Family Life

We've all stuck our children's drawings on pin boards, on the wall and even on the fridge, but inevitably they end up dog-eared and stained and slowly walking to the bin.

Now, thanks to Westcountry company Plantabox, tatty remnants of your children's art work can be a thing of the past.

The Devon-based company makes personalised crates for weddings, anniversaries and birthdays. This year the company has cracked the personalisation market by printing children's drawings on the side of apple crates – just in time for Father's Day (Sunday June 16).

The process is...

Exeter City’s Football in the Community Trust is once again running a full programme of popular children’s football roadshows during the May half term, following the success of the Easter events which were attended by around 500 children from across the region.

There will be three different events in Exeter, plus courses in Dawlish, Exmouth, Sidmouth, Crediton, Tiverton, Seaton, Feniton, Okehampton, North Tawton and Barnstaple.

A two-day course on the astroturf at St Luke’s Science and Sports College kicks off half term, starting on Tuesday 28 May and costing £27 for the...

A series of special events for anyone interested in fostering continue next month, as Devon County Council continues its drive to recruit carers.

The Council is hosting a mixture of information events and stalls in a bid to encourage more people to consider becoming foster families and give those interested the chance to find out whether fostering would be suitable for them.

Devon has over 700 children in care, and just over 300 fostering households. However many current foster carers are approaching retirement age so the County Council needs to recruit new carers.

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East Devon District Council (EDDC) has passed byelaws prohibiting dogs from certain parts of the beaches in the District between 1 May and 30 September each year.

There are still many areas where dogs are welcome and visitors who are unsure about where they may take their dogs onto the beach are strongly advised to check the signs or EDDC's website before taking their dogs onto the beaches. EDDC is happy to give advice to holidaymakers with dogs about the best areas to visit.

Uniformed and plain clothes enforcement officers will be patrolling all areas throughout the summer...