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Devon Young Carers shine at the 2025 Young Carers Festival

Seventeen young carers from across Devon have enjoyed a well-deserved break from their caring responsibilities at the largest festival in the world dedicated to young people with unpaid caring roles.

It’s the 25th year that Devon Young Carers has attended the Young Carers Festival at YMCA Fairthorne Manor at Botley in Hampshire. Four dedicated staff members, one volunteer, and one inspiring Adult Young Carer accompanied them on a two-night adventure packed with connection, laughter, and discovery - a well-deserved break from their day-to-day caring roles at home.

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Students help hedgehogs at Knightshayes

Hedgehog numbers are on the decline in Britain, partly due to loses of suitable habitats, but students on the National Citizen Service (NCS) Government scheme are working in partnership with Petroc College, Tiverton and Knightshayes to help boost the local hedgehog population.

On Wednesday 16 July, from 10am onwards, students will share their newly gained hedgehog knowledge and expertise to help the visitors at Knightshayes learn how to encourage hedgehogs into their gardens. They will also be working with the rangers to create a hedgehog-friendly habitat by placing hedgehog box...

Highways Agency helps drivers to have a happy holiday

With the school summer holidays almost upon us, and more drivers using its roads, the Highways Agency is urging road users in the South West to check and maintain their vehicles this summer – as figures reveal that 1,014 incidents on the region’s roads last summer were potentially preventable. It is also using data from previous years to analyse popular routes and times in the South West – allowing drivers to better plan their journeys.

Agency figures show that out of 5,006 incidents in the South West last year during the summer months, 1014 of them were potentially preventable –...

Do you work in the coolest place in the UK?

According to recent research, we spend more than 100,000 hours of our lives at work.

This is why we need to work in spaces that stimulate creativity and districts that excite us, with teams that support our ideas and bosses that inspire us.

Employees and business leaders in Exeter are being asked to nominate their office location in a unique search that will identify the very best business district and locations in the UK.

Can Exeter compete with the likes of London’s Shoreditch, Manchester’s prime business district Spinningfields or in Edinburgh’s New Town, which...

Get active at Sport and Wellbeing Fun Day

This Sunday (13th July) will see Active Devon co-host a Sport and Well Being Fun Day at Exeter Quay & Piazza from 11am-4pm to encourage everyone to get active for life.

All ages and abilities are welcome to come and sample sports and healthy lifestyle activity.

The day will offer taster sports from a range of organisations including Haven Banks Outdoor Education Centre, South West Athletics Academy, Exwick Tennis Club and Exeter Martial Arts club.

The event is being held in partnership with Exeter City Council and St Lukes Science and Sports College who will...

Teignbridge hosts free event for landlords

Landlords who rent homes privately are invited to a free event which can help them run tenancies more effectively.

Teignbridge District Council is putting on another Landlord Open Evening which brings experts together under one roof so local landlords have information and help to run, manage or end tenancies.

The free landlords open evening is on Monday 14 July from 5pm until 9pm in Old Forde House, Brunel Road, Newton Abbot.

The event, held last year with great success, is specifically designed for landlords and those thinking of letting a property. Landlords will...

Academy of Floral Art wins gold at RHS Hampton Court

Amongst the exquisite floral designs and heavenly scented roses in the Rose and Floristry Marquee at RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show, the Academy of Floral Art were awarded an RHS gold medal for their bright and colourful competition stand depicting the circus.

The Academy of Floral Art based in Dunchideock near Exeter made up two teams (from some of their 80 students) to work in shifts from 8am-2pm and 2pm-8pm on Sunday 6 July. Their mission was to create a display that evoked the excitement and intrigue of the circus.

They had to include five specific designs...

LIGHTS OUT to mark outbreak of WWI

Everyone in the UK is invited to take part in LIGHTS OUT by turning off their lights from 10pm-11pm on 4 August, leaving on a single light or candle for a shared moment of reflection. People can take part in whatever way they chose, marking the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War either individually or by attending one of the many events being organised around the country for a collective experience. The project is being organised by 14-18 NOW, the official cultural programme for the First World War Centenary Commemorations. The inspiration for LIGHTS OUT comes from a famous...

Exeter Cathedral to get Government grant

Exeter Cathedral is set to receive £60,000 from the Government’s First World War Centenary Cathedral Repairs Fund.

The fund was announced in the Budget and set up in recognition of the powerful symbol cathedrals are of Britain’s shared history as well as the significant role they will play when the nation comes together to commemorate the centenary of the First World War.

Culture Secretary Sajid Javid said: "We are ensuring these magnificent buildings are preserved for future generations so they continue to serve their communities and congregations.

"This fund is...

James' pedal push for sick sister

The brother of a woman battling one of the world’s rarest diseases is taking to the saddle to raise money for vital medical research into the condition.

James Blackburn from Silverton is gearing up for a sponsored 100-mile cycle to support his sister Helen who was diagnosed with the disease in 2008.

He is fund raising for LAM Action, which supports patients with lymphangioleiomyomatosis (known as LAM), an incurable lung condition that affects only women.

The 47-year-old is taking part in this year’s Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100 on August 10 starting at the Queen...

Eat, drink and be merry at Topsham Food Fest

As part of Topsham’s Nello’s Longest Table celebration (which takes place on Sunday July 13), an array of events will be taking place on Topsham Quay on Saturday 12 July.

From 10am until 3pm, Topsham Quay will feature a ‘Slow Food Devon Food Market’ with the opportunity to sample and purchase artisan food and drink from some of the county’s top producers including Pipers Farm, Good Game, Quickes Cheese, Blueberry Bros, Shute Fruit, Ark Chicken, Green Valley Cyder, Devon Coffee and more.

The Slow Food Devon Food Market is a celebration of the fantastic local produce...

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Devon Young Carers shine at the 2025 Young Carers Festival

Students help hedgehogs at Knightshayes

Highways Agency helps drivers to have a happy holiday

Do you work in the coolest place in the UK?

Get active at Sport and Wellbeing Fun Day

Teignbridge hosts free event for landlords

Academy of Floral Art wins gold at RHS Hampton Court

LIGHTS OUT to mark outbreak of WWI

Exeter Cathedral to get Government grant

James' pedal push for sick sister

Eat, drink and be merry at Topsham Food Fest

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