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Martin Clunes to Open the Heavy Horse Festival at Devon County Show

The Devon County Show is delighted to announce that acclaimed actor and countryside advocate Martin Clunes will officially open the Heavy Horse Festival, in association with WHISTLEFISH, at 10am on Thursday 21st May .

A lifelong champion of Britain’s native heavy horse breeds, Martin Clunes is not only a familiar face on screen but also a dedicated heavy horse owner. His own collection of gentle giants has shaped a deep personal commitment to preserving these iconic breeds, many of which are now considered by the Rare Breeds Survival Trust to be at risk.

Martin said: “...

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University of Exeter to host British Science Festival 2023

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 11/28/2022 - 6:07pm

The British Science Association (BSA) and the University of Exeter are pleased to announce that the British Science Festival will take place in Exeter across four days next September.

The Festival will be held between Thursday 7 and Sunday 10 September 2023, with events located across the city centre and university campus. A myriad of free events will be on offer for visitors from Exeter and beyond to attend.

Celebrating the 192nd anniversary of the Festival, and working in partnership with the University, the BSA will bring its flagship event to the South West for the...

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Conversion of county council's vehicle fleet to EV continues

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 11/28/2022 - 4:45pm

More than 28 tonnes of carbon dioxide will be prevented from going into the atmosphere thanks to Devon County Council’s (DCC) eleven new electric vans.

It’s estimated that the vans, which were delivered last week, will each save 2.6 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year.

They are replacing diesel vans that had come to the end of their lives – they will now be sold at auction.

It’s all part of DCC's ambition to be carbon neutral by 2030 - between 2013 and 2020/2021 DCC’s carbon emissions fell by 53 per cent.

DCC’s target is to reduce carbon emissions by 70 per...

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Growth Hub support for South West businesses to continue with new funding

Authored by Program
Posted: Mon, 11/28/2022 - 4:44pm

The Heart of the South West LEP has announced further funding to support the Heart of the South West Growth Hub in providing support to local businesses across Devon, Somerset, Plymouth and Torbay.

The Heart of the South West Growth Hub offers free, impartial, expert business advice, and has a range of programmes and grants available to help support businesses with growth, resilience, trade, marketing, recruitment, and more.

The Heart of the South West LEP has awarded £208,000 to the Growth Hub, to ensure its services continue from March 2023, providing certainty to local...

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Buckfast Abbey teams together to collect teddies for trauma

Staff from South Devon’s Buckfast Abbey have clubbed together to donate over 100 teddy bears to help comfort children experiencing distress caused by conflict, starvation or abuse worldwide.

Led by Buckfast Abbey’s Education Manager, Alison Gagg, the project has seen colleagues from across all the Abbey’s departments joining forces to collect soft, cuddly teddy bears over the summer months, ready to send to children in areas of conflict or crisis, such as Ukraine, Syria and Pakistan.

The Abbey’s congregation of bears was packaged up and sent to the small, Herefordshire-...

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New appointments at Exeter Science Park. L-R Richard Northcott, Matt Roach, Anne Beadon and David Mo

Science Park strengthens team with new appointments

Exeter Science Park has further strengthened its management team with new appointments and promotions.

The appointments have been made across a number of areas of the organisation.

Matt Roach has joined Exeter Science Park as Head of Operations. Chartered accountant, Matt, who was formerly managing director of Exeter Airport for nine years, will be a key member of the science park’s leadership team. He will lead on the operational aspects of Exeter Science Park and will work collaboratively to develop and implement the organisation’s strategy for growth.

Matt will...

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Meet Father Christmas and help raise funds for charity

Authored by Reporters
Posted: Mon, 11/28/2022 - 1:56pm

BOYS and girls from Devon who qualify for Santa’s ‘nice’ list will be able to meet him at a Christmas tree farm on the Devon/Somerset border next month (December 2022).

Father Christmas will be taking up residence once again at Langford Lakes Christmas Tree Farm this and next weekend (December 3 & 4 and 10 & 11) onwards with donations going to Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).

Nick Hendy from Langford Lakes Christmas Tree Farm, which is based at Middle Hill Farm in Langford Budville, said: “We’re delighted this year to have Father Christmas with us once again on...

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Aldi announces emergency food bank fund to support charities in Devon

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 11/28/2022 - 10:58am

Aldi is supporting local charities, foodbanks, and community groups in Devon through its Emergency Winter Foodbank Fund this Christmas.

The supermarket’s Emergency Winter Foodbank Fund will see it donate £250,000 to help organisations as they prepare to face heightened demand on their services.

The fund builds on Aldi’s successful partnership with community engagement platform Neighbourly which enables all of Aldi’s 980 UK stores to donate surplus food seven days a week, all year round.

Aldi will also be introducing new signage in stores this Christmas to help...

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South West ranked third in UK for alcohol and drug related drownings

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 11/27/2022 - 11:46pm

The Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK) has shared its concern ahead of the festive period as it launched its Don’t Drink and Drown campaign on Monday 21 November.

Statistics from the Water Accident Incident Database (WAID) from the National Water Safety Forum for accidental drownings between 2017-2021, show that the South West ranks third in the UK for the highest number of alcohol/drug related drownings in 16-25 year olds.

The South West saw 10 alcohol/drug related drownings during this period and the charity fears that the winter months, which typically sees an...

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SWR awarded accreditation for safeguarding vulnerable people on the railway

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 11/27/2022 - 11:16pm

South Western Railway (SWR) has become the UK’s second train operator to achieve accreditation of the British Transport Police’s Safeguarding in Rail scheme, recognising the need to support the most vulnerable members of society on the railway.

In securing the accreditation, SWR set out its approach to: promoting the wellbeing of vulnerable people in need of help and support; reducing and preventing the likelihood of harm where possible; mitigating the impact and effects of harm; and training colleagues in ways to spot vulnerable people.

Central elements of the programme...

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● Photos of protestors and land at Marsh Green, all images by Sharon Goble for Devon CPRE

EDDC’s Marsh Green solar farm report ‘biased and inaccurate’, say countryside campaigners

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 11/25/2022 - 11:12pm

The officer’s report recommending approval next week for a major solar farm application at Marsh Green, near Exeter, is biased and inaccurate, according to the Devon branch of the countryside charity. Members of East Devon District Council’s planning committee will determine the fate of the application (22/0990/MFUL) next Tuesday, 29 November.

The Marsh Green scheme is for a 30MW solar farm of 60,000 solar panels on 218 acres of farmland.

The report states that there is an "absence of technical objections" to the development, a statement refuted by Devon CPRE. The...

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