Students at Kingsbridge Community College (KCC), part of Education South West , have taken part in a road safety workshop this month run by Learn2Live, an organisation which works to highlight the dangers young drivers face.
Representatives from Learn2Live came along to the college to give a presentation. The talk included expert speakers from Local Authority Road Safety Teams, Devon...
Beautiful Betty has been searching for a new home through Blue Cross for over 200 days. This Christmas, the charity is appealing to the public to help find this friendly cat a new purr-fect home.
Betty was admitted to Blue Cross Devon in May and has been patiently waiting for a loving home ever since. The five-year-old Tortoiseshell cat is described as a sweet girl that would love to...
Hendy Foundation, the independent charitable arm of Hendy Group, is making significant donations to six Devon-based charities after concluding its latest round of fundraising. This new allocation of funds is part of a broader programme in 2025 that has allocated more than £61,000 for 50 non-profit organisations across the South of England.
A Devon hotel is donating hundreds of pounds’ worth of toys, gifts and food parcels to the local community this Christmas.
Five-star Bovey Castle has announced that for every child staying with them over the Christmas period, they will donate a toy or gift worth £20 on their behalf to the Cash For Kids charity and their Mission Christmas initiative, which is aiming to make sure every...
Mark Cawley, who serviced in the Royal Navy as a Senior Service for just short of nine years, lives in one of LiveWest’s supported housing accommodation designed to support military veterans.
Driven by early ambitions and a strong desire to join the Navy, Mark grew up in a family with deep military roots—his grandfather served 38 years in the Royal Navy, and his father was a Royal...
A Devon author has been praised as “inspirational” for his award-winning book which charts how a sense of adventure helped him overcome the torment of childhood sexual abuse.
Iain Peters was the centre of attention at a celebratory event organised by an Exeter-based lawyer after land the prestigious 2025 Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature.
Design work is underway for a new leisure centre, a key addition to Cranbrook’s expanding town centre, with proposals including a 25-metre and learner pool, gym, fitness studios, soft play, and a café.
Residents’ feedback will help shape the proposals for the new leisure centre, so that these facilities meet the needs of a growing population, expected to reach more than 20,000 people...
Nearly 100 talented students from Exmouth Community College delivered a spectacular, West-End-style production of Mary Poppins, wowing audiences across five sell-out performances at the Elizabeth Lee Theatre.
With two alternating casts taking on the iconic roles of Mary and Bert, the show impressed audiences with performances beyond the students’ years.
HUNDREDS of people in the picturesque Devon town of Tiverton will have a Christmas to remember after landing People’s Postcode Lottery’s biggest-ever single prize of £18.3m.
Players in the postcode area EX16 6 will bag a share of the bumper pot, less than a fortnight before the big day.
Winning locals will find out exactly how much they’ve scooped during a special Millions...
