Devon

Award-winning Devon Café Reopens with Fresh New Look for Summer

After a comprehensive refurbishment, the beloved Bucket & Spade Café in Shaldon is thrilled to announce its grand reopening - just in time to welcome locals and tourists for the vibrant summer season. www.thebucketandspade.com

Located at ‘Coast View’ in South West Holiday Parks, the Bucket & Spade Café is a cherished spot for families, beachgoers, and food enthusiasts alike...

Plymouth law firm announces new charity partner

A children's cancer charity has received a fundraising boost after being chosen as the new charity partner of law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD).

Hugs Children's Cancer Charity provides help to families with children suffering from cancer diagnoses in Plymouth, Devon and Cornwall through emotional and financial support, group events, hospital visits and its unique respite home. WBD...

Summertime at the Sidmouth Donkey Sanctuary

Nestled in the heart of the East Devon countryside, the Sidmouth Donkey Sanctuary is the perfect free family day out.

There are hundreds of resident donkeys to meet; from adorable miniature donkeys to large Poitou donkeys, as well as a playpark set among a safe landscaped area, a leafy maze, and even a bat beacon, where visitors can find out how these fascinating flying mammals...

Tesco colleagues raise more than £63,000 for Mind

Plymouth Tesco colleagues helped to raise awareness and thousands of pounds for the mental health charity Mind.

The intrepid Tesco colleagues joined up with others from across the South of England to walk 12 miles of the Jurassic Coast, from Lulworth Cove to The Ship Inn in Weymouth.

The initial target of £25,000 was smashed as colleagues, customers, family and friends...

Local school takes part in Chorister Outreach Project

A choir from Kingsbridge Primary School, part of Education South West , performed at Exeter Cathedral this month.

The eight primary school pupils travelled to the city as part of the Chorister Outreach Project at the cathedral. The Chorister Outreach Programme is run as a collaboration between Exeter Cathedral, Exeter Cathedral School and Devon and Torbay Music Education Hubs and...

Schools across Exeter and Plymouth Celebrate Thank a Teacher Day

Students at Ted Wragg schools across Devon have been celebrating Thank a Teacher Day this month (19th June) by honouring their teachers.

Thank a Teacher Day is an annual day of celebration to acknowledge the amazing work that teachers do. It’s an opportunity to reflect and appreciate the hard work of every single member of school staff.

Headteachers and colleagues from the...

Parents rate Plymouth nursery as one of the Top 20 nurseries in the South West

Parents have rated Bumblebees Day Nursery Plymouth as one of the Top 20 nurseries, out of 1237 early years settings in the South West.

The top twenty nurseries in the South West have received an award from the leading day nurseries reviews site, daynurseries.co.uk , with the award based on the nursery’s reviews from the children’s families and carers.

The nurseries were...

From Runway to Rumway Devon’s Hattiers Rum creates new cocktail for the regional premiere of The Devil Wears Prada: A New Musical

Premium Devon rum brand Hattiers partnered with Theatre Royal Plymouth to create a new cocktail, ‘Rumway’, for the regional exclusive press launch of The Devil Wears Prada: A New Musical, which centres around a fictional fashion magazine called Runway and its demanding, frosty editor Miranda Priestly.

Described as a ‘fresh and fruity aged rum cocktail with a devilish kick’, B Corp...

Torbay Freemasons Help Lola to Hit the Right Notes.

Little Lola Wearne, who is only 8 years old (nearly 9 she now tells me) has over a long period had to attend the Moorfields eye hospital in London. Where she has undergone 3 major operations to save the eyesight in both her eyes due to a diagnosis of bilateral congenital Glaucoma.

Amazingly Lola is now learning to play the piano & attends lessons with Marlene Hine a local Piano...

Coombeshead Academy students flock to embroidery workshop

Year 10 students from Coombeshead Academy in Newton Abbot, part of Education South West , flocked to a recent textile workshop where they hand stitched pictures of birds.

The Textiles students took part in the workshop at the Bovey Craft Festival this month, which was run by textile artist, Poppy Treffry. The workshop consisted of a freehand embroidery session during which the...

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