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Healthy meal boxes delivered to families with young children across Devon

Thousands of meal boxes have again been delivered to families with young children this half term holiday week, in an initiative to help those who are struggling during the coronavirus pandemic.

Devon County Council first ran ‘The Goodie Box’ initiative during the Easter holidays, with incredible success. The boxes included ingredients and simple recipe ideas, and they were delivered...

People in Devon urged to have vital second dose of life-saving COVID-19 vaccine

The NHS in Devon is reminding people how vital it is to have both doses of the Covid-19 vaccination to get the best protection from the virus and circulating variants; including the so called Indian and Kent variants.

The number of people in Devon not attending their second appointment has risen in recent weeks.

People in eligible groups are being reminded to:

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Running the London Marathon for Theatre Royal Plymouth

In October this year Theatre Royal Plymouth’s Director of Engagement and Learning, Mandy Precious, will be running the London Marathon to raise vital funds for one of their flagship community projects Our Space.

About the challenge Mandy said: “I am not really a runner but since the first lockdown I've been running to stay fit and sane. And I think it's worked! And now I am doing the...

3,000 new trees planted by National Trust in South Devon

3,000 new trees planted by National Trust in South Devon

At Southdown Farm near Salcombe, the National Trust team have been working hard on various projects to increase the value of the area for wildlife. With the help of local volunteers the team have been planting up over one kilometre of new hedgebanks with shrubs and also planting trees around sheltered corners of fields. The new hedges have created smaller, more sheltered fields on the exposed...

Plymouth’s historic Elizabethan House to open to the public

Plymouth’s Elizabethan House will reopen on Tuesday 20th July following a major restoration as part of Plymouth’s Mayflower 400 commemorations. The historic property, which dates from the late 1500s, has survived the slum clearances of the early 1900s and the Blitz of World War II. After undergoing vital structural and strengthening works, it’s been reinterpreted as an immersive visitor...

Planning application submitted for next section of Teign Estuary Trail

Planning application submitted for next section of Teign Estuary Trail

A planning application has been submitted for the next phase of the Teign Estuary Trail.

Devon County Council has been supported by Teignbridge District Council in preparing the proposals to develop a 5km section of multi-use trail between Passage House Inn in Newton Abbot and the A381 at La Roche Maurice Walk, east of Bishopsteignton.

The Trail will also include a shared-...

The Devon Coast has one of the most EV-friendly road trip routes in the UK

hiyacar has collated 22 of the UK's most stunning car journeys - including the Causeway Coastal and North Coast 500 - and uncovered how many charging points there are per mile on each.

It’s likely that this summer will largely be spent in the UK, so what better way to make the most of it than packing up the car and heading for some of the beautiful scenery the British Isles has to offer?...

Jurassic Coast swim inspires beach clean-up campaign

Jurassic Coast swim inspires beach clean-up campaign

A Devon-based eco-warrior’s epic swim of the Jurassic coast, which stretches from stretches from Exmouth in East Devon to Studland Bay in Dorset, has inspired plant-based nutrition bar producer Human Food to offer bars for free to beach clean-up events across the UK.

Oly Rush, operations director of environmental community interest company Oceans to Earth, undertook his sponsored...

Tickets go on sale for Budleigh Music Festival

Tickets have gone on sale for Budleigh Music Festival which will be held from 9 - 17 July after a break last year due to Government restrictions. A week-long programme of live classical music will be held in the town, this year accompanied by incredible sensory art installation, Colourscape.

Immersive experience

As well as a star-studded line up of world-class musicians,...

Donkeys could help in reintroduction of rare wildflower  

Donkeys could play a role in an innovative conservation scheme to reintroduce one of the UK's rarest farmland wildflowers.

More than 20,000 seeds of the small-flowered catchfly have been sown in plots on farmland at the Devon headquarters of international animal welfare charity, The Donkey Sanctuary.

It is hoped that the plant will establish and thrive at the sanctuary. The...

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