Delivery drivers, community volunteers and those working in trades are just some of the professionals the Plymouth Safeguarding Children Partnership is asking to undertake free online training to help spot child abuse and neglect in the city.
Joining forces with the NSPCC they aim to provide workers with knowledge on how to potentially spot signs of child abuse, through the charity’s...
DETERMINED fundraisers across the south west are set to Race for Life at Home and carry on the fight against cancer as the nation looks beyond lockdown.
Organisers Cancer Research UK have postponed events for the spring and early summer to protect people’s health as the country emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic - and this includes the Race for Life 3K and 5K....
Families in Plymouth are being invited to take up the Big Pedal 2021 – the UK’s largest cycling, walking, wheeling and scooting competition for primary and secondary schools.
The competition, which has now been running for 11 years, is fronted by Dame Sarah Storey, British Paralympian and 38-time world champion in cycling and swimming.
A Tiverton boarding school has purchased a new fleet of grounds equipment after securing a six-figure funding package from HSBC UK as part of a wider overhaul of the grounds within the school’s 120-acre site.
Blundell’s School switched banks to HSBC UK in October 2020 and has used additional funding from the bank to purchase a fleet of high-quality grounds equipment, including...
Getting the Coronavirus vaccine - A Message from Devon aims to reassure people about both having the vaccination and the process of attending a centre. It encourages others to take up the opportunity when they are invited.
“Absolutely brilliant,” is how patient Gloria Brinicombe described the experience, “not in pain, beautifully done, very quick, very easy and everything was done...
Proposals for the latest and largest solar farm in Devon, adjacent to an existing one, would transform the pastoral scenery between Holsworthy and Bude into an ugly landscape of solar panels and security fencing stretching across 28 fields.
The Devon branch of the countryside charity CPRE says the rural vistas people have come to cherish more than ever during the pandemic will be...
The first Japanese knotweed shoots to emerge in 2021 have been spotted on the banks of the River Plym in Plymouth, Devon, confirming that the UK’s most invasive plant has begun its spring growth season.
Japanese knotweed hibernates during the winter months before emerging when the ground temperature reaches around 4°c, usually in March or April. Red or purple asparagus-like shoots...
A public consultation has revealed overwhelming support for the latest proposals for the Teign Estuary Trail.
More than 3,000 responses were received during the consultation held at the end of last year, which focused on a missing link between Newton Abbot and Teignmouth.
Feedback showed that 92% supported the proposed route for a 5km section of the multi-use trail, starting...
Veterinary students from across the world have benefited from online teaching during the Covid-19 lockdown, thanks to experts at international animal welfare charity, The Donkey Sanctuary.
The charity’s veterinary team, who are based near Honiton in Devon, have always played an active role in teaching the next generation of veterinary surgeons, veterinary nurses, farriers and equine...
