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Empowering Children's Book Series 'Understanding Me' Promotes Inclusivity and Empathy

Local Author Chloe Adrianne Celebrates Neurodiversity through Captivating Stories

In an effort to foster inclusivity, empathy, and understanding among young readers, local author Chloe Adrianne has launched a captivating children's book series titled "Understanding Me." Designed to engage parents and educators alike, the series aims to bridge the gap between children with autism,...

Beavertown Brewery has announced the launch of ‘Oil Your Neck’, sunscreen targeting beer drinkers across the UK this Summer

There’s no getting around it. We love the giant ball of blazing gas in the sky. We really do. The second we see it, our brain tells our body to run to the nearest beer garden, stand with a cold beer in our hand, and say sentences like: “Well, this is the life”, or “It’s like being in Spain”, or “the Sun’s hot today”. However, when it comes to protecting ourselves from that same cosmic heat...

Summer policing operation starts and brings extra patrols

Devon & Cornwall Police’s summer policing operation starts at the weekend and brings extra patrols to villages, towns, resorts, beaches and open spaces in Cornwall.

Police will undertake extra foot, bike and e-bike patrols to protect the UK’s most popular tourism destination’s community and visitors during the summer period.

An additional 800 hours’ worth of policing...

Eleven local golfers aiming to qualify for The Senior Open 2023

Eleven golfers from Devon and Somerset are hoping to add their names to a field littered with legends of the game at The 2023 Senior Open Presented by Rolex. The players hoping to qualify are:

First Name

Surname

Club

Town

Country

Venue

Justin

LANE

Burnham & Berrow GC

Burnham-on-Sea

ENG...

Text message scam warning

Residents in Devon are being warned to be on their guard against text message scam where fraudsters impersonate family members.

The warning comes from Heart of the South West Trading Standards Service who say there have been many examples of fraudsters sending a text message purporting to be from the recipient’s son or daughter, claiming that the sender has a new number or has broken...

Tipton St John Primary School rebuild given priority status

Tipton St John Primary School has been given ‘Group 1’ status as part of the Department for Education’s School Rebuilding Programme following Simon Jupp MP’s campaign to relocate the school to a safer site.

Working with the Department for Education, Diocese of Exeter, Devon County Council and the local school leadership team, the East Devon MP has called for a new school to be built...

Peco unveils recently renovated railway modelling exhibition

One of Devon’s most popular tourist attractions, Pecorama, is celebrating the opening of its recently renovated railway modelling exhibition, owned and curated by PECO, on the birthday anniversary of its late founder, Sydney Pritchard.

Pecorama and its parent company PECO Model Railways, are commemorating the occasion with a company timeline that marks and documents all of the...

Holsworthy successfully opens its community food hub

Holsworthy Food Hub celebrates with its official opening by inviting local dignitaries to visit the project and see how it works.

Families or individuals living in Holsworthy will now have access to their own food hub which has just been launched (July 7) and celebrated by the cutting of ribbon and sharing cake with guests, volunteers, and customers. The deputy mayor Debbie De Ste...

Students from Devon school win national Robotics Challenge competition

Students from Torquay Academy in Devon have been named as the 2023 UK winners of the EEP Robotics Challenge .

The winning team includes year 7 pupils Matthew, Poppy, Ivan, Riain, Benjamin, Emily, Oliver and Alfie. They competed against hundreds of other students across the country in a bid for the top prize. The team also scooped an additional award for the speed and control...

Devon residents, MPs and local businesses join The Mole Resort Devon in its celebration to mark the opening of the lodge resort destination 

Last week, The Mole Resort welcomed local suppliers and businesses, Devon residents and local MPs to the grand opening of the all-new luxury lodge and adventure activity based resort.

Pack your bags and make a beeline for the Devonshire countryside as fun, frolics and a jam-packed itinerary of adventure awaits…

Following a hugely successful first stage launch earlier this...

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