A major new Devon-based award designed to celebrate and promote sustainability has been launched by Food Drink Devon, the county’s leading food and drink organisation which has over 350 members, at the Met Office headquarters in Exeter. Food Drink Devon’s Sustainability Pioneer Award will shine a light on businesses that go the extra mile in their endeavours to be environmentally friendly....
East Devon District Council has approved funding of up to £5.5m for the acquisition of town centre land in Cranbrook, as well as approving three planning applications for a supermarket, high street shops with apartments above, a town square and a children’s day nursery – all bringing the 21st century town centre closer to a reality.
The £5.5m investment is funded by the Exeter and...
The theme of this year’s Road Safety Week , the UK’s biggest annual road safety campaign, will be ‘Safe Roads for All’, the charity Brake announced today.
This year’s campaign takes place between 14 and 20 November and will bring communities and professionals together to speak up for everyone's right to make safe and healthy journeys on our roads.
The RSPB is calling for everyone in the South West to join the wildlife-planting revolution after a YouGov survey revealed that three quarters (78%) of people are now doing at least something in their garden or outside space to help wildlife (with 23% trying a lot, 28% trying a fair amount, and 27% trying a little).
The survey, commissioned by the RSPB as part of their Nature on Your...
Budleigh Music Festival makes a welcome return for 2022 with a week-long programme of live music from 8th – 16thJuly. Boasting an impressive bill of talent formulated by artistic director Jason Thornton, classical music fans will be spoilt for choice with lunchtime and evening concerts at St. Peter’s Church, in Budleigh Salterton.
World class musicians, Castalian Quartet, officially...
A woman who spent her entire career working life in the criminal justice system has launched a new career as an author following success in a charity’s annual short story competition.
u3a enables members to learn new things, laugh with friends and live life to the full once they are no longer in full time employment.
In partnership with Bloomsbury, one of the world’s leading...
As a heatwave spreads across the country, now is the time to help the thousands of migratory birds currently returning to their homes around the UK. The RSPB explains what to look – and listen – out for, and how we can help them after their epic journeys.
With bird breeding season now well underway, these birds are busy finding mates, building nests and bringing up broods, and there’...
Travelodge, the UK’s second largest hotel chain which operates 594 hotels across the UK, Ireland and Spain including 10 properties in Devon and seven in Cornwall, is looking to fill 30 positions immediately across the region in readiness for the summer Staycation season.
Hospitality can offer a great career and Travelodge as an equal opportunities employer welcomes applications from...
Adrian Gray, the international pioneer of stonebalancing art, returns to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show this year, with a tradestand to remind us of the power and importance of balance as we return to ‘business as usual’ following the pandemic.
His stonebalancing tradestand will feature two collosal balanced pieces, ‘Strength and Grace’ and ‘WOW.’ Both sculptures are 4 metres high and...
A special nature challenge aimed at celebrating Dartmoor’s 70th anniversary of its National Park status has named its first winner. Wildlife enthusiast Thomas Ford, aged 11, from Bath, successfully completed the National Park’s Time for Nature Challenge . Thomas is the first young person to complete the challenge and was invited to Haytor to receive his framed gold certificate before he and...
