1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (500+ words) A couple from Horrabridge have been spreading smiles to villagers in Africa by volunteering with a dental charity. Lee Spencer, the one-legged rowing Royal Marine, and his wife Claire, have been helping the Devon-based SmileStar charity hold dental clinics in…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (466+ words) The mother of a teenager who tragically took her own life is staging a fundraising evening with a grand auction, a plant bingo and pizza in aid of a young people’s suicide prevention charity. The evening on Thursday, October 1 at…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (725+ words) When Chloe Rooker, 27, discovered she was pregnant in 2022, she had no reason to think her first experience of motherhood would be anything other than joyful. She had already found out she was having a girl and chosen the name Daisy…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (376+ words) The mother of a teenager who tragically took her own life is staging a plant bingo and pizza evening in aid of a young people’s suicide prevention charity. The evening at Tavistock Town Hall is a fundraiser for the charity…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (230+ words) West Dartmoor u3a celebrated its 35 year anniversary with a social tea held at the Sir Francis Drake Bowling Club in Tavistock. There was a good turnout for the event on Sunday, August 23., with catering provided by Mad Hatters Tea Parties. Guests…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (368+ words) A long-term ‘survivor’ of Alzheimer’s visited West Devon on a ‘trek of hope’ to boost morale of other’s diagnosed with the disease. Dr Judy Benjamin, 82, from the US, stopped off in Tavistock in early August after starting at Land’s End…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (307+ words) PLANS for a 54-bed mental health hospital in Exeter have been approved once again by the city council, almost eight years after permission was first given for the controversial project. Cygnet Health Care was given permission for the new hospital…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (335+ words) ‘There's a room full of people here who'd love to see you, that's the real point of this, it's connection’ Venn Residential Care Home in Lamerton is launching Community Weekend Days and inviting local people to come and spend an…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (353+ words) The villagers have been seriously affected by biting insects Calstock continues to be plagued by bugs, with many avoiding the riverside and wetlands. It’s been an ongoing issue for residents in recent years, as biting insects swarm the waterside – and…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (510+ words) A HOSPITAL trust says it is “making sure” it has staff and space to cope with up to a quarter more babies being born at the RD&E following the temporary closure of birthing services at North Devon District Hospital....