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  • The Great South West event was attended by politicians and business leaders. From left to right: Steve Race MP, Clive Higgins, Fred Thomas MP, Tan Dhesi MP, Nick Ames, Ian Roome MP. Image provided by Program.

    SW: ‘UK’s premier defence region’

    ‘Most strategically important region for defence’ A newly published Defence Prospectus highlights the key role being played by the south west in the UK’s national...4 min

  • 'The Brighton Brain Aches' are planning to join hundreds of participants at The Brain Tumour Charity’s annual Twilight Walk. From left to right: Helen, Madeleine (who's also in the group but can't join the walk), Sian, Sally and Stacy. Image provided by The Brain Tumour Charity.

    Twilight walk for charity

    Hundreds set to raise vital funds for The Brain Tumour Charity Four women who all had treatment at the same hospital for the same brain...3 min

  • The backdrop of Barnstaple as a place for business in North Devon. Image: Luc V. de Zeeuw / Shutterstock.

    North Devon Angels: boosting entrepreneurship

    Investment goal to support start-ups and early-stage businesses A new wave of investment opportunities is coming to North Devon and Torridge with the launch of...3 min

  • Vita Sackville-West's The Devil at Westease. Image: James Dobson (provided by National Trust Images).

    Vita Sackville-West: exploring life and literature

    Former writer’s Sissinghurst home hosts exhibition            Vita Sackville-West is renowned as being one of the 20th century’s most influential gardeners. But, her work as a...4 min

  • Secrets from a Coach podcast team: Debbie Green and Laura Thompson.

    Secrets from a Coach: 50k download milestone

    Podcast team celebrate 50,000 downloads over past four years The Secrets from a Coach podcast team, consisting of wellness coach Debbie Green at Wishfish and...2 min

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

    Cornwall students supporting relief efforts

    School raises more than £2000 for ShelterBox Students at a North Cornish school raise thousands of pounds for the international disaster relief charity ShelterBox. Pupils...3 min

  • Alex Chinneck's The Looping Boat. Photography by Marc Wilmot. Image provided by the Canal & River Trust.

    Celebrating our industrial heritage

    Tinsley Marina Open Day: showcases ‘the ways that canals can be enjoyed’ A major new public artwork by British artist Alex Chinneck is one of...3 min

  • Volunteers celebrating the raising of £37,000 for local charity, Hospiscare. Image: Sue Cade / Otter Garden Centres.

    SW business doubles charity fund goal

    Nearly £40,000 raised by events held by Devon garden centre Staff at an Ottery St Mary garden centre are celebrating having successfully raised £37,000 for...3 min

  • Museum of the Moon will be on display at Exeter Cathedral from 1 February – 1 March. Image: Alexis Bowater OBE.

    Moon rises (again) in Devon city

    World famous artist’s internally-lit sculpture of the Moon back on show Museum of the Moon, a seven-metre artwork by world-famous artist, Luke Jerram, is back...2 min

  • In 2005, The United Nations declared 27 January as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Image: Paul Shuang / Shutterstock.

    Holocaust Memorial Day

    Event marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau Representatives from more than 20 countries are due to attend a special event to mark...2 min

  • The National Trust has started planting nearly 93,000 trees at Lunt in Sefton, Merseyside, to benefit nature, people and the climate. Photograph: Paul Harris / National Trust Images.

    Creating 1200 acres of woodland

    Charity aims to tree plant area equivalent to 800 football pitches The National Trust aims to plant woodlands and woody habitats equivalent in size to...6 min

  • 'Empowering communities to shape a better future for themselves.' Image: Marinesea / Shutterstock.

    Transforming streets with DIY ‘greening’

    ‘Greening prescriptions’ could help adapt to local climate challenges DIY ‘greening kits’ could help safeguard the country’s most vulnerable communities from the impacts of a...3 min

  • 'There’s something special about Antarctica.' Image: RueK66 / Shutterstock.

    A change of scene?

    ‘Job of a lifetime’ advertised for Antarctica Are you looking to create a lifelong set of memories? Perhaps you’re looking for an escape from nine...3 min

  • Homer’s Iliad: In a Classical Translation Author Jeffrey M. Duban. Book cover illustration provided by Clairview Books.

    Homer’s Iliad: In a Classical Translation

    Author Jeffrey M. Duban explains how The Iliad is ‘always relevant’ The Iliad presents superhuman heroes and superhuman rage, brutal death, unbounded sorrow, the craving...1 min

  • 'Warm Welcome Spaces offer communities a chain of hope,' says The Rt Hon Gordon Brown, Founding Patron for the Warm Welcome Campaign. Image: Siamionau Pavel / Shutterstock.

    Warm Welcome Week: connecting communities

    National campaign backed by former Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown  As the country awakes to so-called Blue Monday, a campaign is being launched to...3 min

  • Quarry Bank House and Mill in Cheshire. Image: John Millar / National Trust Images.

    Bringing history to life

    Modern tech to ‘connect people to landscape heritage’ What do a mill worker, broom maker and carpenter all have in common? Each of the characters...6 min

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