A charity that supports Plymouth people experiencing food poverty is celebrating this week after receiving a much-needed grant.
For the past two years FareShare South West’s Plymouth warehouse has received free surplus food from organisations such as Tesco and made it available to local people to ensure that families don’t go without.
Recently, Truro neighbourhood policing team were joined by partners including Safer Cornwall and Cornwall Young People to carry out a Safer Business Action Day (SaBA).
The aim of this day of action was to support continuing efforts to safeguard the community and provide reassurance to people living and working in Truro that the police are taking reports of anti-social behaviour and...
Christow Primary School, part of Education South West , have held their Christow 2024 Arts Week this week.
On Tuesday the 11th of June the school was visited by artist Peter Margerum who helped children create unique sculptures using recycled materials. The theme of the workshop was ‘Mythical Beasts’ and pupils worked closely with Peter to create some unique sculptures based on their...
Marine Academy Plymouth (MAP) in St Budeaux, part of the Ted Wragg Trust, has proudly achieved a 'Good' rating from Ofsted following an inspection in April. This remarkable improvement reflects years of dedicated effort, transforming the school from an 'Inadequate' rating in November 2016 to 'Good' in all areas, including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development...
The Pen Bethan development near Falmouth has celebrated a significant milestone with a groundbreaking ceremony marking the official start of construction of 133 new homes, with the Show Home anticipated to launch in Autumn 2024.
Situated on land in Budock, just two miles from the beach, this new community being built by local developer, Barratt Homes Exeter, promises to offer an...
Year 9 student Diversity Ambassadors at Coombeshead Academy in Newton Abbot, part of Education South West , have been actively supporting a research project about making the local area safer and more inclusive for young people this term.
The students' views have been relayed to the council as well as the policing teams to look at further changes in the local community. A police...
A further 150 metres of vulnerable seawall will be secured with a steel sheet pile wall in the second phase of repairs to Exmouth’s sea defences, planned for late September.
Phase two is projected to cost £1.627million of the estimated full project cost of £3.312million. East Devon District Council (EDDC) has allocated £1.5million to the work, with £1.72million of additional funding...
Theatre Royal Plymouth (TRP) has launched a brand new programme to support artists and creatives from Plymouth and the wider South West region, helping individuals and companies to develop new work, connect and collaborate.
The reimagined Artist Development strategy focuses on three strands of work, intrinsically linked to its 50-seat studio and workshop space, The Lab. The strands...
With the increasing popularity of no-alcohol wines, Vino Zero has just launched. Initially focusing on the South West, Vino Zero has been established to offer the hospitality industry, specialist retailers and consumers direct premium dealcoholised wines which truly represent the best of those available.
The launch event, which took place at The Pig near Bath on Friday, was attended...
Beverley Holidays in Paignton has kicked off the Euros season with its very own hat trick after scoring big at Torbay Weekly’s Naturally Inspiring Business Awards 2024.
The family-run holiday park group was named Tourism Business of the Year for the third year running, while also winning the Inspiring Employer of the Year award category.
