The South West’s largest housebuilder has donated £50,000 to charities across the region, including the Okehampton-based Gilead Foundations charity, to mark the start of 2022.
Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes, which are building hundreds of much-needed new homes across the South West, are giving £10,000 each to five charities that are important to their staff and support their...
Hungry theatre lovers have finally been able to get their fix for live performances following lockdown with tickets selling out at an ‘amazing’ rate for the first five Sidmouth shows.
Among the sold out shows, at the Manor Pavilion Theatre, was Sidmouth Youth Theatre’s production of ‘The Show Will Go On’ and the Moonstone Theatre Company’s ‘Dead in the Water’ – an original classic...
An online series of webinars starting next month aim to help parents and carers understand and support their teenagers to navigate the challenges they might face as they grow up in today’s world .
‘Let’s Talk Teenagers’ is a three part webinar for parents and carers of teenagers or pre-teens. The sessions cover different subject areas starting with communities and family life (March...
Marks & Spencer has today, Thursday 24th February opened the newest branch of its M&S Opticians service, located in the retailer’s popular Plymouth store. M&S Plymouth’s opticians service is the second of its kind in the South West of England, with the Exeter branch opening earlier this month, as M&S continues to invest in the local area to provide customers with leading eye...
Trading Standards is urging householders, particularly the elderly and vulnerable, to be on their guard for rogue traders who might try to cash in on the damage caused by recent storms.
At the end of last week and over the weekend Devon, Plymouth, Torbay and Somerset was hit by a series of storms which damaged homes and property.
Exeter Philharmonic Choir celebrates its 175th anniversary with a performance of Brahms’ great work, Ein deutsches Requiem . To celebrate this landmark anniversary, the Choir is joined by the renowned London Mozart Players and two of the UK’s most exciting soloists: soprano Jessica Cale, winner of the 2020 Kathleen Ferrier Award, and Timothy Nelson.
The programme also includes Lo, The Full, Final Sacrifice by Gerald Finzi, a rare opportunity to hear this piece accompanied by a full orchestra.
Members of the longest-established choir in the South West have a special reason to raise their voices in celebration at a concert in Exeter Cathedral on Saturday, March 12th - the event marks Exeter Philharmonic Choir’s 175th anniversary.
To celebrate this landmark occasion, the Choir will be performing Brahms’ great work, Ein deutsches Requiem , joined by the renowned London Mozart...
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...
