OCTOGENARIAN Edward Perryman visited Exmouth beach and ate an ice cream on his first trip outside in ten years.
Edward, a resident at The Old Rectory care home in Exeter, was transported along Exmouth beach in a specially adapted beach wheelchair. He watched the waves crashing onto the shore, before eating an ice cream on the seafront.
England’s Seafood FEAST is set to return to the English Riviera in beautiful south Devon this autumn, from 29 September to 15 October. The two-week celebration of world-renowned local seafood will see the towns of Brixham, Paignton and Torquay join forces to host a seafood feast like no other, giving visitors the chance to join the locals and experience some of the best seafood in the world,...
Visitors to the National Trust's Buckland Abbey near Plymouth are being rewarded with an explosion of colour and scent as the newly planted rose beds in the Elizabethan Garden start to bloom.
Over 100 new single and semi-double flowered rose plants were planted by the garden team in February. As well as looking and smelling wonderful, these varieties are easily accessible and...
Plymouth Arts Cinema’s season of film by the water’s edge is a highlight of Plymouth’s summer calendar, bringing people together to sing along to musicals, lose themselves in the latest sci-fi, or enjoy favourite classics in the stunning location. Tinside is a 1935 Art Deco lido – and truly one of Plymouth’s architectural gems.
Professor Paul Fieldsend-Danks, Vice Chancellor of Arts...
Electric vehicle charging service provider, Wenea, has reached a deployment milestone with 55 EV chargers now live in its UK network, with more than 30 of those in Devon. Wenea expects to have 200 chargers deployed by the end of 2023, with the aim of accelerating the transition to electric mobility.
The Devon chargers are spread across Exeter, Exmouth, Beer, Sidmouth, Colyton, and...
Tickets are now on sale for the Agatha Christie Festival, a week-long celebration of the Torquay-born Queen of Crime across the English Riviera 8th through 17th September. Supported with public funding from the National Lottery through Arts Council England, this year's festival opens with an exciting six-day fringe festival followed by a four-day literary festival and includes high profile...
This festive season panto magic will be sprinkled in abundance as the Princess Theatre, Torquay, welcome a new, multi-award-winning pantomime production company to the venue - with a wealth of experience and a proven track record of delighting audiences across the country. Jordan Productions will be presenting the classic ‘tale as old as time’, Beauty and the Beast , in true pantomime style, with live music, stunning sets, slick choreography, sensational costumes and of course, plenty of audience participation and panto fun!
Alzheimer's is a heart-wrenching disease that inflicts relentless pain and sorrow on both you and your loved one. Witnessing the gradual decline of someone close to you can leave you feeling helpless and devastated. With each passing day, it feels as though you are not only losing a part of them but also a part of you.
One of the most agonising parts is the beginning before their...
Senior government officials will visit Tipton St John to help speed up plans for a site to be found for a new school, following recent flash flooding which led to the evacuation of Tipton St John Primary School.
After Simon Jupp MP held an urgent meeting with Education Minister Baroness Barran in the days after the flooding, Department for Education officials will be visiting...
On view for the first time in 10 years, the National Trust’s Buckland Abbey has uncovered all four murals created by artist Roland Pym during the 1950s in the Nave gallery.
From Monday 5 June, visitors will be able to see and discover more about these paintings which were originally commissioned in the 1950s by Plymouth Museum and Art Gallery [1], with the support of the Astor family...
