Two parks in Devon have received a top visitor attraction accolade.

The Grand Western Canal Country Park and Local Nature Reserve, and Stover Country Park, which are both managed by Devon County Council, have been awarded the prestigious Trip Advisor Certificate of Excellence for 2015.

Now in its fifth year, the award celebrates excellence in hospitality and is given only to establishments that consistently achieve great reviews from Trip Advisor travellers.

Winners include accommodations, eateries and attractions located all over the world that have continually...

The Love Revolution Tour', Will's first tour in four years, starts in York on 29th October and runs across the UK & Ireland finishing in London at the Hammersmith Apollo on 29th November.

The tour announcement comes as Will's brilliant brand new album '85% Proof' goes straight into Number One on the Official UK Album Chart.

'85% Proof' is the sixth album from the multi-million selling Brit Award winning singer-songwriter and represents his most accomplished work to date. The record is an eclectic, hugely confident and startlingly human record which Clash described as '...

Innovative local digital startup Krowdthink and the Plymouth and Devon Chamber are partnering to make the networking opportunity at the Plymouth Business Show on Wednesday 17 June at Plymouth Pavilions, a fantastically enhanced digital experience for exhibitors and visitors.

The Krowd app is a new form of social network service for connecting people in places.

It helps users discover more people with shared interests in a crowd and connect with them. In addition it provides a location-based instant-on chat forum, so exhibitors and delegates can engage in a digital...

A public consultation on proposals to extend Dinan Way in Exmouth was launched yesterday (Tuesday 2 June).

Devon County Council is putting forward plans to complete Dinan Way, with a long awaited extension between Hulham Road and the A376.

While the online consultation is underway, there will also be a two day drop-in event at Brixington Community Church from 2pm to 7pm on Friday 12 June and from 10am to 2pm on Saturday 13 June, where people can view information, ask questions, and comment on the proposals. Additional events are also being arranged in Lympstone and Exmouth...

The Fostering Network is calling on people across the south west to consider becoming foster carers, given the need for a further 550 new families across the region in 2015. The call comes with the launch of the charity’s annual Foster Care Fortnight, and is supported by the results of a new survey showing that two in five (40%) fostered teenagers are already living with their third foster family since coming into care. The survey, covering over 1,600 fostered children and young people across the UK, also found that: · 1 in 4 (25%) fostered teenagers are living with at least their fourth...

Exeter’s SunGift Energy has installed the UK’s first ‘Shadow Solar’ carport at its Marsh Barton HQ. The system, which takes just one day to erect, is a 100% waterproof modern carport with the added benefit of having solar panels for its roof. “It’s an exceptional piece of kit that not only provides a full solar PV system, but also delivers excellent shading and protection,” said SunGift Scott Oldfield. “Devon Homeowners are increasingly looking for new solutions that meet their needs and the Shadow Solar is one of the industry’s latest innovations.” “As more people buy electric cars, the...

Detectives are appealing to the public for information after a woman was robbed on the street in Newton Abbot.

The woman was approached at the bus stop outside the railway station by two men who asked her for a light for a cigarette.

She was then kicked by one of the men and fell to the floor where the second man grabbed her handbag.

The woman was further assaulted during the struggle before the offenders grabbed her purse from the bag and made off. The purse contained around £100.

The woman, in her 40s and from Torquay, sustained bruising to her chest and...

Crediton-based private client solicitor Lesley Austen has attained the Older Client Care in Practice award, awarded by the Solicitors for the Elderly (SFE).

SFE was founded in 1996 as a specialist group to help, support and make a difference to older people. The independent body recently introduced this accreditation to demonstrate that its members are the best in their field. The standards required are over and above the legal training that all solicitors are obliged to do and are independently assessed.

Lesley is a private client lawyer, specialising in advising elderly...

A new booklet aimed at encouraging great scenic train journeys along the Riviera Line between Exeter to Paignton and promoting Dawlish & Teignmouth has been published.

The free booklet has been produced by the Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership and brings together ideas for great days out in Exeter, Dawlish, Teignmouth, Newton Abbot and along the English Riviera. Walks from stations are also featured including the Exe Estuary Trail and Agatha Christie Mile in Torquay.

The booklet also promotes South Devon events along the Riviera Line in 2015 including the Dawlish Arts...

Distell has recalled various bottles of wine because they might contain very small fragments of glass.

The wines are sold by Morrisons, Tesco and Waitrose.

If you have bought one of the products, do not use it. Instead, return it to the store from where it was bought for a full refund.

The Food Standards Agency has issued a Product Recall Information Notice.

The recalled products are listed below:

Morrisons

Nederburg 56 Hundred Pinot Grigio, 75cl Lot numbers: LB118l14 and LB107J14

Danger Point Shiraz Rose, 75cl Lot number: LB129J14...