Schools throughout the South West run the risk of throwing away 4.8 million lost items during the current school year1 as the lost property box can no longer operate in the same way due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. This means 1.6 million items may go to waste across the region this side of Christmas, accounting for five percent of the 90 million estimated to be thrown away across the...
Countryside campaigners Devon CPRE are celebrating along with local residents after they joined forces to oppose a controversial retail development on greenfield land next to the A30 near Okehampton.
In the final twist in a long-running saga, the Planning Inspectorate today announced that an appeal by the applicant Jack Mann against West Devon Borough Council’s refusal to grant...
An energy firm is recruiting school pupils from the South West to join its board and advise it on how to tackle climate change.
The move comes in a year that has seen young people face unprecedented uncertainty with regard to their future career prospects, with more and more young people looking to green sectors for a sustainable career.
Family owned holiday home lettings agency, Lyme Bay Holidays, celebrates 40 years in business during one of the most difficult times for the travel industry.
Growing from just three employees in 1999 when the Matthews family purchased the company, Lyme Bay Holidays now boasts a roster of 26 employees over four separate departments. Now in its anniversary year, during a time which has...
Barnsdales is a leading property consultancy, with more than fifty professionals at offices across the country. Chartered surveyor, Andrew Seale MRICS joins the firm’s newest office in Cirencester where he’ll be supporting property owners across the South West.
One of the properties Andrew will manage at Barnsdales is the 52,000sq ft Cirencester Office Park located near Cirencester...
Devon’s highway network will be monitored from a new control centre this winter.
Along with its usual preparations for the autumn and winter months, Devon County Council has also relocated its control centre to Sowton in Exeter. The centre monitors Devon’s roads 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
The Network Operations Control Centre incorporates the Network Response Team (...
It’s been a tough year for many, but Alzheimer’s Society supporter and stand-up comedian Jo Brand is determined to help spread some festive cheer.
Jo wants people across the South West – where more than 92,510 people are living with dementia – to pop on a pair of elf ears, pull up their festive tights and shake a leg in some jolly jingle-bell slippers on Elf Day to raise some much-...
Children at Mama Bear’s Day Nursery and Pre-Schools across Devon have had to get creative with their Children in Need fundraising efforts this year in order to abide by coronavirus rules.
Instead of the usual bake sales, raffles, teddy bear picnics and spare change collections, the tots have enjoyed pyjama days, crazy hair days, bear hunts and Pudsey crafts to mark the important...
The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) is calling for families in the South West to take part in a giant virtual reading event next month.
The charity hopes that the event will break a world record to highlight the need for more positive representations of disability in children’s literature.
To take part, families will need to read the RNIB’s reimagining of a...
Waiting lists for would-be holiday home buyers are being put in place at many of the six holiday parks in Devon operated by Park Holidays UK.
The group says it regrets that some customers are being asked to remain patient until new stocks of holiday homes are delivered, and extra pitches developed.
Director Tony Clish reports that demand for holiday lodges and caravans has...
