Stagecoach South West has announced that, from 3 December 2016, a new timetable will come into effect on the South West Falcon, connecting Devon and Somerset with Bristol Airport and Bristol City Centre.

In addition to revised departure times, the operator has added a new stop at Lee Mill. It will also be possible for customers to make local journeys along the route, for example between Exeter and Cullompton or Churchill and Bristol Airport.

From the same date, concessionary passes will also be valid for travel on Falcon for journeys between Plymouth and Cullompton and...

One hundred and fifty family lawyers are gathering in Parliament today (30 November) to call for the Government to allow a “no fault” divorce. The organisation of family lawyers, Resolution, is spearheading the campaign to change the law and enable couples to proceed with a divorce without having to attribute blame for it to one of them. Devon and Cornwall’s leading family law firm Stephens Scown LLP is lending its support to the campaign. At present, it is not possible for a couple to divorce without blame being apportioned unless they have separated for at least two years. They are...

Have you ever felt like you just don’t fit in? Do you think people look at you strangely? That’s exactly how the Ugly Duckling felt before he learnt one very important lesson!

Devon-based performance duo, Above Bounds, are tackling issues around body-image with an exciting children’s theatre show The Ugly Duckling & Other Tales at Exeter's Bikeshed on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 January 2017 as part of the theatre's 'From Devon with Love' Festival.

The Ugly Duckling & Other Tales is a theatrical re-telling of Hans Christian Anderson fairy-tales recreated for...

Devon County Council has scooped a number of accolades at this year's Social Worker of the Year Awards, placing it among the highest achieving authorities in the sector.

78 social workers and social work teams from across England were selected as finalists across 15 different categories, celebrating the achievements of social care practitioners in services that support children and adults.

Of eight Devon County Council social workers or social worker teams selected as finalists by an expert panel of judges, three were announced as category winners and runner ups.

...

Two programmes offering funds for rural and small business projects is now open.

The South Devon Coastal Local Action Group (SDC LAG) and the Greater Dartmoor Local Economic Action Fund (GD LEAF) have been awarded a total of £3.5 million to allocate to business projects which encourage and promote business growth, productivity and create jobs.

Both were originally set up in 2008 to invest in economic, environmental and community based projects to encourage innovation and promote the prosperity of the South Devon area.

The area covered by the programmes covers...

With the Christmas season in full swing, Sidmouth, a Wyevale Garden Centre, has preparations underway to welcome the arrival of Father Christmas to the centre on Saturday 3rd December to open his magical Christmas grotto, which is set to be bigger and better than ever! The centre team welcome families from the local community come down to enjoy this festive event.

Father Christmas will be arriving at the garden centre in a lifeboat donated by the Sidmouth Lifeboat organisation, which will be pulled along by a tractor. Crew members in full lifeguard gear will be on hand to...

Officers from the Devon and Cornwall Police roads policing team are out again this week in unmarked cars targeting motorists who flout traffic laws, in an effort to help keep our roads safe.

This continued proactive activity, where earlier in the month police were primarily targeting mobile phone use while driving, is focusing on the fatal four offences: speed, seat-belts, driver distractions and driving while under the influence of drink or drugs.

Excess speed continues to be a problem, with a number of motorists stopped in the last few weeks for driving at speeds in...

Daniel Kortland has been appointed by Savills in Exeter to its Residential Sales team. Having joined Savills in January of this year, Daniel spent the first ten months at the Brook Green office in London. Prior to this, he worked for a major competitor covering Marylebone, Mayfair and the West End where he worked closely with a range of international and domestic clients on both residential and new developments. Daniel’s role at Savills will focus on Exeter’s town properties and new build developments in and around the city. Having grown up in Exeter and studying at Exeter School he moved...

South West-based Longhouse Group has expanded its portfolio of companies with the acquisition of the region’s leading independent roofing supplies merchant, Roofing Supplies (SW) Limited (RSL). The announcement means Longhouse’s stable of South West companies, which includes grounds care machinery specialist MST and light engineering supplier Parkins, now has assets with a combined turnover of £22m employing over 110 people. Formed in 2012, Longhouse is owned by the ex CEO of Plymouth-based Sutton Harbour Holdings plc, Nigel Godefroy, and ex Redhall Group plc CEO, Simon Foster. The...