Devon based Café, The Bucket & Spade, has been awarded a Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice Award. The award celebrates businesses that have received great traveller reviews from diners around the globe on Tripadvisor over the last 12 months. As challenging as the past year was, The Bucket & Spade Café stood out by consistently delivering positive experiences to visitors. This Spring, the...
After an epic and well documented 50-year career, that has seen them rise to the pinnacle of rock ‘n’ roll legends status, KISS have announced their FINAL ever UK shows. The iconic band will be starting their farewell tour with a visit to the South West for the first time ever, with an outdoor show at Plymouth Argyle’s Home Park Stadium on Saturday 3rd June .
Plymouth businesses are flying the flag for the city’s sustainability mission, celebrating fresh success with more Green Tourism awards.
A further four businesses have been recognised for their commitment to the initiative – a partnership between Green Tourism and Destination Plymouth – which supports Plymouth’s position as a leader in sustainable tourism and helps businesses across...
If you’ve ever wanted to get up close and personal with your favourite star, now’s your chance.
Following recent research which revealed the 80s is the UK’s top decade for entertainment, adult-only hotel group Warner Hotels is offering people in Devon the chance to win a star break at one of its fifteen hotels across the UK – including a VIP meet and greet.
At a recent meeting with Prebendary Robert Harris of St Marys Church Plympton, Nicky Ball Deputy Provincial Grand Master of the Devonshire Freemasons accompanied by his wife Gill and Assistant Provincial Grand Master Andy Vodden presented him with a cheque for £2,000.
The cheque is from the Provincial Grand Lodge of Devonshire Benevolent Fund and was donated to help with the...
One of the first Devon cancer patients to be recruited onto a ground-breaking trial in the region has spoken of his relief at receiving cutting-edge treatment following his diagnosis.
Gary Rowe, 53, from Paignton, was told he had cancer of the throat just before Christmas 2022 and was offered the chance to go on a clinical trial, giving him a new type of radiotherapy, and the...
As Cheese Lover’s Day is celebrated on 20th January every year, the cheese-loving Residents at Gittisham Hill House care home in Honiton, Devon, simply had to mark the day somehow, so Colleagues organised a tasting session.
To start the afternoon off, a discussion group was held with Residents and Colleagues where they talked about all the different types of cheeses and where exactly...
Sidmouth’s coastal defences have been given a boost after almost £2 million was made available to protect the town from eroding cliffs and high tides.
In 2020, glass ‘splash walls’ were installed on the seafront to see how they would fare against the waves, but many people didn’t like them and they were soon vandalised.
Now East Devon District Council has chosen a new scheme...
A Totnes independent day school is celebrating after its pupils all received outstanding results in their LAMDA examinations.
Children at St Christopher’s Prep School and Nursery at Staverton in South Devon, which accepts children between the ages of three and 11, all achieved either a merit or a distinction for their exams.
LAMDA, which stands for London Academy of Music...
Two women were left shaken after unsettling taxi journeys in two separate incidents in East Devon, prompting council warnings.
East Devon District Council’s (EDDC) licensing department has received two reports in the past month from people using taxis taken from a rank on the Strand, in Exmouth.
The first passenger reported an incident, in December, where she said she was...
