Local News and Updates
- 13th July 2017
You are invited to come and visit Mid Devon District Council’s marquee at the 24th Mid Devon Show on Saturday 22 July.
- 13th July 2017
At the South West Youth Games held at Okehampton last Sunday, 9 July, team Mid Devon faced some tough competition from teams from across Devon and Cornwall but still came away with some medals.
- 13th July 2017
Peak Performance, a popular Exeter gym that promises to help members improve their fitness and health, is undergoing a transformation of its own with investment of £50,000 under the management of new co-owners, Simon Almond and Mat Williams - The pair are carrying out a programme of dramatic improvements to the gym’s services and facilities to reward existing members and to attract new clients to its friendly community on Marsh Barton Trading Estate.
- 13th July 2017
Paignton Zoo has revealed new plans for its African habitat - The charity was given planning permission last year to reshape its existing savannah area, which includes elephant, giraffes and zebras and has now revised this scheme, while keeping many exciting elements from the original design.
- 13th July 2017
Rob Baxter insists there is a “burning desire” amongst the Exeter Chiefs coaching staff to take the Devon club onto even greater things in the future, after he and his three trusty lieutenants - Ali Hepher, Rob Hunter and Ricky Pellow - today all agreed new three-year deals with the Aviva Premiership champions.
- 12th July 2017
Aviva Premiership champions Exeter Chiefs will have a stunning new look to take them into the new 2017/18 season following today’s official kit launch at Exeter Cathedral.
- 12th July 2017
A Cullompton student thanked Petroc after she was honoured at this year’s The Diana Award ceremony, which celebrated outstanding young people who embody the Princess’s qualities of kindness, compassion and service.
- 11th July 2017
This could just be the strangest animal on the planet - With its swivelling gun-turret eyes, tong-like gripping feet and rapid-fire tongue, the chameleon has an appeal that’s all its own.
- 7th July 2017
Petroc art student Joanna Collins has been awarded the Pearson BTEC Art and Design Student of the Year 2017 at a ceremony in Westminster yesterday (July 6).
- 6th July 2017
Paignton Zoo is hoping that not one but two huge smelly flowers will bloom this summer.