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The garden at Pine Lodge in Tiverton has come a long way since Hospiscare opened the Day Care Unit based on Post Hill in 2011.

What was little more than a dumping ground just over a year ago is almost unrecognisable today.

A team of volunteers have worked tirelessly to take the garden in hand and transform the green space ready for an open garden event being held on 8 June.

The garden had been an overrun mass of trees, bushes and rabbits, but has since become a haven for patients at the unit, which is now beginning to burst with spring colour.

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Libraries across Devon are encouraging residents to ‘think differently’ this month as part of a project to inspire creativity.

A series of events and activities associated with experiment, discovery, play, learning and reflection will be held throughout June aimed getting people to try something new.

Designed for those of all ages, they include activities such as learning to use a smart phone, creating treasures at a free play table, cake decorating, knitting and discovering how e-book readers work.

Councillor Roger Croad, Devon County Council’s Cabinet Member for...

Bishop Michael and Bishop Nick visited the Turin Shroud replica exhibition which was held at St Andrew's Church, Tiverton.

There were also paintings by Rosa Tuffneyon display.

The Shroud was loaned from Pam Moon, whose sister and brother-in-law, a local vicar, worshipped at St Andrew's before moving to North Devon.

There are just 10 replicas of the Turin Shroud but this is the only one in the UK that is touring round to various cathedrals and churches.

An innovative scheme developed by Devon County Council to support residents affected by the government welfare reforms is being extended.

Delivered by the Council’s Library Service, the pioneering ‘Free Fridays’ scheme has been piloted in three towns across Devon and has proved so successful it is now being expanded to include a further eight.

The sessions, which offer those seeking work or claiming benefits up to two hours free computer and internet access each Friday, will be available in Bideford, Barnstaple, Tavistock, Okehampton, Honiton, Exmouth, Dawlish and...

Tiverton and Honiton MP Neil Parish has shown his commitment to protecting animals by pledging his support for the International Fund for Animal Welfare’s (IFAW) campaign against wildlife crime. Neil Parish, who is chairman of the Associate Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare, hosted the IFAW’s ‘Wildlife Crime – The Fightback’ event at the House of Commons on Monday 29th April. Key speakers included Environment Minister Richard Benyon MP, and Kelvin Alie, Wildlife Crime Programme Director, IFAW. Neil Parish is working with IFAW to highlight animal welfare issues and send a clear message...

Spring is finally doing its thing at Knightshayes, a National Trust property on the outskirts of Tiverton in Devon. It has come not a moment too soon, as Friday 10 May sees the property hosting its annual National Gardens Scheme open day.

The National Garden Scheme (NGS) was founded in 1927 to raise money for the nurses of the Queen's Nursing Institute by opening gardens of quality and interest to the public. Knightshayes was one of the first to join the scheme on its inception, well before the Trust took on the house and its hugely significant gardens in 1972 and each year it...

Exeter City’s Football in the Community Trust is once again running a full programme of popular children’s football roadshows during the May half term, following the success of the Easter events which were attended by around 500 children from across the region.

There will be three different events in Exeter, plus courses in Dawlish, Exmouth, Sidmouth, Crediton, Tiverton, Seaton, Feniton, Okehampton, North Tawton and Barnstaple.

A two-day course on the astroturf at St Luke’s Science and Sports College kicks off half term, starting on Tuesday 28 May and costing £27 for the...

After months of dedication, work on the new Heathcoat Cricket Club Pavilion is on the verge of completion at the National Trust estate, Knightshayes, near Tiverton.

All the volunteers who helped with the project are now eagerly awaiting the arrival of former England cricket captain, Mike Gatting, who will be adding final touches to the ground on Saturday 6 April.

Established in the 1920s by John Heathcoat Amory for his Tiverton factory workers, the Heathcoat Cricket Club has always had a strong association with Knightshayes and the local community.

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Update: Following police enquiries, Darren Cockburn was located safe and well this morning (08/03) in the Woolacombe area of Devon.

Police are appealing for information to help trace 46-year-old Darren Cockburn from West Yorkshire, who has been missing from his home in Shipley for just over a week since Monday, 25th February. He is described as a white man, 5ft 8 tall of a medium build. He has brown hair and blue eyes. He has access to a black Renault Laguna registration HV 57 YTY - this vehicle was last seen in the Tiveton area of Devon on the night he disappeared. He is known to...

Exeter City’s full-back, Tiverton born Craig Woodman, has recently moved back into the area of his hometown and now faces the task of renovating the family’s newly bought house. Fortunately for Craig, one of the club’s strong partnerships is with RGB Building Supplies – locally-based but with branches across the South West. The company specialize in supplying products for every part of the building trade and welcome both trade and retail customers; so the next step for Craig, with his wife right behind him making sure there was no slacking, was to visit his local branch, set up an account...