MTV UK has announced two more amazing acts for Day One of MTV Crashes Plymouth on Thursday 28 July.
Rising star of the moment Raleigh Ritchie and MTV favourite Anne-Marie will join the line-up in Plymouth’s hottest music event of the summer.
They will join previously announced acts Rudimental and Jess Glynne for what is set to be an epic night, hosted by the one and only Laura Whitmore on Plymouth Hoe.
Rudimental recently sold out London’s O2 Arena, touring their second number one album ‘We The Generation’ and multi-award winning Jess Glynne continues to dominate...
Researchers at The Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital say the use of simple, specially developed protective socks could help thousands of older people in the UK who suffer from a debilitating skin condition.
The STOPCUTS pilot trial monitored the effects of wearing the socks on volunteers prone to skin tears, a common problem in the over 65’s.
A skin tear involves a piece of skin being peeled back to varying depths by a knock or scrape and occasionally leaving a flap of skin. This can sometimes be put back by doctors, but on occasion, the top layer of the skin is completely...
This summer, three laugh-out-loud performances will entertain the crowds at Killerton near Exeter. The evening theatre shows will be brought to life by Heartbreak Productions and The Lord Chamberlains Men against the backdrop of the National Trust hillside garden. The entertainment kicks off on Thursday 14 July, 7.30-10pm, with Heartbreak Productions adaption of Oscar Wilde’s classic ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’. Expect hilarious mistaken identities as everyone learns the vital importance of being earnest. On Tuesday 2 August, 7-10pm, the Lord Chamberlain’s Men reimagine Shakespeare’s...
Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter says he and his team are relishing kicking off another Aviva Premiership season against Wasps.
Having faced the Midlanders four times last season - winning all three Premiership meetings and losing at the death in the European Champions Cup quarter-final - the Chiefs will kick-off their seventh year in the top fight with a trip to the Ricoh Arena on Sunday, September 4 (3pm).
A week later and the Devon club will have an equally stiff assignment on home soil, welcoming reigning Premiership and European champions Saracens to Sandy Park in...
The Association of Accounting Technicians (ATT) has found that 14% of small business owners in the south west use internet search engines as their main source of business advice.
ATT's research was to find out what owners think when it comes to running their business.
The survey asked business owners where they go to for information and support to help them run their business, problems small business owners in the south west face when starting out, and how confident they were in being able to do certain steps of setting up their business before they started out,
The Bear Trail is an innovative and challenging outdoor adventure trail, masterminded by Ben Jordan, a former Captain who served for 5 years in The Rifles regiment of the British Army.
Set over a 10 acre site in Wescott, near Cullompton, The Bear Trail features over 16 separate obstacles where children (and adults!) can run, jump and climb their way across zig-zag bridges, high nets and bear-infested mud pits. The course incorporates physical activity, teamwork and creative thinking, giving cubs and grizzly bears alike the chance to push their boundaries and test their limits....
As the UK summer holiday season looms, bringing the usual influx of tourists lazing on Exmouth’s beaches, work is intensifying to encourage more visitors to come to the town all year round.
East Devon Conservatives want to provide a platform for local traders and entrepreneurs to develop and grow businesses that provide the goods and services expected from a vibrant 21st century holiday destination, as well as boosting employment in the town. And that, says the new man heading up Exmouth Regeneration Programme Board, means ditching the mind-set that shuns new ideas and clings to...
Over the next four years, world class athletes will be supporting over 2,300 young disadvantaged people in Devon.
The Dame Kelly Holmes Trust, founded by double Olympic gold medallist Dame Kelly Holmes, has been working in Devon for several years now.
The trust has announced it will work with 2,300 disadvantaged young people through the mentoring schemes Get on Track and On Track to Achieve.
These schemes aim to help young people realise the attitudes needed to live a positive life and helps them to develop the skills required to exit into sport, training, education...
Devon County Council is using Private Fostering week, which runs from 4 to 10 July, to encourage people to get in touch if they have made private arrangements to look after someone else’s child, or children, for 28 days or more.
Private Fostering is when a child or young person under 16 years old (or 18 if they have a disability) is looked after for 28 days or more by someone who is not a close relative, a guardian or person with parental responsibility.
A close relative includes parents, step-parents, aunts, uncles and grandparents.
