Essential resurfacing and drainage improvements will be carried out on the A376 Exmouth Road, from the Winslade Junction to the Clyst St George roundabout, next month (March).

Overnight road closures will be needed for resurfacing on weekday evenings from 7pm until 6am, starting on the evening of Monday 10 March.

The overall scheme is scheduled for...

Plymouth Active has launched a new series of free taster sessions to help local people living with Parkinson’s to get into therapeutic swimming.

Starting this month, the Good Boost programme will be delivered by specially trained swimming instructors and is meant as a fun and inclusive way for people living with Parkinson’s to get active.

The next free taster session is on...

£7,500 worth of suspected illegal tobacco, cigarettes and vapes were seized from a shop in Newton Abbot as part of a joint operation with Trading Standards and Devon & Cornwall Police.

The operation hauled in illicit tobacco products, including a total of 529 packs of cigarettes and 414 pouches of tobacco. Over 30 non-UK compliant vapes were also seized.

“These types of...

Devon folk legend Seth Lakeman will be the headline act at a new festival set up by a couple from Ashburton, which will take place later this spring. Sophie Pierce, a writer and former BBC journalist, and artist Alex Murdin, hope the Dartmoor Tors Festival, on the late May bank holiday weekend, will become a regular fixture in future years. The aim is to celebrate Dartmoor and explore what...

The representation of donkeys in cinema is the focus of a new and unique course that has been launched in partnership between a leading university and an international animal welfare charity.

Film studies undergraduates at the University of Exeter electing to take the...

Special Constables from Devon and Cornwall Police Roads Policing Team have launched an operation to crack down on the illegal use of electrically assisted pedal cycles (EAPCs/E-bikes).

Operation Forerunner comes in response to significant concerns from residents about the safety risks posed by these vehicles when modified and/or used improperly. It aims to reduce the illegal use of E...

The East Devon District Council Countryside Team recently welcomed a group of young people to Clyst Meadows Local Nature Reserve for a day of hands-on volunteering.

The Exeter Chiefs Engage Provision uses the values of rugby to inspire, support and educate young people aged 11-16 years old who are disengaged from mainstream education and in need of additional support, to regain...