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IKEA is bringing the bank holiday fun this weekend with in-store activities from Friday 29th April until Monday 2nd May for the whole family to enjoy. Customers with an IKEA Family membership will also receive £5 off purchases when spending £50, and £10 when spending £100¹.

IKEA stores in Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, Milton Keynes and Reading are launching a number of free activities for the four-day extravaganza. Kids can let their imaginations run wild and get creative with face painting and balloon modelling, or experience the thrills from the marvellous magician. Or there’s the...

Three decommissioned ambulances have been donated to the Government of Ukraine, by the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT), as part of the UK’s package of NHS ambulance donations.

The ambulances recently left Bristol Ambulance Station to start their 1,200-mile journey to Poland’s border with Ukraine. Each ambulance contains a stretcher, scoop stretcher, long board and carry chair.

The ambulances will provide urgent and immediate care to those injured by Russian bombardments.

Will Warrender, Chief Executive of SWASFT, said: “Like so many...

The attitude of South West business leaders towards technology underwent a major shift in the pandemic, according to a new survey.

South West IT and technology support specialists Timewade carried out the ‘Time to Deliver’ survey , in partnership with leading South West accountancy firm Bishop Fleming .

The findings reveal how the pandemic changed business leaders’ view on the role of technology, with 85 per cent now believing that investing in technology is vital for business success, compared to just 56 per cent in 2020.

The main drivers for decisions on investing...

A group of men from Devon have set out to cycle from Exeter to Ipswich to raise money for the charity that supported their friend through cancer.

And they’ve already smashed their original fundraising target by more than 2,000 per cent!

Paul Reed, Terry Wheatley, Steve Sandiford, Lee Cornish and former Exeter Falcons speedway star Pete Jeffery with Simon Courtney as vehicle support driver left Exeter today (Tuesday April 26) to cycle nearly 300 miles to Suffolk.

They are riding in memory of dad of two Mark Davis from Exeter, who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer...