A luxury Devon hotel is ready, set, go for a colourful new culinary offering to tie in with the Olympics in Paris.
Five-star hotel Bovey Castle, in Newton Abbot, is launching an Olympics-themed afternoon tea for guests to sample during the course of the famous multi-sports event in France.
Diners can indulge in a Smoked Salmon & Sour Cream Crêpe and a Croque Monsieur, in...
The CREATE Creative Arts Academy at Coombeshead Academy in Newton Abbot, part of Education South West , held their first summer show this month.
The inaugural exhibition was attended by the Mayor and Mayoress of Newton Abbot. They got to see a stunning collection of work from students in Years 7 to 13. The gallery space showcased art from many different disciplines including Art...
Year 7 pupils from Dartmouth Academy, part of Education South West were recently trained as mentors by Future First.
The mentor-mentee relationship is a very special one, we often think of the mentee getting all the benefits of being mentored, but this is not the case. The Future First mentoring programmes place equal emphasis on both sides of the relationship.
Coombeshead Academy in Newton Abbot, part of Education South West , have achieved the School Games Silver Mark Award for the 2023/24 academic year.
The School Games Mark is a Government-led award scheme launched in 2012, facilitated by the Youth Sport Trust to reward schools for their commitment to the development of competition across their school and into the community.
Year 10 3D Art students from Coombeshead Academy in Newton Abbot, part of Education South West , have taken part in a two day artist workshop funded by The Helen Foundation this month.
The Helen Foundation is a charity to enrich the experience of young people in all branches of the arts in Teignbridge, South Devon. They subsidise arts-based workshops in schools led by professional...
Students from schools across Exeter, including Isca Academy and West Exe School, both part of the Ted Wragg Trust , have taken part in the Exe Valley Challenge this month (14th July.) Isca Academy founded the Exe Valley Challenge and they still host it every year, with staff organising all the schools that participate.
The Exe Valley Challenge takes place annually and this year 97...
While everyone was caught up in the excitement of the football final on Sunday 14th July, Carole Placet Mann had her mind on a more special occasion: Bastille Day, the French celebration of independence and freedom. Bastille Day, on 14th July, marks the storming of the Bastille prison in 1789, a big event in the French Revolution. The day is celebrated with parades, fireworks, parties, and...
Baking trays, frying pans, saucepans, and electrical items, are amongst the items mistakenly placed in recycling sacks in East Devon.
‘Wish-cyclers’, who hope, rather than check, that an item will be recycled from the kerbside, are well-intentioned, however they risk contaminating other items that are put out for recycling. Flammable items, also discovered by East Devon District...
A schoolboy from Devon has helped l independent cricket charity Chance to Shine celebrate a major milestone, as it approaches its 20th anniversary year.
Eight-year-old Theo Smith becomes the seven millionth child to benefit from the charity’s support, following sessions put on at Mayflower Community Academy in Plymouth last week (Thursday 19th July). The whole school attended a...
