycling bins in five of its stores in Devon and 14 of its stores in Dorset - a total of 167 across the south...
Police investigating a fatal road traffic collision in Tamerton Foliot, Plymouth, on Friday 7 October are appealing for any witnesses to come forward.
Officers were called to reports of a collision on Soper’s Hill, Tamerton Foliot, involving a yellow DAF rigid tanker, a silver Nissan Qashqai and a black Mazda 6 at around 6.45am.
This week, a pant-wearing dinosaur will be pounding the streets of Plymouth as he looks to spread an important message to children in the city.
Pantosaurus is a popular figure among school children in Plymouth as he is mascot for the NSPCC’s Talk PANTS campaign, which aims to educate children and help them talk about abuse without using scary words.
Between noon and 1pm on October 15th, shoppers in 100 large Tesco stores across the UK will be given the chance to take part in a lucky dip to find specially created gold versions of its iconic blue voting token worth £1million in grants to local good causes.
The finders will then be able to choose which of the three local good causes in Plymouth New George Street store’s current...
Devon health and wellbeing charity Westbank Community Health and Care is going from strength to strength. A new Finance Director has recently joined the Leadership Team.
Stephen Thomas, 32, grew up in North Devon and takes up his seat on the Board of Westbank less than a year after his initial appointment as Head of Finance and Business Planning. His swift promotion is in recognition...
Time is running out for you to cast your vote to help a Devon and Cornwall-based project win the coveted ‘Project of the Year’ trophy at the National Lottery Awards 2022.
The annual National Lottery Awards celebrate the people and projects across the UK who do extraordinary things with the help of National Lottery funding.
The public voting stage for the Project of the Year...
