Mayors Carol Service and Christmas Street Fayre
Mayors Carol Service and Christmas Street Fayre in Queen Street and Courtenay Street, Newton Abbot on Wednesday 18th December. Free mince pies and hot choc in Market square (whilst stocks last) …
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Victorian Charity Evening
Head over to Newton Abbot Market Square for an evening of festive fun. From 5pm until 8pm on Wednesday 4th December you will find children's entertainment, live music, carol singing, santa and much…
Students taken to ‘infinity and beyond’ at Newton Abbot’s technical college
Primary school students celebrated World Space Week (4-10 Oct) in style as the youngsters explored galaxies, and even viewed real samples from the moon, at South Devon University Technical College (UT…
Students celebrate impressive GCSE results at South Devon UTC
South Devon University Technical College (UTC) has demonstrated that its impressive post 16 results, celebrated last week, are no flash in the pan. Students in Year 11 are also celebrating after recei…
Maxine smashes Tesco 30 hour dance marathon and Guinness World Record
Maxine Hobson joined almost 5,000 people at Wembley Stadium to break the Guinness World Record time for longest dance marathon relay, led by pop star Aston Merrygold and former Pussycat Doll Kimberly …
New apprentices drive the way at Wessex DAF
All the way from New Zealand, 18 year old Marina Boura settled in Devon four years ago and has just started a three year apprenticeship in heavy vehicle repair maintenance at Wessex DAF. “I really …
Blue Light Day 2019
Blue Light Day is a free event for the disabled community and their carers. The event will be held at Newton Abbot Racecourse & Conference Centre on Tuesday 18 June 2019 from 10am - 2.30pm. At t…
Newton Abbot ‘Fight the Fatberg’ on World Environment Day
Celebrating World Environment Day (Wednesday 5th June), Newton Abbot’s pioneering technical college invited prospective students to a special open day where they joined forces to ‘fight the fatberg’.…
Newton Abbot store celebrates four years of donating surplus food
Tesco’s Newton Abbot store has donated more than 23,000 meals to those in need. The store belongs to the supermarket chain’s Community Food Connection scheme, which celebrates its fourth birthday t…
Technical college invites Newton Abbot to Fight the Fatberg
Celebrating World Environment Day (Wednesday 5th June), Newton Abbot’s pioneering technical college is inviting prospective students to a special open day where they will join forces to ‘fight the fat…
Young engineers from South Devon UTC get creative at HMS Sultan
Young engineers from Newton Abbot’s pioneering secondary school, South Devon University Technical College (UTC), went head-to-head against schools from across the country as they participated in a uni…
League of Friends donate £10,000 to community services
The Newton Abbot Hospital League of Friends has donated over £10,000 to the Albany Street Clinic run by Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust. The funds, presented to the Trust’s Community S…
Newton Abbot scientists win recycling award for eco-ambassador initiative
Young scientists from Newton Abbot’s pioneering secondary school, South Devon University Technical College (UTC), have been presented with a Recycle Devon Award after launching an eco-ambassador proje…
Police appeal to identify victim of Newton Abbot robbery
Police have appealed to identify and speak to the victim of a robbery in Newton Abbot which happened earlier this week. Police received reports that a hand bag had been stolen from a woman on Wolbo…