Steven Boyd, a local postmaster who owns two Post Office branches in Plymouth and runs two Banking Hubs, has been recognised as one of the top-performing postmasters under the new Post Office Operational Excellence Incentive.
The Operational Excellence Incentive is an opportunity for postmasters to earn a top up of up to 5% of their variable remuneration every month by meeting...
Researchers at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust and the NIHR Patient Recruitment Centre at Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust are recruiting people to take part in the Fluent Trial to see if an investigational vaccine (a vaccine that is being studied) may be able to prevent seasonal influenza (flu) for people 50 years of age or older. The investigational vaccine...
Exmouth Library has welcomed the whole of Littleham Church of England Primary School as part of a project from Libraries Unlimited to increase literacy. For many of the children in the school, this was their first visit to the library.
The children were divided into four groups and were introduced to the library and explained how to find books and how to take part in our activities...
Salcombe Brewery Co. is proud to announce its latest donation of over £2300 to The Seahorse Trust, which has been raised through the brewery’s ongoing initiative of donating 5p from every bottle of its award-winning Seahorse beer sold.
The Seahorse Trust was founded in 1999 by Neil Garrick-Maidment to preserve and conserve the natural world, especially the marine environment, with...
Devon-based roastery, Voyager Coffee, has successfully raised £1700 for Project Waterfall, a charity dedicated to providing clean drinking water, sanitation and education to coffee growing communities. The fundraising took place during UK Coffee Week , an industry wide initiative celebrating all things coffee.
The funds were raised through Voyager’s ‘Evening of Coffee, Chocolate and...
Children from five Devon primary schools have enjoyed the chance to write and deliver live performances of their poetry.
The youngsters have been working with prize-winning children’s poet James Carter in a week-long project rolled out by the Somerset Literacy Network (SLN).
James worked with the children from Axminster Primary School, Ilfracombe First School, Feniton...
On weekends in November, the National Trust’s Buckland Abbey will be holding a series of weekend Mini Winter Markets selling wares from local businesses and artists.
Each weekend, 15 stalls will fill Buckland Abbey’s small barn and visitor welcome area. The vendors will change each weekend providing a wide variety of seasonal treats and gift ideas. The Great Barn will remain closed...
Claremont Manor Care Home celebrated its first six months with a celebratory open event – a big thank you to all those living in the home, friends, and families and the wider community.
The Mayor of Dawlish, Cllr Lin Goodman-Bradbury and MP for Newton Abbot Martin Wrigley were in attendance at the event on Thursday October 17th, doing the honours for the official opening ceremony...
Sidmouth College , part of the Ted Wragg Trust family of schools, welcomed Richard Foord, MP for the Honiton and Sidmouth constituency, for a visit this month.
Mr Foord attended one of the meetings of the Sidmouth College Student Leadership Team. The students asked him an array of interesting and probing questions, the topics included proposed changes to Inheritance Tax, trail...
A group of Devon farmers have launched a campaign to raise money to buy shearing equipment to help Balkan farmers, who are struggling to shear their sheep, leading to animal welfare concerns.
Lack of skills, money and shearers in Western Balkan countries means that some of the region’s six million sheep don’t get their wool removed each year, which can cause them to overheat and die...
