Tiverton-based poultry farmer, Stuart Cole, who supplies Oakham Gold chicken to M&S through the 2 Sisters Food Group, is one of seven farmers taking part in the new, seven-year Farm of the Future programme. The initiative will see M&S collaborate with suppliers, and farmers to deliver rapid decarbonisation of livestock production as part of its ongoing Plan A roadmap to be net zero by 2040.
The innovative, family farming enterprise consists of multiple sites near Tiverton in Devon across 350 acres and includes two multi-purpose broiler units which have been producing...
Running throughout the whole of May, The BIG FIX has one aim – to fix and breathe new life into as many broken things as possible.
The event, coordinated by Devon County Council, sees skilled menders fix broken items such as electronics, garden equipment, clothing, jewellery, clocks and much more to give them a new lease of life.
Due to its huge success, The BIG FIX event is now nationwide across Great Britain for the third time, with 43 Repair Cafés from Wales, Scotland, Northern. Ireland and England already registered to take part.
Blundell’s School has announced an exciting new rugby sponsorship deal with independent Westcountry housebuilder, Devonshire Homes. The deal includes shirt sponsorship, playing kit and off-field teamwear for the school’s senior boys rugby 7s squad. The clothing has been designed and supplied by Devon based specialist, VX3.
Tiverton based Devonshire Homes is an award-winning house builder committed to building high quality new homes throughout the Westcountry. The company has been creating new communities across the South West since 1992 and actively supports charities and...
West Country housebuilder Devonshire Homes has presented its first donation to its charity of the year, South West Blood Bikes.
Announcing its charity partnership with South West Blood Bikes in 2022, the first £1,975 has been raised through Devonshire Homes’ open market sales. Devonshire Homes is also supporting the Cornwall Blood Bikes which has also been presented with its first donation.
The housebuilder, which currently has new build homes sites in Bovey Tracey, Bideford, Kingsbridge and St. Austell with upcoming sites in Altarnun, Yelland and Penzance, will continue to...
Bickleigh Bridge on the A396 in Mid Devon will reopen to traffic on Bank Holiday Monday, a week earlier than planned.
An articulated lorry hit the parapet wall on the downstream side of the Bickleigh Bridge in the early hours of May 18.
When the driver realised he had taken the wrong line onto the bridge, he attempted to reverse - it was this reversing manoeuvre that caused the damage.
The bridge has been closed to traffic since the accident, although pedestrians and cyclists have been allowed access.
The same day engineers assessed the damage and a...
A Tiverton boarding school has purchased a new fleet of grounds equipment after securing a six-figure funding package from HSBC UK as part of a wider overhaul of the grounds within the school’s 120-acre site.
Blundell’s School switched banks to HSBC UK in October 2020 and has used additional funding from the bank to purchase a fleet of high-quality grounds equipment, including tractors, a four-meter-long mower and a turf conditioner. Head Groundsman Graham Cox, who joined Blundell’s last January, has seen improvements on many fronts thanks to the new equipment.
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Grab your dancing shoes and prepare to enjoy a night of pure ‘Gold’ at the biggest 80s night to hit Devon!…Yes, fancy dress is encouraged!
Since his role in the global success of Spandau Ballet, Martin Kemp has gone on to have a truly distinguished career. From playing lead roles in likes of The Krays and Eastenders, and more recently starring on Channel 4`s Celebrity Island With Bear Grylls plus with his famous son Roman on Celebrity Gogglebox, it’s fair to...
Local MP Neil Parish has backed ACE Tiverton to provide high-quality education to young people in Devon with special educational needs.
The special school, which opened its doors on Monday, will cater for 70 young people aged 11 to 16 years old who have identified needs relating to Autism, Communication Social, Emotional and Mental Health. The new staff have been busily preparing their classrooms in the newly refurbished building, ready for the first day of school. The building used to be a care home and has been converted by Devon County Council in a £4.5 million project.
Overnight road closures will be needed on the A361 near Tiverton next week to carry out urgent structural repairs on the River Exe Viaduct.
An expansion joint at the eastern end of the viaduct, near Bolham roundabout, is failing and needs to be replaced as soon as possible.
The A361 will be closed overnight between Bolham and Ashmill for two nights on Wednesday 26 June and Thursday 27 June from 7pm to 7am for the repairs to be carried out. If the work is not completed in two evenings, an overnight closure is also provisionally booked for the evening of Friday 28 June....
Essential resurfacing will start on Lea Road in Tiverton on Monday (13 May) and is expected to take around two weeks to complete.
The road will be temporarily closed during the daytime, from 9am to 3:30pm, in order to carry out the work, but the road will re-open each evening and at the weekend.
No work will be carried out on site on Thursday 16 May, Thursday 23 May and Monday 27 May, and the road will be open to traffic on these days.
The scheme, which will be carried out by contractor SWH, is scheduled to be completed on Tuesday 28 May - subject to favourable...
