Simon Jupp MP is calling for the public bodies involved in the response to last week’s flooding in East Devon to review their response and provide further support to residents.
Over 60 properties were flooded when the Otter Valley was overwhelmed by intense rainfall of up to 130mm across a few hours, which was markedly worse than a similar event in 2008. Newton Poppleford, Tipton St...
Gloucestershire based professional theatre company Rain or Shine are celebrating its 25th anniversary and, hailed by ‘The Stage’ as “one of the best companies touring open air theatre", is set to delight family audiences once again this summer with Shakespeare’s comedy classic “The Comedy Of Errors”.
Once upon a Time, cruel fate decreed that a family should be torn asunder in a...
There are misconceptions that still exist around memory loss just being part of getting old and this can be a big barrier to accessing a dementia diagnosis.
This year's theme for Dementia Action Week is based around a timely diagnosis.
"It is vital to understand young people get dementia and there are around 40,000 people under 65 living with young onset dementia,” says Gina...
Thelma Hulbert Gallery (THG) will feature a new exhibition of work by photographer Corinna Wagner exploring the edges between water and land.
The exhibition includes artworks of the built and natural environment, ruined and rewilded. There are abandoned piers and once-grand seaside hotels of the South West, northern industrial ruins, and lakeshore properties ravaged by forest fires...
A community celebration (12/5/2023) marked the official opening of Chardstock Community Shop & Post Office after the village rallied round to save the store from closure.
The shop and Post Office was at risk of closure as the owners were unable to sell their business upon retirement.
The Community raised £257,000 through shares, donations and loans and the Chardstock...
South West Blood Bikes' Plymouth team have taken delivery of a brand-new Yamaha Tracer 900 Blood Bike, thanks entirely to the generosity of the Devonport Royal Dockyard Sport and Social Club, whose members have raised the funds and donated this bike to the charity.
This is the first of a new homologated Blood Bike developed for groups by Yamaha UK Limited.
The current operator of Services 315, 345 and 377 linking Exeter with Barnstaple, Okehampton and Chumleigh, has notified Devon County Council that they no longer wish to operate these services. Working in partnership with Devon County Council, Stagecoach South West will provide replacement services, which will start from Monday 5 June 2023.
The Box is proud to announce that it’s been selected to be part of the IWM 14-18 NOW Legacy Fund, a national partnership programme of over 20 artist commissions inspired by the heritage of conflict. Led by Imperial War Museums, the IWM 14-18 NOW Legacy Fund was created following the success of 14-18 NOW, the official UK arts programme for the First World War centenary.
Friday May 18 is Outdoor Classroom Day, and lots of schools across Devon will be taking part.
Outdoor Classroom Day is a global initiative which aims to encourage teachers, parents, guardians and youth groups to get children spending more time learning and playing outdoors.
There is growing evidence that outdoor learning is beneficial – it can support creating a meaningful...
Wellness experts and advocates are gearing up to inspire and enlighten visitors at this year's SpaFest, taking place at cinch presents CarFest from the 25th to the 27th of August at Laverstoke Park Farm in Hampshire.
Among these remarkable advocates stands Tom Chapman, who has created a safe haven from his barber chair. Following the tragic loss of his friend Alex in 2015, Tom founded...
