Burgh Island Estate has announced development plans which will increase the number of guest rooms at the iconic Burgh Island Hotel by 50%, as well as improving staff accommodation and renovating the historic Pilchard Inn pub, which also forms part of the estate on the private island off the Devon coastline.
Expansion plans are supported by the robust demand which the hotel has...
Hatherleigh-based community organisation Made-Well has been voted as a winner of RGB Building Supplies’ Surprise Supplies initiative and now has £1,000 to spend on materials at RGB’s Hatherleigh branch.
RGB invited organisations from across the region that had supported people in their community throughout the pandemic to get in touch and explain how a donation of materials would help...
Research released last week has revealed the UK’s best quality locations for charity shopping, with Nottingham beating the likes of London to be named the nation’s best- as secondhand shopping soars in popularity during and after the national lockdown.
The research, for the UK’s Best Charity Shopping Destinations 2021 and conducted by student accommodation platform, M ystudenthalls....
Donkeys are playing a key role in an innovative conservation scheme encouraging the growth of wildflowers at the headquarters of international animal welfare charity, The Donkey Sanctuary.
Paddy and Kelley, a pair of rescued donkeys, are being regularly walked through a wildflower meadow at the site in Sidmouth, as part of their routine training and exercise.
A brand new, state-of-the art fish pass, which addresses one of the last remaining barriers impacting the River Dart’s ailing salmon population, has been opened at Buckfast Abbey, Devon, in readiness for the start of the autumn salmon migration.
Funded by Buckfast Abbey and supported by a partnership grant of just under £100,000 from the Environment Agency, the new Larinier fish pass...
Tavistock-based Flapjackery’s Clotted Cream Fudge Flapjack has been awarded a coveted gold star by Great Taste, the largest and most trusted food and drink awards on the planet. Out of 5,383 products worldwide to receive a Great Taste 1-, 2- or 3-star accolade, its delicious Clotted Cream Fudge Flapjack will now be able to display the unmistakable black and gold logo, a stamp of excellence...
As Brits make the most of exploring the UK for their days out and dog walks, these mesmerising images show some of the most scenic places for dog walks in the South West – including Cheddar Gorge, Holywell Bay and Arlington Court.
A survey of 2,000 dog owners from Okehampton based natural pet food producer Forthglade discovered the most popular destinations to enjoy – with ten South...
Broadband provider Airband will be installing fibre broadband in a number of communities in Devon in the coming weeks as part of the ongoing CDS broadband rollout. Construction is due to get underway this month (September) in parts of Devon including Ashley, Calverleigh, Frogwell, Hensleigh, Loxbeare, Lurley, Nomansland, Pennymoor, Puddington, Tiverton, and Withleigh. Work is also due to...
People across Devon are being reminded it’s not too late to have the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.
More than thirteen thousand people across Devon are not fully vaccinated more than twelve weeks after their first dose. They include over seven and a half thousand people who initially had a first dose of the Astra Zeneca vaccine.
Digital access in Devon is some of the poorest in the UK, new research can reveal.
One in six premises in Devon lacks access to superfast broadband (compared to the 98 percent of premises with superfast broadband in the UK’s most connected place – Bexley and Greenwich).
Ten percent of people in Devon had not used the internet at all in the past three months, if ever - well...
