People with Learning Disabilities in Newton Abbot are helping a charity for the homeless by growing vegetables for them in their allotment.
Users of Devon County Council’s Fulfilling Lives Service (based at The Passmore Edwards Centre in Newton Abbot), have been running their own allotment in Kingsteignton for two years.
The group started up the plot from scratch, which includes raised beds for wheelchair users, an accessible potting shed, and a small sensory garden.
At the allotment, they have integrated with all the other allotment holders and shared ideas and...
Representatives of Exeter City Council and Devon County Council will get together next week to look at how best to tackle weeds in the city next year.
Devon County Council is responsible for the upkeep of highways in the city, including the treatment of weeds.
Earlier this year the City Council agreed that it could do this work – the spraying of highways weeds – on their behalf, if they agreed to cover the associated cost.
Unfortunately, Devon County Council was unable to commit to a budget for the works at that time and as a result the weed spraying didn’t proceed...
It's a term Rob Baxter insists he will use a lot this season, but the Exeter Chiefs head coach says "enjoyment" is very much part and parcel of his side's long-term make-up.
Devon's finest return to Aviva Premiership action tomorrow night at Gloucester determined to get back on track immediately following their narrow loss at home to Leicester Tigers last Saturday.
In a performance which Baxter described post-match as somewhat "frustrating" - the Chiefs leader knows not a lot needs tinkering with to ensure his side can get over the finishing line against the division's top...
Neil Parish, MP for Tiverton and Honiton, has joined the fight against breast cancer by taking part in Breast Cancer Campaign’s flagship fundraiser, wear it pink day.
The theme of wear it pink this year is to ‘look good, do good’ in support of breast cancer research.
On Friday 24 October people across the country will come together to find fun and stylish ways to wear pink in the office, at home or at school. Donations raised by this year’s fashion inspired event will go to Breast Cancer Campaign to fund lifesaving breast cancer research.
Exeter-based baker Glenn Cosby is sharing his baking expertise to support Epilepsy Action’s National Tea and Cake Break. Epilepsy Action is the UK’s leading epilepsy charity. Glenn, who was a contestant on the BBC’s Great British Bake Off in 2013, has donated a recipe to the charity to inspire other budding bakers to get involved and bake a difference for people with epilepsy.
National Tea and Cake Break takes place on Friday 17 October. Tea drinkers and cake lovers are encouraged to get their mixing bowls and teapots at the ready and host an event to raise funds for Epilepsy...
South West Communications Group (swcomms) has leveraged its position as main sponsor of Exeter Chiefs by using four of its heavy-hitting players in a new marketing campaign.
The Big Four campaign aims to give personality to its four core business products: landlines, call charges, broadband and mobiles.
The advert will make its first appearance in Exeter Chiefs’ match day programme at this Saturday’s sell-out game against Leicester Tigers at the new-look Sandy Park.
It features England international Tom Johnson, captain Dean Mumm, lock Damian Welch and back-row Don...
More two-year-olds in Devon are now entitled to up to 15 hours of free childcare and early learning each week.
Devon County Council’s 2gether funding has been extended to children whose family is receiving certain benefits, has a household income under £16,190, or if the child has a disability, special educational need or if they are adopted or placed under a residency order.
The 2gether funding scheme has been extended to help improve more children’s learning and development, giving them the opportunity to make new friends and learn through play in one of the county’s...
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:
