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  • Mallam was forced to flee her home when an armed group attacked. Image: ShelterBox.

    ShelterBox launches disaster fundraising appeal

    ‘No one without shelter after disaster’  The international disaster relief charity ShelterBox has launched a fundraising appeal to help it reach its mission of no...5 min

  • Arriety aims to create memorable moments for customers. Image: Dirty Martini Marketing.

    Exeter’s newest coffee shop

    One stop shop Arrietty, a small but perfectly formed coffee and retail space on Longbrook Street, in Exeter, opened earlier this week.  It aims to...2 min

  • Devon based New Space Architecture has designed Budleigh Salterton’s purpose-built cricket club. Image: Dirty Martini Marketing.

    New cricket clubhouse in Budleigh Salterton

    Cricket fans amazed by new Devon clubhouse The construction of the new clubhouse for Budleigh Salterton Cricket Club is coming on leaps and bounds. Devon...3 min

  • Depeche Mode performing in Arena Zagreb during The Delta Machine Tour. Image: Ivica Drusney / Shutterstock.

    Depeche Mode tour supports green campaign

    Top band backs fight against plastic pollution Depeche Mode is providing a boost for the west country environment as part of the band’s ‘Memento Mori’...4 min

  • Emergency aid from the international disaster relief charity ShelterBox have arrived in Chad. Image provided by Shelterbox.

    UK charity ShelterBox supports Chad’s refugees

    Aid arrives in Sudan following violence in African country Emergency shelter aid and other essential items from the international disaster relief charity ShelterBox have arrived...2 min

  • The Secrets from a Coach podcast team, hosted by wellness coach Debbie Green at Wishfish and TEDx speaker Laura Thomson-Staveley at Phenomenal Training. Image provided by Fair Communications.

    Your business and a mid-year wellness check-up

    Monitoring, maintaining and management  The Secrets from a Coach podcast team, hosted by wellness coach Debbie Green at Wishfish and TEDx speaker Laura Thomson-Staveley at...7 min

  • Argyle Community Trust’s Justin Jewell and Becky Lacey Sawyer with Ferndale Community Radio’s Steve Medlin.

    Plymouth charity appeal for support

    Charity seeks funds to continue work with youngsters A Plymouth charity is looking for financial backers so it can continue to help young people develop...5 min

  • Devon and Exeter’s newest distillery is calling on people of the city to name their stills. Image provided by Dirty Martini Marketing.

    New Devon Distillery to make its mark

    Coastal Gin: Quayside Distillery Devon and Exeter’s newest distillery is calling on people of the city to name their stills and make their mark in...2 min

  • 'Saving Our Wild Isles' is narrated by Sir David Attenborough who warns that ‘this starts and ends with us.’ Image: Ron Adar / Shutterstock.

    Saving Our Wild Isles

    ‘This starts and ends with us’ A new UK nature documentary warns that UK nature is in crisis. Saving Our Wild Isles is narrated by...4 min

  • Forgery in the manner of John Constable (1776-1837), Seascape, watercolour, The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust).

    Art forgeries on display for the first time

    New exhibition at The Courtauld Remarkable forgeries originally thought to be masterpieces by artists including Sandro Botticelli, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, John Constable and Auguste...3 min

  • World Extreme Medicine co-founders: Mark Hannaford and Luca Alfatti. Image: WEM.

    £2 million raised for Medics4Ukraine

    Donations helping frontline medics in Ukraine Independent British initiative Medics4Ukraine has announced its latest update to the rolling total of medical supplies and training delivered...2 min

  • Cherry tree blossom at Hinton Ampner in Norfolk. Image: Justin Minns / National Trust Images.

    National Trust launches annual blossom campaign

    Celebrating Spring blossom with #BlossomWatch One of the country’s leading conservation charities is launching a campaign to celebrate spring blossom by asking people to share...4 min

  • Lost At Sea has partnered with creative technology studio, Appetite Creative to create, design and build a brand-new multi-player blockchain-based game. Image provided by Fair Communications.

    ‘Compete and earn’ game launched

    Multi-player blockchain-based game The compete and earn game, Lost At Sea has partnered with creative technology studio, Appetite Creative to create, design and build a...2 min

  • Chris Gilchrist and Drew Shears: Two of the leading names in the Plymouth street dance scene. Image provided by TRP.

    Plymouth to host hip hop dance festival

    Chris Gilchrist and Drew Shears: Two of the leading names in the Plymouth street dance scene. Video provided by TRP. Two-day event at Theatre Royal...5 min

  • ShelterBox aid being loaded on flights out of Panama free of charge via Turkish Airlines and supported by the Government of Turkey and Rotary. Image provided by ShelterBox.

    ShelterBox aid helps earthquake survivors

    Turkey and Syria receive support from UK charity Crucial supplies from the international disaster relief charity ShelterBox have arrived in Turkey and Syria to help...4 min

  • Wellness coach Debbie Green at Wishfish runs Secrets from a Coach with Laura Thomson-Staveley at Phenomenal Training. Image provided by Fair Communications.

    Podcast coach shares secrets to success

    ‘Secrets from a coach’ The team behind the phenomenally successful ‘Secrets from a Coach’ podcast series have recently celebrated their 100th episode.  Each session is...5 min

  • Volunteers gather at Wembury in Devon to hear plans for community woodland and to start planting the first of 90,000 trees. Image: Paul Harris / National Trust Images.

    Work starts on major community woodland

    90,000 trees to be planted within three years    The National Trust is putting down the roots of its first major community woodland, with 90,000 trees...4 min

  • National Trust staff and volunteers planting trees in the conservation project. Image: James Dobson / National Trust Images.

    Recreating a ‘lost avenue’ of trees

    Honouring Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II A historic ‘lost avenue’ of trees dating back to the eighteenth century and measuring half a kilometre has been...3 min

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