Research has revealed that children’s lost school jumpers generate over 600 tonnes of plastic waste per year in the South West of England, the equivalent of almost 40 million plastic bottles ending up in landfill.
School jumpers often contain up to 65 percent polyester, which is a type of plastic. With up to 2 million school jumpers lost permanently every year in the South West, these alone are contributing significantly to the 40kg plastic waste generated annually by each household in the UK.
What’s more, school uniforms alone don’t show the full extent of the South...
The Clyst Valley Regional Park is one of ten projects in the South West in the running to win at the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) South West Awards for Planning Excellence 2021.
The multi-disciplinary team at East Devon District Council have turned an ambitious green infrastructure plan for the Clyst Valley Regional Park into a 25-year masterplan, backed up by public support and a partnership of seventeen organizations. Through a strong brand and clear vision, they have demonstrated the impact that planners can have on sustainability and promoting wellbeing.
Exeter-based landscape artist Kath Hadden will be giving Devon CPRE the benefit of her expertise this autumn to help find the county’s most talented young landscape artists.
Devon CPRE, the local branch of the countryside charity, recently launched a new competition to find Devon's Best Young Landscape Artist 2021
Budding young artists up to the age of 18 can now compete for the prestigious title, following a rebrand of the charity’s traditional painting competition for children.
The contest allows the county’s under 18s to showcase their artistic skills - and win a...
Some of the biggest names in cycling will be competing in this year’s Tour of Britain, and if you’re planning to watch them in action in Devon on Monday 6 September you can take your pick of 115 miles along the route.
Devon County Council will host Stage Two of the 17th edition of the race on Monday 6 September, with a stella field of riders including Mark Cavendish and Wout Van Aert due to take to the start line.
This year’s Devon Stage will start at 11am in Hercules Road, Sherford, and will head towards Yealmpton as it starts a loop around the South Hams before...
At times you simply need to say goodbye to any old or disused items in a house or an office. It might be that you need to get rid of a lot of things because you're planning a renovation, you're just reorganising and trying to gain more space, or that a house move is on the cards. Whatever the reason behind wanting to have a big clear out, it's worth turning to a professional house clearance service for help.
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Wealth manager Brewin Dolphin’s South West offices (Exeter, Plymouth and Truro) have been busy organising and taking part in various fundraising challenges for their chosen charity, Exeter-based Farms for City Children , and have raised £10,000 since January 2020.
Their latest endeavour was the Brewin Dolphin 7-Day Challenge, which saw members from the respective offices walk, run or cycle 655 miles collectively over seven days, raising over £1,000 for Farms for City Children.
Tim Walker, head of office for Southwest, Brewin Dolphin, said : “ It has been fantastic for us...
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FAMILY-FRIENDLY big screen content continues in full force at Vue Exeter this month, with plenty of escapes for everyone available before schools go back.
Ryan Reynolds returns to the big screen in the long-awaited blockbuster, Free Guy , in which ordinary bank worker Guy is faced with the reality that he’s nothing more than a non-playable character within the large, bloody video game world of Free City. Alongside characters played by Jodie Comer, Taika Waititi and Joe Keery, Guy must become the hero the game deserves as an evil programmer in the real world threatens to pull the...
A pioneering project to help Devon communities become more resilient against flooding and climate change has been awarded just over £7 million of Government funding.
Devon County Council’s initiative 'Managing Big Problems in Small Places' is one of 25 across the country to have successfully secured a share of £150 million funding from the Department for Food & Rural Affairs’ Flood and Coastal Resilience Innovation Programme (FCRIP).
The six-year project, which is currently in its development phase, is due to launch next spring. It will aim to identify a range of low...
Love Topsham is immensely proud to unveil a 75-second fly-through of some of the town’s brightest and best features in a video tailor-made for social media, online viewing and future archives of how it emerged from the pandemic in 2021.
Just click on the video at the bottom of this article to see for yourself.
The video was made by Jo Stevens, a former BBC Sport producer who is now a free- lance videographer based in the East Devon estuary town.
It shows many of Topsham’s iconic landmarks such as the Quay and the Exe Estuary. There’s a glimpse of diners in the...
