HUNDREDS of people in the picturesque Devon town of Tiverton will have a Christmas to remember after landing People’s Postcode Lottery’s biggest-ever single prize of £18.3m.

Players in the postcode area EX16 6 will bag a share of the bumper pot, less than a fortnight before the big day.

Winning locals will find out exactly how much they’ve scooped during a...

More than 200 singers from East Devon Rock Choir filled St David’s Church in Exeter with music and festive cheer for the choir’s inaugural fundraising ‘Big Sing’.

Members from the Broadclyst, Exeter, Exmouth and Honiton groups joined forces to perform 14 uplifting songs from their recent repertoire. The setlist spanned decades and genres, featuring Erasure’s A Little Respect...

Returning to Powderham Castle on Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd May 2026 (10am–5pm), Toby’s Garden Festival promises two inspiring days of gardening, education, food, fun and hands-on activities. This year’s theme, Discovery, sets the tone for a festival brimming with new experiences, expert insights and interactive talks and workshops.

Leading the festival line-up and joining Toby are...

The Devon health and wellbeing charity Westbank Community Health and Care has launched three Christmas campaigns to support those who are lonely or who may be struggling financially or emotionally this Christmas.

Throughout December, members of the public are encouraged to donate to the charity as an alternative way of giving and to make their season’s greetings go further by helping...

Paignton Picture House has been awarded £675,246 from Historic England to carry out works to restore the historic fabric of the Grade II* listed cinema.

The much-loved Torbay landmark, one of Europe’s oldest purpose-built cinemas, has been on the Heritage at Risk Register since 2013. The £675,246 grant from Historic England will fund essential works to repair and safeguard its...

21-year-old Jack Faulkner says he spent his childhood taking electronic items apart and then not being able to put them back together again.

Fast forward a few years and Jack says he’s now working in the perfect place surrounded by electronics.

Jack is an engineering technician degree apprentice at Bay Photonics, a high-tech engineering company in Paignton. In his fourth year...

City College Plymouth successfully hosted and participated in an ambitious 24-hour Row the Atlantic Challenge for charity in partnership with the Plymouth Army Careers Centre and a wide range of community partners.

Taking place at the College’s Kings Road campus on Tuesday 25 and Wednesday 26 November, the event challenged participants to collectively row 3,320 kilometres - the...

Bonster, the friendly food-waste-eating monster, is touring primary schools across East Devon as part of Recycle Devon’s Waste Education Programme.

Running from November 2025 to March 2026, the programme teaches children how reducing food waste helps the environment and why using their food waste caddy at home is important.

This week, pupils at Woodbury Salterton Church of...