Sidmouth Film Society is showing an anniversary screening of the Titanic docu-drama A Night to Remember , with a collection to benefit Sidmouth Lifeboat.
At 11.40pm on April 12th, 1912, the Titanic had its fateful collision with an iceberg in the North Atlantic. At 7pm on April 12th, 2024, a film concerning what transpired out there amid the freezing waves will be screened at the...
A five-star hotel in Devon has been crowned the South West’s best after coming out on top at a major regional awards ceremony.
Bovey Castle has won the gold award for Large Hotel of the Year in South West Tourism Excellence Awards, with over 300 delegates attending the event in the Great Hall at the University of Exeter.
The hotel, which is part of the Eden Hotel Collection...
A fleet of 41 electric buses are set to take to Devon’s roads in Exeter, North Devon and Torridge. A successful joint bid by Devon County Council and Stagecoach has secured £5.3 million from the second round of the Department for Transport’s Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (ZEBRA) scheme. Stagecoach will be investing a further £15 million into the project to roll out new EV buses in Exeter...
Simon Jupp, MP for East Devon, has been unanimously re-elected as Chair of the Hospitality & Tourism All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG), a cross-party group of politicians championing the hospitality and tourism industry in Parliament.
During the group’s annual general meeting on the 19th of March which coincided with English Tourism Week, Simon Jupp MP, who has been chair of...
Hill House and Abbeyfield House, residential cares home in Honiton and New Malden, have held a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party for their residents and staff to mark Nutrition and Hydration Week (NHW).
The homes, which provides housing, care and support to up to 30 and 36 older people respectively, are part of the worldwide Abbeyfield network of charity care homes, sheltered housing schemes...
Join us for an exciting free launch event celebrating the release of non-fiction book Publishing and Literary Networks in the South West. This new anthology, created by students at the University of Exeter, explores the rich literary networks of our region.
Event Highlights:
Craft Workshop: Bring out your creative side with a workshop led by Anne Le Brocq, author of The Art of Landscape Knitting , published by award-winning Exeter-based publisher David & Charles.
Industry Panel Discussions: Explore key industry topics with two insightful panels...
Publishing and Literary Networks in the South West is the first publication to explore the flourishing literary scenes and publishing networks in the South West. Exeter City of Literature Executive Director Anna Cohn Orchard says, ‘This publication should be read by every literary professional, prospective university student, and book lover in the country. It’s remarkable to see the wealth of...
A five-star Devon manor house hotel is serving up an adventurous course to its Sunday roasts this Easter that will end with families using clues to explore their 275-acre Dartmoor Estate.
Bovey Castle, part of the Eden Hotel Collection, is hosting an Easter discovery trail on Sunday, March 31 for those enjoying Easter Sunday Lunch within the Great Western 3AA Rosette Restaurant....
Ben Ground, of Sutton Coldfield, formerly of 2nd Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment, is taking on a tough running challenge to raise funds for SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity. Ben has just started volunteering for the organisation as a caseworker and views the voluntary work and fundraising as a way to “give back” to a charity which has supported so many of his friends.
Devon & Cornwall Police have reinvested money from illegal activity to help fund community football sessions in South Devon.
The Force’s Diverse Communities Team (DCT) used £900 from the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) to run a series of ten free community football sessions to people aged over 18.
The sessions aim to bring people together to raise awareness of hate crime...
