The extensive rollout of fibre broadband across Devon and Somerset is continuing to make good progress.
The fibre network being built in Devon by broadband provider Airband for Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) has now gone live in many areas in and around Barnstaple, Bratton Fleming, Braunton, Croyde, and Goodleigh, with teams working on the final hard-to-reach properties....
The ongoing major resurfacing and highway drainage improvement scheme in Sidmouth is progressing well.
The 12-week scheme, which is covering around 1.2km of the A375 from Temple Gardens to the junction with the Esplanade, started in January and has now reached the half-way point.
Work involves repairs to a number of sections of damaged and collapsed drainage pipes and this...
Devon’s Director of Public Health, Steve Brown, is urging the public to ‘continue to look out for each other’ by being cautious and following the guidance over the next few months.
His comments come after groups that represent vulnerable people most at risk from coronavirus raised concerns about the removal of the legal requirement for people with the virus to self-isolate, announced...
Devon is home to some of the UK’s worst paid areas, new research can reveal.
Of the UK’s top 15 worst paid areas, a fifth are in Devon. West Devon has the lowest pay in Devon and the third worst pay in the UK. Residents of West Devon earn just £386 a week – half the weekly wage of the UK best paid area: Westminster in London.
Torridge has the second lowest pay in Devon and...
Food lovers will be licking their lips in anticipation during the first week of March which has become well known as being British Pie Week!
With the date just around the corner, renowned restaurateur Marco Pierre White believes the great British public should now give, what is regarded as one of the country’s favourite dishes, some much-needed appreciation.
The Donkey Sanctuary in Sidmouth has won the prestigious ‘Devon’s Top Attractions - Loo of the Year Award’ for the second time in a row.
The popular Devon attraction, which welcomes several hundred thousand visitors a year, took the top spot again for 2021/22 with their outstanding toilet facilities.
The award's objective is to raise awareness and encourage the highest...
TV PRESENTER and journalist Steph McGovern is supporting a new skill-sharing initiative celebrating the talents that older people in Plymouth can share with the younger generation.
It is all part of the #GenerationWOW campaign (which stands for wonderful older wisdom) from Specsavers Home Visits, together with u3a (University of the Third Age), which gives older people a platform to...
More than 150 highways officers worked round the clock to respond to hundreds of separate reports of damage caused by the wind across Devon today.
But with gritters being deployed tonight to counter the expected drop in temperature, and the amount of debris still on the network, people are being advised only drive tonight unless its absolutely necessary.
Following the success of last year’s inaugural festival, Taste East Devon is delighted to announce its 2022 food festival is to run from 3-18th September, extending into a 16 day celebration.
Award-winning venues, producers, chefs and restaurants across East Devon have joined forces again to celebrate the incredible food and drink on offer across the region. Founder Members include...
