PEOPLE across Devon are being invited to host a Cancer Research UK Coffee Morning and help raise money to fund life-saving research.
Every day, 85 people are diagnosed with cancer in the south west. And that’s why the charity is calling on people across Devon to join together with friends, colleagues and family for a cuppa and a natter while raising funds to help beat cancer sooner....
Sound of the Sirens are the latest talented musical act to sign up for this year’s inaugural Royal William Yard Festival.
They will be joining headliner and international folk sensation Seth Lakeman for the event on May 27 and 28 – which promises to celebrate “peninsular living” and everything the beautiful West Country has to offer.
The South West NFU is calling for police forces to devote more resources to combatting rural crime, after a survey revealed that almost 20% of members who responded had difficulty reporting a crime and that when they did, insufficient action was taken.
The crime survey was completed by 200 members and showed that fly-tipping, trespass, poaching and theft are the four commonest offences...
The breeding season for moorland birds on Dartmoor coincides with the lambing season and, with the arrival of spring, the moorland will be full of new life, so it is particularly important for all of us to be Moor aware.
Many visitors and local people exercise their dogs when enjoying Dartmoor. Although a dog may not be actively chasing livestock, its presence can still cause...
Just months after opening in Plymouth Market, two start-up businesses are already expanding into larger premises following a successful first season.
Bibs and Bows for Little Toes and The Artist’s Palette are relocating to spacious perimeter units along the Market Avenue wall to accommodate their increasing customer numbers.
Meanwhile long-established M’s boutique has moved...
Dr Todd Gray has taken a leading role in the study of Devon's history, has written widely on Devon's past and lectured to a large number of groups. His recent published work has included Strumpets and Ninnycocks and How to Swear Like an Elizabethan in Devon. His talk sheds light on the nature of society in Devon 500 years ago.
£6/£4.20/Friends free/Devon History Society members free. Discounts available via the Artory App and free to Plymouth University students via SPiA
Dogs Trust Ilfracombe is appealing for ‘fur-ever’ homes for a trio of overlooked pooches who have a combined human equivalent age of 175.
Eight-year-old Crossbreed, Zane, nine-year-old Labrador cross, Saxo, and eight-year-old Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Lara, are eagerly awaiting a home to call their own. But staff at the rehoming centre believe that potential adopters haven’t been...
If you’re a fan of the 1950s you may be able to help the City Museum and Art Gallery with its latest exhibition.
Staff are currently putting the finishing touches to a new show called ‘Britain in the Fifties: Design and Aspiration’ which will open at the Council House as part of its ‘Museum on Tour’ programme in late March.
The bulk of the exhibition is on a national tour...
Plymouth residents are being invited to get active, get outside into the great outdoors and spring clean the city's green spaces as part of the Great British Spring Clean.
Active Neighbourhoods Plymouth is supporting the UK’s Great British Spring Clean campaign in March this year, running three events to tidy up local woodlands at Budshead Woods, Efford Marsh and Kings Tamerton Woods...
