Salvage Hunters, the popular Quest TV and Discovery Channel show, is heading to Devon to record a special edition of the programme.
The show follows architectural salvage and antiques expert Drew Pritchard as he travels around the UK to prestigious, interesting, and historic places hunting out and buying quirky and unusual objects no longer wanted by their present owner.
The 122nd Devon County Show will take place shortly at Westpoint, Exeter on May 18, 19 and 20.
More than 90,000 visitors are expected to see some of the best livestock, taste fabulous local food and drink, experience country life and enjoy a wealth of entertainment.
Her Royal Highness the Countess of Wessex will spend two days at the Show in her role as President of the Devon...
Trading Standards and police officers have visited communities throughout Somerset this week in a joint initiative to highlight the dangers of rogue traders and forceful doorstep sellers.
And next week it’s the turn of Devon with a series of information events planned throughout the county.
Over two days officers from the Devon, Somerset and Torbay Trading Standards Service (...
National law firm Bond Dickinson LLP, which has a large office in Plymouth, has advised longstanding client Piper, the UK's leading specialist investor in consumer brands, on its £10 million investment in Flat Iron, the renowned London-based steak restaurant.
Piper's investment will provide Flat Iron with the funding needed to bolster the team so it can continue to deliver outstanding...
As part of Dying Matters Awareness Week, running from 8 – 14 May, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust is marking the nationally promoted week by encouraging people to talk openly about dying, death and bereavement.
Throughout the week, events and activities are being held across the country to raise awareness about end of life issues. This year’s theme is ‘what can you do?’ with the aim to...
The finalists for the prestigious 2017 Exeter Foundation Devon Sports Awards have been announced and all 30 are outstanding. To mark the 20th year of the awards there are some exciting new categories and the finalists include people from all aspects of community sport from coaches and volunteers to sportspeople from a really diverse range of sports.
This Summer sees dynamic young company The Actor’s Wheel stride across the South West venues in their fourth regional tour. This year it’s King Lear.
As the world adjusts to a clinically framed ‘ageing epidemic ‘, Shakespeare’s masterpiece soars poignantly above others as the marked play for our time. Foolish parents, ungrateful children, the fear of madness, loneliness, division,...
Deliveroo, the on-demand food delivery service, today announces its expansion to Mannamead, Lipson, Efford and Milehouse following a hugely successful launch in central Plymouth.
Deliveroo has seen its hyper-local approach to food delivery service thrive in areas with high population density and quality restaurants, making Mannamead, Lipson, Efford and Milehouse ideal new zones for the...
National Grid has started work on a £50 million refurbishment of pylons in Devon and part of Cornwall to keep power flowing in the South West and beyond for decades to come.
The line of pylons, running between substations in Exeter and Landulph, was built in the 1960s.
The wires carrying electricity that hang between them, along with other equipment, are approaching the end of...
Devon County Show competition entries open! The first major agricultural show of the year in the South West - the Devon County Show in May - has published its competition schedules and entries have opened.
There are more than 600 livestock classes, including beef and dairy cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, alpacas and donkeys, at the three-day Show held on May 18-20 at Westpoint, Exeter....
