Devon’s Best Family Attraction*, Pennywell Farm near Buckfastleigh is thrilled to announce an exclusive collaboration with Luscombe and The Rattery Church House Inn to bring you ‘Gin & Goats’. Taking place for one night only on Saturday 23rd March, 5pm - 7pm, the unique event offers an unforgettable experience for animal lovers. Tickets cost £57 per person (18 years and over only) and are...
Monks and priests from around the world gathered at Devon’s Buckfast Abbey earlier this month to celebrate the rare ordination of two monks, Dom Andrew Prickett and Dom John George, to the priesthood.
Typically taking five years to complete, the formation for the Roman Catholic priesthood is a unique and increasingly uncommon event in the UK. It not only requires many years of study in...
Devon’s Buckfast Abbey has announced that its popular three-day Christmas Market will return for 2022, taking place from Thursday 1st December to Saturday 3rd December (10am – 5pm).
Free to enter, and with on-site parking available for £5, the family-friendly Christmas Market will feature independent stalls offering everything from delicious food and drink to unique gifts handmade by...
Repairs to Austin’s Bridge at Buckfastleigh are underway and progressing well. The Grade Two Listed Bridge, which dates from 1749, was damaged during Storm Dennis in February and has been closed since then as a safety precaution. Two separate scaffold platforms have been erected over the course of the past week. These scaffolds are not only supporting the men’s working platform, but they have...
A Plymouth MP has expressed deep concerns about the disposal of waste from the Plymouth incinerator, after Devon County Council rejected plans for the ash to be transported to Whitecleave Quarry, near Buckfastleigh.
Alison Seabeck, MP for Plymouth Moor View says she wrote twice to the incinerator operating company MMV to "seek reassurance that there was a plan B in case their...
Police are concerned for the welfare of Jacqueline De Young a 51-year-old woman who left her home address in Buckfastleigh, Devon during Saturday afternoon (5 October 2013). It is believed that she left in her vehicle, a black Mitsubishi Colt convertible registration WF07 VGY.
Police have described Ms De Young as a white female, five foot one inches tall, with straight shoulder length...
Devon’s Director of Public Health is urging parents to ensure their children have had their MMR (Measles, Mumps and Rubella) vaccinations, following a measles outbreak in Wales.
Dr Virginia Pearson’s message is part of a national joint campaign between the Association for Directors of Public Health, Public Health England – the government organisation responsible for immunisation; and...
