Devon

More than 99 per cent of Devon families have won a place in one of their preferred primary schools this September .

Figures published today (Tuesday 19 April) reveal that 7,242 applications were made across the county.

And 7,189 families have been offered a place at one of their three preferred schools - that's 99.3 per cent.

The new figures show that 97 per cent of...

On Saturday 23rd April, Buckfast Abbey, in South Devon, will host the world-renowned choir of Westminster Cathedral for a concert of choral and organ music for Eastertide. The highly anticipated performance, titled Surrexit Christus!, follows the success of the choir’s participation in the 2018 Festival of Sacred Music at Buckfast Abbey, which was a complete sell-out event.

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Dartmoor’s National Park Visitor Centres have scooped Gold in the South West Tourism Excellence Awards . The centres, run by Dartmoor National Park Authority, were presented with the top accolade in the ‘visitor information services of the year’ category at a ceremony at Sandy Park, Exeter, last night (Thursday 7 April). They joined leading tourism businesses and individuals from across South...

Skern Lodge, a leading outdoor education centre in North Devon, is delighted to announce it is the winner of the Business Award at the North Devon UNESCO Biosphere 2021 Nature Awards.

The North Devon UNESCO Biosphere 2021 Nature Awards honour businesses that have made a pledge to tackle priority issues for nature’s recovery in North Devon.

Located in Bideford on the North...

Seaton Wetlands, the jewel in the crown of East Devon District Council’s nature reserves, is playing a crucial role in the survival of protected species.

The award-winning nature reserve has recently seen the arrival of protected slow worms from a development site in nearby Colyton. With the help of volunteers, 15 of the legless lizards of a variety of ages were captured and moved...

Graduates from The Sculpture School’s first 12 month intensive realist figurative course are relishing the success of their end of year show which attracted over 250 visitors and sales of their artwork that far exceeded expectations.

The One Year Figurative Sculpture Course at The Sculpture School in West Devon teaches students the skills they need to develop a career as professional...

Devon County Council has agreed its support for the development of the Plymouth and South Devon Freeport sites in the county.

The Freeport has the potential to unlock £314 million of inward investment and create more than 3,500 jobs by building on the area’s global reputation for marine innovation and advanced engineering.

At the Council’s Cabinet meeting (Wednesday 13 April...

South West IT and tech support company, Timewade , have unveiled their new head office at Winslade Park near Exeter.

The new head office was officially unveiled at a launch event on Thursday April 7, where employees, clients and partner organisations, including Rain Nutrience, Nutri-Link, and Exmoor Trim, joined the celebrations.

Timewade work with SMEs across the region,...

The organisers of the Veteran Games and Conference are delighted to announce that Devon resident, Mark Ormrod, MBE has been announced as Ambassador for the 2022 Games which will take place between 29th May and 3rd June in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, Israel.

First held in 2019, this event will see 65 British wounded, sick and injured Armed Forces veterans travel to Israel with their...

Hundreds of cultural organisations have received a share of the final £35 million emergency support package from the Culture Recovery Fund, to help overcome the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Emergency funding has kept projectors rolling in independent cinemas across the country. Thanks to a £45,000 emergency grant from the Culture Recovery Fund, Plymouth Arts Cinema, Plymouth’...