Recent arrivals to the South Devon area, expert watercolourists, and husband and wife duo, Michael McDonagh Wood and Veronica Charlesworth are to exhibit for the first time since 2006.

A selection of stunning watercolour works that the pair are internationally renowned for will be on show at Artizan Gallery, Torquay from March 8.

“Both find the medium suits their respective focuses; for Veronica, this is capturing the natural world in vivid still life, floral works and landscape paintings, whilst for Michael, it is the capture of the fluid spaces where architecture and...

South Devon based wedding photographer, Mimosa Photography, won New Wedding Business of the Year at the recent South West Wedding Awards.

The awards recognise those businesses who exceed the expectations of their customers by providing an outstanding service.

This year, the awards held at Crown Plaza in Plymouth, saw their biggest attendance after they opened up the awards to more regions across the South West.

Businesses from Devon, Cornwall, Bristol, Somerset, Dorset and Gloucestershire were able to enter one the 22 categories which covered all areas of the...

A Devon-based care home’s annual Christmas party had a little added festive spirit in a bid to raise money for Alzheimer’s Society.

The Rise Care Home decided to go all out with their festivities with friends, family and lots of grandchildren enjoying the day. Staff dressed up as elves and they had a Christmas Market, selling hot chocolate, mulled wine and festive crafts made by staff and residents. Not to mention a visit from the big man himself.

Hollie Simons, Activities Coordinator at The Rise Care Home, took up the challenge of Chief Elf and organised candy canes for...

This year has seen the Freemasons celebrate their tercentenary and as part of their annual support of hospices throughout the country the Assistant Provincial Grand Master of Devonshire W. Bro. Chris Yard can be seen here presenting a certificate denoting the £1,000 given on behalf of the Masonic Charitable Foundation to Maggie Draper, Head of Supportive Care at Hospiscare’s Pine Lodge Day Hospice in Tiverton.

The Masonic Charitable Foundation will this year give grants totalling £600,000 to the 245 hospices in England and Wales, including nearly £10,000 to seven hospices here in...

Leading digital learning company, Sponge UK, has announced its expansion into Ireland, with the opening of its first office outside the UK, in Dublin, in January 2018.

The new office in Dublin is part of Sponge UK’s growing presence across the UK and Europe, closely following the opening of its third office, in Nottingham, in December 2017.

The new local team, headed up by Michael Quann, will include Sponge UK’s microlearning division, leading on personalised and adaptive learning technology solutions for workplace learning. Sponge UK is expecting to grow and generate new...

A new national awards ceremony aimed at recognising the achievements of start-up businesses has launched today. The National Best New Business Awards is organised by Events and PR, the company behind the regional SME Business Awards across the UK and the National SME Business Awards, and will be open to entries from businesses who formed between January 2015 and December 2017. Damian Cummins, Awards Director at Events and PR, said: "Following the huge success of our SME Business Awards, we wanted to do something that celebrated those just starting out on their business journey and the...

A new musical stage show celebrating the life and music of the legendary Dusty Springfield and the pop stars of the Sixties comes to Exmouth Pavilion in March.

Dusty and the Shades of the 60s stars singer and actress Emily Clark with the singing trio The Shades, this pop-filled show, which tours the UK from March 2018, is dedicated to the invention of pop music, the songs and the stars of the 60s.

Dusty Springfield’s string of smash hits began on January 1st, 1964 when she performed I Only Want to be with You on the BBC’s new TV programme ‘Top of the Pops’. It was closely...

A book that tells the story of Dartmoor, as seen through the eyes of eighteenth and nineteenth century artists, has recently been published. Researched and written by Peter F. Mason, Dartmoor, a Wild and Wondrous Region – the Portrayal of Dartmoor in Art, 1750 - 1920, accompanies the exhibition of the same name running at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) Exeter until 1 April 2018.

The largest of its kind in a generation, the exhibition includes oil paintings, watercolours, early photographs and postcards from RAMM’s own collection as well as loans from other museums and...

Plans to create a new leisure centre and bus station in the city centre have taken a step forward. Councillors last night (30 January) backed a recommendation which would see the current bus station continue to operate as normal until May.

Proposals to extend the length of time Exeter Bus Station can remain open during work to build its replacement were backed by the council’s Leisure Complex and Bus Station Programme Board.

Councillors were told that following the decision of developer the Crown Estate to withdraw its plans to create a retail and leisure development at the...