This time of year, many people are thinking about the joy of spending quality time with friends and family. For the homeless pets at Blue Cross Devon, a loving family is something they have been waiting a long time to find. This Christmas, the charity is appealing to the public to help give these animals the forever homes they deserve.
Little Green Change is celebrating the biodiversity improvements in Devon in 2025 carried out in conjunction with primary and secondary schools across the county. Their Biodiversity in Schools Project provides a range of free environmental education assemblies and school ground biodiversity improvements to state-funded schools, thanks to funding from The Norman Family Trust, the Nineveh...
Devon Ladies Vets are celebrating the 75’s victory at national level!
County tennis players, Di West (Exmouth), Jenny Doig (Barnstaple), Co-captains Anne Tait, (Budleigh Salterton) and Linda Knight (Torquay) recently represented Devon in the Ladies Over 75's County Cup Final. The Devon team became the National Champions beating Lancashire 3-1 in Southampton this autumn.
Paignton Picture House has been awarded £675,246 from Historic England to carry out works to restore the historic fabric of the Grade II* listed cinema.
The much-loved Torbay landmark, one of Europe’s oldest purpose-built cinemas, has been on the Heritage at Risk Register since 2013. The £675,246 grant from Historic England will fund essential works to repair and safeguard its...
Stover Country Park near Newton Abbot has launched two new footpaths.
The developments from the latest phase of the Restoring Stover Park Project, supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, aim to improve the experience for visitors using the park, and to reduce the pressure on the sensitive habitats within the Site of Special Scientific Interest.
New legislation making it compulsory for all pet cats to be microchipped is failing to impact on Plymouth’s stray cat population, a charity has warned.
Around half of the stray cats rescued by Woodside Animal Welfare Sanctuary have an out-of-date microchip which prevents potential owners being traced.
The other half do not have a microchip at all, despite legislation brought...
Young people aged 13 to 24 who will spend Christmas in a Plymouth Hospital are set to receive a bundle of festive gifts this year, thanks to a nationwide campaign from Project Youth Cancer.
Patients at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust are among hundreds of teenage and young adult cancer patients across 45 hospitals in the UK and Ireland who will wake up on Christmas morning to...
City College Plymouth successfully hosted and participated in an ambitious 24-hour Row the Atlantic Challenge for charity in partnership with the Plymouth Army Careers Centre and a wide range of community partners.
Taking place at the College’s Kings Road campus on Tuesday 25 and Wednesday 26 November, the event challenged participants to collectively row 3,320 kilometres - the...
A popular Devon path for people walking and cycling now has a smoother surface, more space, and a new zebra crossing, to help make it safer and accessible for everyone.
The improved section is in Ivybridge, on Cornwood Road, between Woodland Road, and where it meets the A38. It’s part of Route 2 of the National Cycle Network.
New research has revealed that 1 in 2 people (52 per cent) living in Plymouth experience feelings of loneliness at Christmas, with 20 per cent saying they expect to feel lonelier this year than they did last Christmas.
The research, commissioned by Drake Circus in partnership with the Mental Health Foundation, also found that over a third (37 per cent) of those surveyed in Plymouth...
