A top local artist has come to the English Riviera to paint a gorilla in public.
Cleo Heard is painting the life-size figure between Monday 26th and Friday 30th May, during half term. She is working in the entrance hall of Living Coasts, on the quayside, where people can watch her progress.
Last year Cleo painted the popular Bananarilla for the Great Gorillas Project. Her...
Some curious creatures have given birth at Paignton Zoo.
Despite their name, common tenrecs - from Madagascar – are rarely seen in zoos. This litter of four is the Zoo’s second - mother Felicia came from the first litter, born at the Zoo just last year. The four were born on 3rd April but can now be spotted coming out for mealworms with the adults.
The Range have organised for a charity football match in aid of St Luke’s Hospice Plymouth which will take place this Sunday (18 May).
Two teams have been made, one with employees from our Plymouth based Head Office and the other made from employees from our Devon and Cornwall stores (Exeter, Plymouth and Truro). All money raised will be going to St Luke’s Hospice, a charity chosen by...
Over the week commencing 28 April 2014, Ashfords LLP staff cycled an impressive 1,687.31 miles in order to raise donations for their chosen Charity of the Year, Children's Hospice South West (CHSW). CHSW are the only organisation in the South West to provide care for children with life-limiting conditions outside of a hospital environment.
Penguins are going to be popping up all around Torquay harbour.
Look out for the cheeky six inch characters in shops and businesses.
Over 50 mini plaster of Paris penguins have been decorated in a range of dazzling designs by Living Coasts staff and volunteers, with others created by children and friends. The penguins will be on show in shop windows around the inner harbour,...
A Devon conservation charity has launched a new Honorary Membership scheme to thank hard-working supporters.
The Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust is the charity that runs Paignton Zoo, Living Coasts in Torquay and Newquay Zoo in Cornwall, as well as several nature reserves in Devon.
The Board of Trustees has introduced the title for people who have made a distinguished...
A penguin at a zoo in Devon has laid a golden egg.
The macaroni penguin, named Yoyo, laid the egg at Living Coasts, Torquay’s coastal zoo, on Sunday. The charity’s Executive Director Simon Tonge – a bird expert and former zoo keeper - said: “The eggshell has a real golden sheen – it is rare but not unheard of. I have been around birds for 35 years and this is only the second one I have...
Raising money can prove difficult but should always be fun - and so it was at Ashfords Plymouth office's hugely successful charity quiz last night at the City College Plymouth restaurant.
A record breaking £2,000 was for raised for our chosen Charity of the Year, Children's Hospice South West at the Plymouth Office's annual Charity Quiz.
