Paignton Lantern Festival
Get into the Christmas spirit and head along to Torbay Road for live entertainment, a lantern parade and you can even meet Santa! From 10am to 6pm with entertainment starting at midday. Lantern …
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Going green is not black and white
Staff at a top regional conservation charity have shared their successes and frustrations as they try to reduce, reuse and recycle consumables in their cafes and restaurants. Wild Planet Trust is t…
Local businesses connect with engineers and scientists of the future
Encouraging businesses to develop connections with engineers, environmentalists and scientists of the future, South Devon University Technical College (UTC) hosted its last business breakfast of 2019 …
The vital search for conservation evidence
It sounds like the latest police drama – the Zoo Evidence Officer is on the case, searching for clues, combing through paperwork and tracking down the truth. In fact, the new post, based at Paignto…
Zoo keepers put exotic skills to local use
Most of us think zoos are about exotic species and conservation in faraway places – but bird keepers at Paignton Zoo are working on a project based in the heart of Devon. Animal staff from the char…
Torbay residents aim to breath new life into Oldway Mansion
Oldway Mansion is set for a new lease of life with an overwhelming response from local volunteers, a multi-million-pound lottery bid and efforts to create a charitable trust all moving forward. Sin…
Students reach WorldSkills UK Final
Level 3 Health and Social Care students at South Devon College, Emily Summers and Harriet Powell, have scored in the top eight of competitors across all six regional heats of WorldSkills UK – the worl…
RHS “Outstanding” award for Cockington Country Park’s memorial rose garden
Torbay Coast & Countryside Trust are delighted to announce that the Cockington Memorial Rose Garden has just been awarded outstanding recognition in the 2019 Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Brit…
Another brick in the wall-aby…
Paignton Zoo will host the UK’s biggest Brick Safari in 2020. The Great Big Brick Safari will bring over 80 giant wild animal models to Devon next summer. But first, the zoo is declaring a great bi…
Trust announces star patrons
A major South West conservation charity has announced its patrons. Both are star names regionally and nationally. Naturalist Nick Baker and broadcaster Judi Spiers have been unveiled as patrons of …
Reach for the stars at South Devon UTC’s next Open Evening
Celebrating World Space Week in style (4-10 Oct), South Devon University Technical College (South Devon UTC) is inviting prospective students to explore the galaxies at its special space-themed Open E…
Oldway Mansion call out for gardening volunteers
Torbay Council is supporting the start-up of a volunteer group which will help maintain the gardens at Oldway Mansion. Community engagement coordinator, Tim Eley, is spearheading the initiative and…
Paignton’s Harbour Light restaurant joins St Austell Brewery estate
St Austell Brewery has secured a long-term lease for the Harbour Light in Paignton. It will become part of the Cornish brewer’s managed pub restaurant estate. St Austell Brewery has plans to signif…
Timothy Morgan sets sail in Clipper Round The World Race
Timothy Morgan, 19, has just completed his first year in FdSc/HNC Marine Technologies with a distinction overall. But now he has deferred for a year to complete a mammoth task of sailing the Clipper R…