Local News and Updates
- 23rd March 2017
Devon Air Ambulance Trust is Recruiting!...
- 23rd March 2017
A major regional conservation charity has bottled out in aid of wildlife - The Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust - the charity that runs Paignton Zoo, Living Coasts in Torquay and Newquay Zoo in Cornwall – has stopped selling single-use plastic drinks bottles.
- 23rd March 2017
Early May bank holiday weekend - Saturday 29 April - Monday 1 May
An all-star line-up of chefs has been confirmed for this year’s Exeter Festival of South West Food & Drink including Tom Kerridge who will join festival co-founder Michael Caines MBE in the cookery theatre on the Sunday.
- 22nd March 2017
South West Water supported the charity WaterAid this World Water Day (22 March) to raise awareness of the one in ten people who lack access to clean, safe water.
- 22nd March 2017
Hundreds of primary schoolchildren from across Devon descended on Dartmoor last week to discover the path to their future career at the inaugural Dartmoor Aspirations Day - Organised by Princetown Primary School, and sponsored by Dartmoor Classic, the event saw over 300 schoolchildren and teachers from seven primary schools* coming together to discover just what it takes to make it in their dream job.
- 21st March 2017
Devon and Cornwall Police will introduce a new initiative aimed at challenging, and changing, the behaviour of first time offenders - They may be able to avoid a police record if they sign up to the new scheme and fully comply with it.
- 21st March 2017
There’s friendly rivalry between staff at a Devon zoo - to see who can identify the most penguins -....
- 17th March 2017
Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service remind owners of thatched properties to ensure their homes are safe from the risk of a fire....
- 17th March 2017
Ricky Pellow has told his Exeter Chiefs side to go and “finish the job” as they prepare to face rivals Leicester Tigers in the Anglo-Welsh Cup Final at the Twickenham Stoop on Sunday (3pm).
- 17th March 2017
Cofton Country Holidays, the multi award-winning holiday park near Dawlish, South Devon, has received official confirmation that it will receive one of the highest accolades in the world of camping and caravanning at the AA’s Caravan and Camping Awards on 20th March.