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...

Devon Air Ambulance (DAA) is proud to announce two outstanding achievements at this year’s Air Ambulances UK (AAUK) Awards of Excellence, held on Wednesday 3rd December at the Telford International Centre. The event brought together air ambulance charities from across the UK under the theme ‘Inspiring Each Other’, celebrating innovation, collaboration, and excellence in the sector.

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Little Green Change is celebrating the biodiversity improvements in Devon in 2025 carried out in conjunction with primary and secondary schools across the county. Their Biodiversity in Schools Project provides a range of free environmental education assemblies and school ground biodiversity improvements to state-funded schools, thanks to funding from The Norman Family Trust, the Nineveh...

The Devon County Agricultural Association (DCAA) is delighted to announce that BASICS Devon has been appointed as its Charity of the Year.

BASICS Devon are specialist volunteers delivering emergency pre-hospital care and vital life-saving education. They support communities across Devon with advanced medical treatment around the clock before patients reach hospital

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East Devon District Council is inviting residents, community groups, and stakeholders to take part in the final stage of consultation on the new East Devon Local Plan – the blueprint for where new homes, jobs and supporting infrastructure will go across the district over the coming years.

Following approval by the council’s Strategic Planning Committee on 25 November 2025, the...