Countryfile comes from Devon on Sunday (21 September) where Matt Baker discovers the story of a Second World War bomber which crashed on the moor and hears about one man's mission to find the truth behind what happened on that fateful night.
Matt helps with a geophysics search of the site to see if the key to the crash can be unearthed. The continued research into the crash site is just one of the projects being funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund as part of the Moor than meets the eye project on Dartmoor
He also meets with a farmers' co-op in Dartmoor, where 50 farmers...
Parents in the South West fear their children will be locked out of their home towns in future as house prices and rents continue to rise.
According to figures from a new YouGov poll for the National Housing Federation, 72 per cent of English parents are worried about rising rent levels and 81 per cent about rising house prices and the impact of both on the next generation. Of those in the South West, over a third (39 per cent) believe it is unlikely their youngsters will have the chance to rent or buy a home in the area where they have grown up.
With One Year to Go to Rugby World Cup 2015, Prince Harry has been appointed as Honorary President of England Rugby 2015, the Organising Committee delivering Rugby World Cup 2015.
Prince Harry is a keen Rugby fan, and Vice Patron of the Rugby Football Union (RFU). In his role as Honorary President of England Rugby 2015, the Prince will play an important role in welcoming the 20 qualifying nations to Rugby World Cup 2015.
In the last year, England Rugby 2015 has made strong progress with planning and delivery of the Tournament. Key milestones include:
Ian Whitten believes a more clinical approach from the Exeter Chiefs is key if they are to topple the elite sides in this season’s Aviva Premiership.
Not for the first time in his playing career at Sandy Park, the 27-year-old Irishman saw his side fall just short of overcoming one of English rugby’s leading lights as they went down 24-20 to Leicester Tigers last Saturday.
In a theme similar to that of several encounters last season, the Chiefs failed to hold onto their half-time advantage and it was the Tigers who came back to claim a vital away-day win.
An explosive new production casting Jesus as a rebel leader, and featuring a terrorist strapping a bomb to himself, is set to challenge traditional church goers when it opens this month.
Edgy theatre company Applecart claims the controversial modern day makeover of St Mark’s Gospel: “i am Mark” will rid the story of “its stuffy religious baggage".
Instead they plan to show the Son of God as a revolutionary leader in the dramatic production that features a bomb-laden man counting down the seconds until he blows himself up.
A speed awareness event took place this week at Middlemoor Fire Station, with Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service working alongside Devon and Cornwall Police.
Sidmouth Road outside the fire station was targeted and education was the focus of the day.
Over a four hour period 23 vehicles were stopped and eight speeding tickets were issued.
PC Steve Parsons, Neighbourhood Beat Manager for the area said: “It is ideal for us to be working with Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service and make people more aware of the 30 miles an hour speed limit on this...
The highest profile phase of the South Devon Link Road project to date is set to begin over the next week, as the first beams for the Penn Inn flyover arrive.
Devon County Council and Torbay Council, along with Galliford Try - the contractors responsible for constructing the road – have announced that work on constructing the landmark structure is due to begin.
The beams will be delivered just before the second anniversary of the turf cutting, which took place in October 2012.
The beams are scheduled to begin arriving under escort on 23rd September, when they will...
On Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 September, from 11am to 5pm, Castle Drogo will be holding an Edwardian country fair. There will lots of fun for all the family including traditional games such as coconut shy and skittles, the Dartmoor ranger team will be demonstrating time-honoured rural skills such as hurdle making and, of course, no fair would be complete without swing boats and a Punch and Judy show. On Saturday, there will be performances from the Great Western Morris dancers and music from Hatherleigh silver band. On Sunday there will be more local entertainment with dancing from the...
Commanding demons and controlling storms, a lone man walks out of the desert and, gathering a nation around him, he walks towards certain death in an occupied land. Ridding the tale of two thousand years of religious baggage, Applecart presents Mark’s Gospel combining drama, storytelling, music and film to tell a story of revolution and courage.
Applecart’s creative team is headed up by Peter Moreton and Phil Summers. Peter has extensive experience as performer and Musical Director in the West End, working with companies such as Chichester Festival Theatre, Cheek by Jowl, RSC,...
The Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for the Conservative Party in Exeter is waging a War on Weeds in the city.
Dom Morris says he was so fed up with trying to get a satisfactory response to the problem from Devon County Council and Exeter City Council that he took the matter into his own hands... literally.
And so armed with nothing more than a couple of shovels and a willing band of volunteers, he is now on a clean up mission.
Residents all across Exeter have been sending in their photos of huge weeds by email and calling the campaign team. There’s even a Rate-...
