• Beauty captured in mid-flight: a Clouded Yellow Butterfly on Lavender. Image: Stephan Morris / Shutterstock

    Butterfly emergency: big survey scheduled

    Tens of thousands expected to take part in national project Organisers of The Butterfly Conservation Big Butterfly Count are expecting tens of thousands of people...3 min

  • The Stuff and Nonsense Theatre Company are heading back to the Theatre Royal Plymouth with a contemporary adaptation of the classic story of The Little Red Hen. Image provided by TRP.

    What’s On West: Baking the best loaf!

    The plucky Little Red Hen is back at TRP If you’re looking for the perfect Easter treat for all the family then the Stuff and...2 min

  • The Hurley Burley Dead Boat installation National Maritime Museum Falmouth. Image: Clare James Photography.

    Save estuaries from discarded boats

    Raising awareness: ‘dead boat’ installed in National Maritime Museum foyer A small yacht left to rot in a Helford creek is being given a second...5 min

  • Jake Hancock is a National Trust tenant farmer at Purbeck. He is working with others to create new wood pastures for local wildlife. Image: Cathy Lewis / National Trust Images.

    60,000 trees to attract British songbirds

    Wildlife booster: Six year project aims to create ‘new wood pasture’ Hearing skylarks, nightingales and woodlarks is a key part of rural life in Britain....6 min

  • Teams of specialists are turning Cornwall Air Ambulance's second helicopter into a fully functioning critical care resource. Image provided by CAA.

    First look: inside new air ambulance

    Cornwall Air Ambulance announces final push to fund medical fit The final phase of the Heli2 Appeal is being launched to fund the medical fit...2 min

  • The release of beavers is a ‘a watershed moment in the history of the species in England.’ Image: Elliot McCandless / National Trust Images.

    Releasing beavers in Dorset

    A ‘landmark event’ for nature conservation Environmentalists are celebrating after the release of the first two pairs of Eurasian beavers into the wild in Purbeck,...6 min

  • 'Yoga in a cave transforms an ordinary practice into something extraordinary.' Image: Kents Cavern.

    Yoga: Find inner peace in the perfect place

    Immersive yoga sessions being held in Devon’s Kents Cavern Finding ‘quiet time’ in prehistoric settings is surely a ‘must’ for anyone who enjoys mindfulness, yoga...3 min

  • A Magnolia campbellii champion tree in bloom in the walled garden at Trengwainton, Cornwall. Image: Marina Rule / National Trust Images.

    March’s magnificent magnolia

    Breaking into bloom: a treat for plant lovers Magnificent magnolia displays are coming out in full force at many National Trust gardens across the south-west....3 min

  • Image: Clare Louise Jackson / Shutterstock.

    New festival to celebrate Dartmoor

    The Dartmoor Tors Festival: connecting and celebrating in May One of the most beautiful areas of the West Country appears to be ‘having a moment.’...3 min

  • The success of the Growth Forge scheme being celebrated by businesses. Image: Gareth Williams.

    Investment boost for SW tech

    First year saw more than £1.5 secured in investment Tech South West is celebrating having secured UK Government funding to expand its Growth Forge accelerator...2 min

  • The Mozart monument in front of Palmenhaus, near Neue Burg and Hofburg Palaces garden, in Vienna, Austria. Photograph: Oleg Senkov / Shutterstock.

    Devon star violinist joins ‘All-Mozart’ concert

    100 strong Exeter Philharmonic Choir to perform at Cathedral Devon-born rising star violinist Joel Munday, and the renowned London Mozart Players, will accompany Exeter Philharmonic...2 min

  • The Heli2 Appeal has now surpassed the £2million milestone of the £2.85million target, leaving just £197,000 to raise. Image: CAA.

    Charity’s Heli2 officially handed over

    Cornwall Air Ambulance announces main build of aircraft is now completed The inside of Cornwall’s second air ambulance is currently being fitted with all of...2 min

  • ShelterBox and the Juba Foundation are supporting people displaced by extreme weather and conflict in Somalia. Image provided by ShelterBox.

    International Cornish charity turns 25

    ShelterBox supporting more than three million people More than three million people have been supported by a Cornwall-based disaster relief charity 25 years after it...3 min

  • The Exeter Riddles anthology is thought to be the oldest surviving book of English literature in the world. Image: Ella Foster (Exeter Cathedral).

    City choir celebrates centuries old riddles

    Songs inspired by 10th Century writing to be performed in Exeter The clever perceptions and edgy humour of Anglo Saxon writers will reach a new...2 min

  • ShelterBox has partnered with PARC to provide tents tarpaulins ropes mattresses and blankets to displaced families. Image provided by ShelterBox.

    Tent for Lent: what will you do?

    40 days to support families who have lost their homes to disaster The international disaster relief charity ShelterBox is launching its annual Tent for Lent...3 min

  • Jack Chambers as Bert in Mary Poppins. Photography: Danny Kaan (image provided by TRP).

    World’s favourite nanny comes to Plymouth!

    Mary Poppins and Cherry Tree Lane fly into TRP The spectacular production of the classic multi award-winning musical Mary Poppins is arriving at Theatre Royal...2 min

  • Alexis Bowater OBE and recent winners of the 2024 Westcountry Women’s Awards at Westminster. Image: Poppy Jakes Photography.

    West Country Women’s Awards’ 2025 launch

    International Women’s Day: A Day of Inspiration and Empowerment Businesses, entrepreneurs, sole traders and SMEs from across the region are getting ready for the upcoming...2 min