Co-workers at the NSPCC in Plymouth are embarking on a huge fundraising challenge this month to help secure funds for their service centre and its work preventing child sexual abuse across the city.
The team will be walking, jogging and running almost 2,000 kilometers between them to cover the distance it would take them to visit their sister sites across the UK, including Glasgow....
Devon is ‘in a good position’ if a local outbreak occurs, following sustained low numbers of positive COVID-19 cases and steady flow of quality data, says Devon’s Director of Public Health.
Dr Virginia Pearson was answering questions at Devon County Council’s Cabinet meeting on Wednesday (July 8) on the Local Outbreak Management Plan.
Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) has launched its Fibre Extension Programme which will provide more than 8,000 homes and businesses with fibre broadband connections direct to the premises by the end of 2021.
CDS is funding fibre broadband connections to over 6,000 homes and businesses which will be delivered by Airband, and thanks to the high level of take-up of broadband services...
A major high-tech procurement platform being developed by the Government’s Crown Commercial Service is to be trialled in the South West and could help ensure that ingredients in many thousands of meals a day served in places like school kitchens across the region are sourced from local small businesses.
A Community Interest Company (CIC) called the South West Food Hub has been formed...
Thelma Hulbert Gallery (THG) is leading a call out to the Exmouth community to join a new project to rejuvenate a section of the Exmouth seafront, known as the Abode of Love .
The community including local artists and creatives is being asked to share how they see Exmouth and want to shape its creative journey.
A panel including local artist Anna Fitzgerald, designer Gary...
The Full Business Case for the North Devon Link Road improvements will be submitted to the Department for Transport next month after gaining approval from Devon County Council’s Cabinet today (Wednesday 8 July).
Councillors backed the submission for the £93 million scheme, as well as approving the design of a new pedestrian and cycle bridge at Landkey and the start of site clearance...
Northern Devon Foodbank and CHAT (Churches Housing Action Team) Foodbank in Tiverton have been given £1,000 each by a leading housebuilder to help carry out their work as communities continue to feel the impact of the coronavirus crisis.
Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes, who are developing Braid Park in Tiverton and Tarka Ridge and Raleigh Holt outside Barnstaple, have stepped in...
Dartmoor National Park have announced their new digital festival ' Dartmoor Connections ', set to take place through July and August. After having to cancel this year's Meldon Wildlife Festival, and rescheduling Moor Otters for a later date, the National Park wants to make sure people can still discover the many stories that shape this special landscape. From 20 July until 16 August...
People in Devon who are worried or anxious about coping with the newly relaxed lockdown measures are being offered help and support.
A further easing of lockdown measures on Saturday, 4 July, has left many people concerned about going back to pre-Covid social situations, such as visiting a restaurant, or about the catching virus itself while out and about.
