Devon

Princesses and Knights take over the Kingdom of Central Park

Following the massive success of last year’s Princesses, Knights and Dragon’s Day, it is being repeated for 2016.

There will be wheeled Unicorns for delicate princesses to ride upon, whilst gallant Knights can ride the real ponies from Humaryn Party Ponies. A vintage Ferris wheel will take centre stage allowing all damsels young and old to rise up to the lofty heights and look down...

Plymouth lose promotion play-off

AFC Wimbledon 2 Argyle 0.

ALTHOUGH Argyle’s trip to Wembley may well have felt like a dream, it turned out we were simply starring in AFC Wimbledon’s.

The stories were pre-written: the phoenix club rising through the leagues, with little history but lots of emotion on their side, and the pantomime hero in his traditional cameo role.

Headlines go often to Adebayo...

Royal William Yard Good Food Market scoops yet another award!

The Royal William Yard Good Food Market in Plymouth has been awarded the Best Farmers’ Market in Devon Gold Award at the Taste of the West Food Awards.

Now in its fifth year, the market has gone from strength to strength, recently winning the Visit Devon Tourism Awards Gold Award. Each month over 50 local food and drink stalls travel from across the region coming together in the...

£1.9m pothole programme announced

Proposals to carry out £1.9 million of work to prevent potholes on Devon’s roads have been drawn up.

Devon County Council is preparing a programme of repairs using funding awarded from the Government’s Pothole Action Fund earlier this year.

Devon’s £1,952,000 share of the Pothole Action Fund is in addition to £41,155,000 of capital funding which the County Council has received...

One third of children fearful of sleepovers and school trips

A new report reveals that 46% of parents admit their child is still wetting the bed at night when they have started reception class, yet only 9% would discuss this with their friends and other parents. In children over the age of five, wetting the bed during sleep is recognised as a medical condition and can be treated.

Only 10% of parents would feel personally embarrassed if their...

Flavour Fest returns to Plymouth

The West Country’s largest free food festival is returning for its 13th year to cement Plymouth’s reputation as the foodie hub of the South West.

Flavour Fest 2016 will showcase the region’s best produce and offer food fun for all the family - including a Ready Steady Cook-off, huge continental market, Fun Kitchen, bar, a chance to see top chefs in action - and a great atmosphere for...

Cricket success for Ridgeway School

The Year 10 Ridgeway School cricket team have had their first success of the season. The winning team along with the Year 9 team, were involved in matches against Hele’s School and All Saints Academy, hosted in the dome at Hele’s.

In the first round of matches, Ridgeway’s Year 10 team beat All Saint’s Academy, with Brandon Dawe the star of the show, taking three wickets in as many...

Plymouth memorial awarded highest listing

Plymouth’s naval memorial has been given the highest protection status by Historic England.

As the city commemorates the Battle of Jutland, the organisation has elevated the monument to the highest possible listing of Grade I. Plymouth now has 25 Grade I listed buildings and structures across the city.

The memorial, together with those at Portsmouth and Chatham, form the Royal...

Redrok's Adam takes on Plymouth 10k for Gold Dust

As one of the official sponsors of this year’s Plymouth 10k, local company Redrok has also decided to enter a team into the run’s Corporate Challenge and we are delighted to announce that team member, Adam Hopkins will be raising funds for the Gold Dust Appeal!

Business Development Manager, Adam, said: “This won’t be easy but I’m up for the challenge! As a team, Redrok have entered the...

The walk to school needs to be safer to improve children's happiness

National charity Living Streets conducted research with parents of primary school children and found that over half of those living in the South West see an improvement in their child’s mood (52%) and behaviour (47%) after they’ve done physical activity.

Yet, just 21 per cent of boys and 16 per cent of girls get the recommended daily amount of physical exercise* and a third of children...

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