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Pitch perfect donation for Sidmouth donkeys

A kind gesture by an East Devon football team means residents of The Donkey Sanctuary in Sidmouth can enjoy continued wellbeing through exercise and play.

Feniton Football Club donated 60 used footballs to the sanctuary after hearing that the resident donkeys often play with footballs...

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Theatre Royal Plymouth on the hunt for children’s ensemble for this year’s panto

Theatre Royal Plymouth is offering primary school children the opportunity to star in this year’s pantomime, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, following the successful return of a children’s ensemble in its panto, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, last year.

To be able to audition, children should be in year 3 to 6, live within a 20-mile radius of TRP and not be taller than 4 feet 7...

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Aldi calls on children in Devon to design a poster for recycle week

To mark Recycle Week (14th-20th October), Aldi is calling on children in Devon to design a poster to encourage people to recycle.

Britain’s fourth-largest supermarket is inviting children to submit their designs for the chance to win a £250 Aldi voucher for their family.

The entries will be judged by a panel of Aldi’s sustainability experts, with the three winning designs...

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UK not doing enough to avert food crisis

As food price inflation hits 40-year high, industry figures gather at Westminster to call for immediate action to back homegrown UK food security plan

Calls from the UK’s farming and food production heartland are being made for the Government to take decisive action to stop empty supermarket shelves becoming a regular feature of daily life.

An increasing dependence on global...

Stagecoach South West introduces timetable changes

This Autumn local bus operator Stagecoach South West are introducing changes to some bus services within the region.

The changes, largely from Sunday 3rd November 2024, include some reliability and punctuality improvements as well as new tendered services in partnership with Devon County Council. Night buses also return in North Devon and Torbay for the festive period from the end of...

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East Devon District Council’s Countryside Team Tackles Loneliness Through Partnership with Age UK Devon

The East Devon District Council (EDDC) Countryside Team has partnered with Age UK Devon to offer fortnightly sessions designed to combat loneliness and isolation among older adults through connection with nature.

Following the Covid-19 pandemic, the Seaton Wetlands Activity Club, a partnership between EDDC and Age UK, provides local residents over the age of 50 with a varied...

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Redrow South West is giving away pumpkins at some of its developments

Fang-tastic free pumpkins available in Tiverton this month

A housebuilder in Tiverton, Devon, is giving away free pumpkins – and this is how the public can grab theirs!

With the countdown to Halloween now on, Redrow South West is inviting local house hunters to visit its Blundell’s Grange development, in Tiverton, between Friday 18th October and Wednesday 31st October, to collect their spook-tacular freebie.

A limited number of...

Worldclass Angel's mega singathon for dementia

A singer whose performance was described as ‘worldclass’ and ‘breathtaking’ by judges who named her as winner of Germany’s version of ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ will be doing a five-hour singathon at The Dolphin in Plymouth on 1 November as a fundraiser for the local dementia care home where she now works.

Angel Flukes, who originally came from Saltash and attended Plymouth’s City College...

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Halloween kicks off early for sausage dogs at Coldharbour Field Kitchen

Ottery St Mary will be experiencing spookiness in the cutest possible way when Coldharbour hosts its ‘Spooky Sausage Saturday’ on October 26.

After the success of the inaugural sausage get together in August, the Field Kitchen is once again throwing its doors - and paddock - open to dinky Dachshunds and their owners. But this time there’s a seasonal twist.

Sausage owner and co-...

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Devon’s Sarah Pearse celebrates ‘Wild’ success with 1.5 million book sales

Torquay-based author Sarah Pearse has achieved an incredible milestone, with her detective Elin Warner trilogy surpassing 1.5 million in sales.

Her third book, The Wilds was published in hardback earlier in the summer to great acclaim, helping drive sales of the first two books, The Sanatorium and The Retreat.

Sarah says “It's thrilling to reach such a significant sales...

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Donate your preloved furniture to support Rowcroft this Recycle Week

Recycle Week is an annual awareness campaign dedicated to reducing landfill waste and is taking place from 14-20 October. To support this initiative, Rowcroft Hospice is highlighting its free furniture collection service. Donating preloved furniture has never been easier, and your contributions help raise vital funds for specialist care for people with life-limiting illnesses across South...

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