One of Devon’s biggest independent holiday parks is enjoying a record-breaking start to the year, with bookings up nearly 50%.

Multi-award winning Ladram Bay Holiday Park, on the Jurassic coast overlooking its own bay and beach between Sidmouth and Budleigh Salterton, saw bookings rise by 46% in the first full week of January, and then by 52% the following week, compared with the same period in 2014.

Ahead of re-opening after the winter break on Friday March 13, work is well underway on phase two of a £10 million re-development at the family-run park, with the swimming pool...

A public exhibition will be held at the weekend displaying proposed changes to on-street parking in Teignmouth.

Devon County Council has been consulting with Teignmouth Town Council and local stakeholders on the development of a Traffic Management Plan for the town.

The initial proposals for the plan will go on display at The Methodist Hall, Somerset Place, in Teignmouth, on Friday 30 January and Saturday 31 January.

The plan has been developed following requests from the public to consider a number of issues including providing residents’ parking on street,...

Anyone with an interest in gardening to benefit wildlife is invited to an event on Wednesday 18 February between 10am and 2pm at the Axe Estuary Wetlands, Seaton.

The East Devon District Council Countryside team will be developing their wildlife garden on the nature reserve and are looking for help with practical hands on tasks such as clearing and planting.

Steve Edmonds, Countryside Team Leader (Sites) said: “Our aim is to encourage a wider range of native insects, invertebrates, birds and mammals to the site by making sure they have a good variety of food sources and...

Following the closure of Ironbridge Runner and Ironbridge Runner Events, Exeter City FC's Football in the Community team are delighted to have taken over the Exeter Half Marathon, along with the Granite Way event in March and the Santa Run in December.

Everything is going ahead with the half marathon as previously advised and race numbers and final instructions will be sent out to those who have already registered at the beginning of February.

Peter Ferlie, formerly of IBR, is now working with FITC to facilitate these running events. He can be contacted on peter.ferlie@...

A share of £100,000 is up for grabs as part of a new community energy competition launched today by Energy and Climate Change Secretary, Edward Davey. Community groups and other eligible organisations across England are invited to apply for the funding to develop innovative energy-saving ideas that could help slash energy bills.

Ideas can be anything from hosting an energy advice stall in your local shopping centre, to crowd-funding solar panels for your local church or running a ‘buddy’ programme to help vulnerable households get to grips with their energy bills, switch energy...

Detectives in Dorset searching for 25-year-old Samantha Henderson from Corfe Castle, who is believed to have connections in Exeter, have released CCTV footage of her the day she disappeared.

Samantha, of Halves Cottages, was reported missing at 8.43am on Thursday 22 January 2015.

The last confirmed reported sighting of the mother-of-four was at around 3pm on Wednesday 21 January 2015 outside Corfe Castle Primary School in East Street.

Following initial investigations, a 27-year-old man from Corfe Castle who is known to Samantha, was arrested on suspicion of her...

Exeter based charity, South West Grid for Learning Trust, has been awarded a prestigious Bett award in the ‘ICT Leadership and Management Solutions’ category. Coinciding with Bett, the world’s largest technology in education show, the awards are considered the highest accolade in the industry. The Bett Awards play a key role in identifying and rewarding innovative ICT resources and services for use in education. The winning organisations were announced at the Bett Awards dinner in London on Wednesday 21 January. The South West Grid for Learning is a not-for-profit charitable trust...

A low carbon heating project led by E.ON working with the University of Exeter and technology providers SK Solar and Star Renewable Energy has been awarded a Government research grant to carry out the feasibility work to create a UK-first community-wide energy scheme based on emissions-free renewable energy sources.

The project, to be funded by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), is based at E.ON’s energy centre in Cranbrook to the east of Exeter will seek to demonstrate how solar thermal panels and heat pumps can replace or work alongside the existing gas-fired...

Potential measures to make walking on the streets safer and easier are a right priority for the next Government, according to 57 per cent of people aged 65 and over living in the South West. These are the results of a YouGov poll commissioned by Living Streets and published today (27 January 2015).

The majority (83 per cent) of respondents in the South West say they enjoy getting fresh air when walking outside in the UK, but more than two fifths (46 per cent) of those surveyed say they are put off by broken or cracked pavements. Shockingly, of those who have never been hit by a...

Embracing Chaos will be the subject of a talk at this Friday's b2b Networking event at Sandy Park, the home of the Exeter Chiefs.

Experienced journalist, editor, media commentator and CEO of the award-winning PR and Marketing agency Astley Media, Marc Astley will discuss the threats and opportunities facing businesses as technolgy improves at an ever faster rate.

Marc said: "Research by Deloitte and Oxford University has forecast that one third of UK jobs will be automated by 2030 and that five million white collar jobs, including in accountancy and law, are at risk....