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...
The Greggs Foundation has announced the opening of a new Breakfast Club at Lady Modiford’s Church of England Primary School, Yelverton.
The new club will offer 50 children who need it a free, nutritional breakfast before school to help pupils to be prepared for the day ahead. Breakfast options include toast, low sugar cereal, fruit, yoghurt, juice, and milk. As well as providing a...
Devon-wide health and well-being charity Westbank Community Health and Care is delighted to welcome personal injury lawyer James Wood as its newest Trustee. His appointment was confirmed on Wednesday, 27th April.
James, who’s a paraplegic following a motorcycle accident as a young man, lives in Exeter and is a former Managing Director of a unique legal service called Aspire Law. Set up...
STAFF, pupils and parents have started back after the early May bank holiday with a genuine ‘spring’ in their step after the government’s education watchdog, Ofsted once again praised Marine Academy Primary and judged the school ‘Outstanding’.
The St Budeaux academy, part of the Ted Wragg Trust, was judged ‘Outstanding’ in every category, putting the school in the top 10 percent of...
