Devon

Retirement can be both an exciting and scary time, and many enter this new stage of life with a desire to relocate. In fact, experts at HeatingForce.co.uk found that 64% of Brits plan to move to a different UK city when they retire.*

Eager to find out which cities in the UK are best for retirement, HeatingForce.co.uk created an index-based point system based off various social and...

A Devon-based company has been named one of the best businesses in rural Britain after winning an Amazon-backed Rural Business Award.

Natural Design Studio from Cullompton received The Triumph Over Adversity Award at the first ever virtual national final of the Rural Business Awards, in association with Amazon.

Natural Design Studio specialise in designing sustainable...

The second phase of Tesco’s Community Cookery School launches this month in Devon to help train community cooks in delivering helpful and practical food education to families in their communities.

The programme, in partnership with Jamie Oliver and the charity FareShare, aims to train 300 community cooks, such as those who operate food banks or charity kitchens, to teach families how...

Following the government’s roadmap announcement that outdoor cinemas can re-open from 17th May, Adventure Cinema is excited to announce a new socially spacious tour, offering guests the chance to enjoy the magic of the movies this spring and beyond.

Stopping at some of the UK’s most scenic spaces, including Saltram House in Plymouth, Torquay Recreation Ground, Newton Abbot Racecourse...

A South West-based nursery group has invested in the latest anti-viral fogging equipment to keep its 24 settings safe.

Mama Bear’s Day Nurseries & Pre-School group, a family-run business operating across Bristol, Somerset and Devon, has introduced fogging machines in all of its nurseries in order to sanitise each room at the end of the day.

Nursery leaders say that fogging...

People with Covid in Devon, who are over 65 or are clinically extremely vulnerable, are being encouraged to ask their GP about using a potentially life-saving device at home to check their blood oxygen levels are not getting dangerously low.

Under a new NHS scheme called Covid Oximetry at Home, eligible patients can be given a pulse oximeter – a small and simple device that measures...

More than 375,000 people in Devon have received a coronavirus vaccine so far – 31.3% of the county’s population.

In its weekly data release, NHS England has published vaccination figures by constituency for the first time.

Totnes ranks third among the 55 constituencies in the South West, with an estimated 39.2% of its population having received at least one dose.

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Devon's third community testing centre, offering rapid coronavirus tests that provide results within the hour, opens in Tiverton on Saturday and is now taking bookings.

It's in the car park of Tiverton's Exe Valley Leisure Centre in Bolham Road, Tiverton, Mid Devon, and will be open from 9am to 5pm, seven days a week with extended hours 7am to 7pm Mondays and Thursdays.

It...

Devon’s Guides, Rangers, Brownies and Rainbows now have the chance to be recognised for helping to protect the environment with the launch of the new Recycle Devon badge.

The new badge aims to encourage groups across Devon to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. It follows the successful launch of the same badge for Beavers, Cubs and Scouts in 2019.

There are 3768 girls and young...

With the easing of restrictions on the horizon, the future is looking brighter as the UK heads towards spring and the hope of this being the final lockdown. Over the last 12 months, community spirit has soared as the nation felt a bigger need for a sense of togetherness. And whilst times have been tough, across the UK many local communities have come together to provide invaluable support to...