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Teddy Swims to headline TK Maxx presents Live at Powderham 2026

GRAMMY nominated vocal powerhouse Teddy Swims today announces a run of outdoor shows and festivals across the UK and Ireland for summer 2026 including a date in the Devon countryside.

The international chart-topper will head to TK Maxx presents Live at Powderham on Thursday June 25 as the latest headline artist announced for the live music event.

O2 customers and artist pre-sale begins at 10am on Wednesday, with tickets on general sale from 10am on Friday October 3. Visit teddyswims.com , liveatpowderham.com and ticketmaster.co.uk for more information.

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Devon Air Ambulance celebrates 30 years of lifesaving service with family-friendly events

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 07/31/2022 - 9:33pm

Devon Air Ambulance (DAA) is proud to reach a huge milestone this Summer as 30 years of lifesaving service are to be celebrated at two family-friendly events, the first of which was held on July 10th at Bideford Rugby Football Club and the second will be held at Darts Farm near Topsham on Saturday 13 August.

This family day out marks 3 decades and over 30,000 missions bringing advanced, time-critical care to communities across Devon and is a perfect time for the charity not only to reflect on the past 30 years but also share what the future holds with everyone.

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Say cheese! Exeter care home celebrates Cheese & Wine Day

Staff and residents at Barchester’s Cumberland Grange care home in Exeter had a fantastic time celebrating National c on July 25th, surely one of the best days of the year!

The activities team and Chefs, got together to source some local cheeses, as well as some more exotic ones, and paired them with all sorts of wines. The residents had great fun trying different styles of wine with the different cheeses along with relishes, chutneys, grapes, plus a range of breads, biscuits and crackers. There was a lot of debate over which flavour combination was best, it was very hard to...

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Apprentices resurrecting traditional seaside entertainment to bring puppets, magic and song to Devon beaches

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Posted: Sun, 07/31/2022 - 5:38pm

Seaside entertainment featuring puppets, magic and songs will return to Devon’s beaches, promenades and quaysides this summer thanks to apprenticeships helping to keep traditional performance forms alive and well through training emerging local artists.

Promenade shows with slapstick, songs and Punch and Judy have become increasingly rare as holiday habits change but that won’t be the case in the county as new trainees run free performances including puppetry, escapology, blade box routines and storytelling.

The training will ensure the skills involved in beach shows are...

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Generous Devon shoppers thanked for food donations

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sat, 07/30/2022 - 10:04pm

Tesco shoppers in Devon have been given a big thank-you after providing nearly 30,000 meals to support local food banks and frontline charities.

The 29,966 collected across the county between June 30 and July 2 was part of a total of 1.3 million meals donated by generous Tesco shoppers across the UK in large stores, with an additional 20 percent top-up added by Tesco.

The items of long-life food donated during the Tesco Food Collection have been shared with food banks in the Trussell Trust’s network, as well as frontline charities supplied with food by FareShare, to help...

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Volunteers needed for Return Journey of the Chatty Bus

Authored by Sharon Goble
Posted: Sat, 07/30/2022 - 11:31am

A Devon health and wellbeing charity is seeking ‘chatty’ volunteers to come on board once a week to provide friendly conversation, information and support to local people on the number 57 bus between Exmouth and Exeter. The Chatty Bus, organised by Westbank Community Health and Care, relaunched on Thursday, 28th July as part of an initiative to reduce loneliness and social isolation.

Westbank’s Chatty Bus route initially began in November 2019 but was put on hold because of Covid restrictions. The route is being relaunched with new funding from Devon County Council’s Connecting...

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Devon-based eco fleet-tech business reaches Global Good Awards final

Lightfoot, the trail-blazing, Devon-based in-cab, driver fleet coaching technology and rewards platform, has succeeded in making it through to the finals of the internationally renowned 2022 Global Good Awards. Rewarding businesses big or small for their responsible and sustainable practices, the prestigious awards attracts applicants from across the globe.

Past Global Good Awards winners include the likes of Cannon, ITV, Unilever, Barclays, Samsung, KPMG, DPD, Aviva, Octopus Energy and many other international businesses.

Exeter-based Lightfoot has reached the final five...

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Talented musician twins graduate from the same course at the same university on the same day

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Posted: Fri, 07/29/2022 - 5:33pm

Talented twins whose music is championed by Coldplay have graduated from the same course, at the same university, on the same day.

Theo and Bertie Pedrick decided to study together at the University of Exeter so they could pursue their music career.

Coldplay drummer Will Champion has acted as mentor for Bertie, the guitarist and singer, and Theo, the lead singer in their band PEDRICK. Mr Champion met with them after hearing their music, has kept in touch and even let Theo and Bertie record in Coldplay’s studio.

While both studying history and international...

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Police seeking a witness from the Silverton area

Officers investigating a serious sexual assault that took place in Exeter are wanting to speak with a person from the Silverton area who may have information vital to the investigation.

DC Michele Green said: “We are investigating a report of a serious sexual assault on a female on the outskirts of Exeter in the early hours of Sunday 10 July.

“A man in his 20s has been arrested in connection to this matter and has been released on police bail with strict conditions”

“As part of our enquiries, we need to identify a person or people who we believe were driven from...

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South West England innovators collaborate to develop enhanced solutions for seagrass monitoring

A new, non-invasive method to measure and monitor seagrass biomass on the seabed around England’s South West coast is being developed as part of an ongoing, collaborative project.

The innovative new technique is currently being trialled by local companies HydroSurv in Exeter and Totnes based Valeport, working with the University of Plymouth and Natural England, and supported by a grant of more than £266,000 from Innovate UK’s Smart Grants programme.

It builds on the concept of the acoustic reflectivity of seagrass providing valuable information to characterise submerged...

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Blue Plaque to commemorate Exeter School hero

An historic blue plaque has been erected on the science department at Exeter School to commemorate a previous pupil who sacrificed his life to save others in a devastating explosion that tore through a London based factory in 1917.

Andrea Angel (also known as Andrew or Andreas) was born in 1877 in Bradford, before moving to Devon with his parents, where he was educated at Exeter School.

He graduated from Christ Church, Oxford with a First in Chemistry in 1899, eventually lecturing and running the laboratory at his alma mater. He was forbidden from enlisting at the start...

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