Back for a second year, the Princesshay Spring Market will take place between 4 – 21 April. Princesshay will welcome back eight local market traders this spring with wooden chalets lining the main mall near Princesshay Square and opposite Reiss and Oliver Bonas. New for this year will be a large vintage carousel in Princesshay...
BBC Amsterdam is known as the “Venice of the North” thanks to its myriad of canals Five years after the collapse of airline Flybe, air passengers in the South West will again be able to travel to Amsterdam Schiphol from Exeter Airport. The new service, run by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, began on 30 March,...
Flood schemes in Devon and Cornwall will receive about £33m of government funding, the Environment Agency (EA) has said. It said the plan to put “fresh funding” into 70 flood schemes in the counties would help to “protect 27,000 more homes and businesses over the next year”. Projects earmarked in the scheme included a watercourse...
Julia Gregory BBC News, South West BBC Devon Air Ambulance founder Ann Ralli says it will be important to have the 168 staff under one roof Devon’s Air Ambulance founder has said it is crucial for the charity to have a new headquarters and air base. Ann Ralli said: “We not only have to keep...
The UK’s “largest queer festival” is coming to North Devon, organisers have said. The Out & Wild Festival, billed as the UK’s largest festival celebrating the lesbian, bi, trans, and queer women and non-binary people community, is set to take place in June near Bideford. Organisers said the event, which started during the Covid-19 pandemic,...
Photographers across Devon and Cornwall were busy on Saturday morning as they captured the partial solar eclipse. It was visible across the UK and much of the northern hemisphere as the moon passed partly in front of the sun. Although cloud cover affected some people’s view, others watched as it seemed to take a nibble...
Moor Meadows The project ran a pilot in 2024 with Moor Meadows members taking part in surveys A conservation group has encouraged people to get involved in a survey to help record meadows and the wildlife within them. The survey, named the Big Devon Meadows Count, is aiming to record meadows of all sizes anywhere...
Plans for a round-the-clock dog washing facility at a car park near Instow in north Devon have been turned down. Barnstaple-based company Dog Wash Express hoped to create the “self-service dog washing unit” near the coast path and Tarka Trail. The dog washing service would have included a blow dryer and a big screen showing...
Street lights in parts of Devon will be dimmed for one year in a bid to save money. The 12-month trial is to be rolled out in April and involves altering about 80% of the county’s 80,000 street lights, said Devon County Council. The council said the trial could save about £300,000 per year, on...
Film and TV producers are being urged to think of Devon as the perfect backdrop for their productions. North Devon Council, Torridge District Council (TDC) and consultants Screen Devon are hosting an event for members of the film industry and location owners in Bideford on 31 March. The event will feature discussion about the benefits...
John Acres BBC News, Devon Julia Gregory BBC News, South West Devon and Cornwall Police PCSO Liz Francis on the beat in Teignmouth A Police Community Support Officer who has built trust with people in Teignmouth has been honoured at a national awards ceremony.. Liz Francis was shortlisted out of 150 people for the Police...
A man who was found dead in a police cell had told officers he had taken cocaine and heroin and felt like he was going to die, an inquest jury has heard. Father-of-one Simeon Francis, 35, was arrested in the early hours of 20 May 2020 in Exeter and taken to Torquay police station for...
A council has said it is investigating after an old hovercraft was found dumped on a byway in Devon. It was spotted by a horse rider early on Tuesday along the old A30 between Bridestowe and Sourton Down, near the hamlet of Forda. Liz Parks, who uses the lane to avoid traffic, said: “My horse...
Only five households took part in a scheme to downsize their properties in west Devon in the last year, figures show. West Devon Borough Council now plans to make more social housing tenants aware of incentives to move to smaller homes and get a payout of £5,000 and help with removal costs or improvements such...
Bradley Gerrard Local Democracy Reporter Google Mid Devon District Council overcharged and undercharged thousands of social housing tenants due to wrongly applying a rent formula About 70 council tenant evictions could be reviewed in Mid Devon as council officials grapple with social housing rent errors dating back to 2002. There are cases where rent arrears...