My name is David Pearson, I’m 62 retired Electrical Wholesaler, I live in Torquay.I first came down to the Southwest to take over as Group Manager for City Electrical Factors, employing more that 100 …
Once, when I was a teenager delivering newspapers in Dartmouth, a woman whose paper I delivered invited me into her house and offered me paid employment: Would I deliver a bundle of leaflets for her p…
For a while there, it looked as though Brexit might actually be done and dusted. Boris Johnson’s deal was agreed on by Parliament – in principal, at least – and an optimist might have concluded that i…
On a chilly Saturday in mid-October, I walked into town to visit the Dartmouth Food Festival. The town was packed with people. I walked past stalls selling venison, seafood, flavoured vodka, and a who…
Everywhere I go, I see people behaving decently towards one another. Maybe this is one of the perks of living in a relatively small rural/coastal community, and this prevents me from saying with any c…
Professional photography? Or just for fun? Happy having your photo taken? Or hate it? It’s fair to say cameras are everywhere today, most of us have one with us all the time and at some point, we do …
Hello, my name is Becca and I am the proud owner of Becca’s Bath Beauties based in Goodrington, Paignton.I specialise in making handmade soaps, bath bombs, bath oil, salts, beard oil and other related…
My Name is James Lyon, I am a right-sided arm and leg amputee. I have had cerebral palsy since birth and have always struggled but it has deteriorated in the last 2 years drastically after a failed…
I’m Hester, single mum, midwife and mother to an angel baby. In honour of both my daughter and all the babies taken too soon I am running the gruelling 26 mile London marathon. My baby girl died f…
I’m 22 years old and I still have to sleep with a lamp on at night; if I don’t, I end up having massive panic attacks. I have to sit at the very back of any lecture hall I’m in as I struggle having pe…
Firstly, a huge thank you to everyone who donated money for our Christmas light display in aid of children’s liver disease foundation at Petrel Close, Torquay. We raised a huge £300! None of us ex…
As we move into 2017 and the new year many will be looking back on the previous 12 months, thinking about what has happened, what we have done and what we will want to do for the next 12 months going …
Finding a work life balance when you have a full-time job and three small children is a challenge most of us will be familiar with. Long working hours, missed school plays, holiday childcare…. The lis…
I was eight years old when I was told I had to desert my sleepy cul de sac in Gelligaer- to all non-Welsh natives let’s just call it just under 20 miles outside Cardiff. That being said I’m not a Wels…