West Country house builder Devonshire Homes has kick-started 2021 by donating £1,000 to the William Wates Memorial Trust. Announcing its charity partnership with the Trust in 2020, the first £1,00…
Marking the International Day of Women and Girls in Science (11th February 2021), South Devon University Technical College (UTC) is inviting prospective students to find out more about its new Healthc…
National HIV Testing Week runs from Monday 1st February to Sunday 7th February, with a focus on testing at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. The team at The Eddystone Trust in Torbay are now urging …
Residents in Torbay are being encouraged to remember victims of genocide on Holocaust Memorial Day on Wednesday 27 January 2021. On the day, Torbay Council will fly the Union Flag at half-mast to mark…
Two landmark venues in Devon are opening as NHS Vaccination Centres today (26 January), ready to vaccinate tens of thousands of local people in coming weeks. The Mayflower Grandstand at Plymouth Ar…
NHS Blood and Transplant is urging people in Plymouth hitting the 28-day COVID recovery mark to register as plasma donors. People can only donate 28 days after they’ve recovered, so the number of pot…
Due to the rapidly rising infection rates both nationally and locally, and the new strains of the virus making it spread a lot quicker than before, more testing measures are being introduced in Torbay…
Oldway Road will be closed for up to two weeks to allow demolition of an old squash court building in the grounds of Oldway Mansion. There is already a single carriageway closure but from 25th Januar…
Representatives from Torbay Council and the local NHS will be holding a joint meeting as part of Torbay’s ongoing review into tackling racism. On Thursday 21 January at 5pm, the How do we make Black,…
Small to medium-sized (SME) manufacturers in South Devon are being encouraged to have their say on trading beyond Brexit as part of the latest Manufacturing Barometer. Organised by SWMAS (The South W…
The benefits of being able to enjoy and exercise in local green spaces have been magnified by the impact of Covid -19 and residents living in Newton Abbot, Kingsteignton and Kingskerswell have the opp…
South Devon people are being urged to look after their sight, with new research showing that eye strain and other sight-related issues have increased significantly since the first pandemic lockdown. …
If you’re pregnant or have a child under four you could be eligible to receive Healthy Start vouchers. Healthy Start vouchers are issued weekly and can be used to buy fresh fruit, vegetables and mi…
The year has started positively for Torbay’s Hi-Tech cluster with the news that Nanusens, a market-disrupting microelectronics specialist, has opened its UK Headquarters within the EPIC Centre. Nan…