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How On-the-Go Gaming Has Transformed Over the Past Decade in Devon

In recent years, mobile and on-the-go gaming have evolved from a niche hobby into a massive part of everyday entertainment. Just ten years ago, most gaming in Devon happened at home, in small local gaming cafés, or in arcades along popular coastal spots like Torquay or Exmouth. Now, you can...

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Postcode Lottery's biggest-ever prize is Devon sent!

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 special Millions...

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Nominate someone who shows everyday bravery

The Family Law Company is inviting the public to put forward extraordinary people for its Everyday Bravery Campaign 2, where one deserving nominee will receive a luxury break at the award-winning Bovey Castle Hotel & Spa.

The campaign shines a light on those who quietly show courage every day, people who keep going despite illness, loss, hardship or personal struggle. Their bravery...

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Toby’s Garden Festival Announces 2026 Dates

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...

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East Devon Rock Choir’s ‘Big Sing’ hits all the right notes for charity

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 , Earth,...

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Westbank celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2026

Westbank launches Christmas campaigns to support the community

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...

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South Devon College encourage more engineering and manufacturing companies to take on apprentices

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...

Biodiversity wins in Devon

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...

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Devon Ladies Over 75's Tennis Team Wins National County Cup Title

Devon Ladies Vets are celebrating the 75’s victory at national level!

County tennis players, Di West (Exmouth), Jenny Doig (Barnstaple), Co-captains Anne Tait, (Budleigh Salterton) and Linda Knight (Torquay) recently represented Devon in the Ladies Over 75's County Cup Final. The Devon team became the National Champions beating Lancashire 3-1 in Southampton this autumn.

The...

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BASICS Devon appointed DCAA's charity of the year

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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Restoration of Paignton Picture House in Torbay receives £675,246 from Historic England

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...

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