Holidays & Travel

A Caravan Park in East Devon has won awards for its conservation work for a 17th year running. The Oakdown Touring and Holiday Caravan Park run by the Franks family runs a number of environmental initives to keep the park friendly to the environment Recently they installed top of the range solor panels and a lighting system in the which reduces energy use by 90%. Oakdown won one of the first Professor David Bellamy conservation awards in 1997 and has maintained this award ever since. The Bellamy Awards judge holiday parks on their efforts to protect and enhance the natural environment,...

Stagecoach, one of the UK’s biggest bus operators, has confirmed it is making permanent its ground-breaking discounted bus travel scheme for jobseekers.

The company launched the country’s first long-term nationwide initiative as a six-month pilot in February 2013, giving thousands of jobseekers across the UK a 50% discount on their bus travel to help them find employment.

New figures show jobseekers are making nearly 20,000 discounted bus journeys a month under the scheme, which is funded entirely on a commercial basis by Stagecoach without any public sector support....

Carsharedevon.com has reached the milestone of attracting more than 10,000 members, making it one of the most successful public car share schemes in the country.

The free service, which allows people in Devon and across the south west to find others to share their journey, either taking turns with the driving, or giving someone a lift in exchange for a contribution to the fuel costs, is commissioned by Devon County Council, in partnership with Plymouth and Torbay Councils.

Regis Fauvel joined the scheme this month to find a car share partner for his journey between...

With the school holidays in full swing, families across Britain will be off on their travels - but it doesn’t have to spell out the beginning of traffic jams, squabbling kids and endless toilet breaks.

Research from leading train company CrossCountry reveals that some parents are opting for train services when travelling with children – with 43% of parents agreeing that they are able to have more stimulating conversations with their children on a train than if they were travelling by car.

Just under half (48%) of Exeter parents say they are able to have more stimulating...