Notre Dame School in Derriford, Plymouth has been given a Silver award for their work to make sure students don’t miss out on an education because they are young carers.The Young Carers in Schools programme helps primary and secondary schools improve outcomes for young carers and celebrates good practice throughContinue Reading

“For people familiar with my work this series of carvings may come as a surprise for I have made a complete change. They are, without question, a reaction to the pandemic which has affected us all in one way or another. The need to acknowledge the change which settled onContinue Reading

Korker looks a time-handicap ‘cert’ in the Novice Stakes over five furlongs of ‘soft’ Carlisle today, judged on my initial glance/analysis of his first-up effort over a similar distance at York sixteen days ago; it looked too good to be true but I’m not in the habit of becoming negativeContinue Reading

A further 436 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in the Republic of Ireland. There are 101 Covid-19 patients being treated in Irish hospitals with 39 in ICU. There have been eight Covid-19 related deaths in the past 12 days, the HSE has confirmed. HSE Cyberattack There had been noContinue Reading

Exmouth RNLI volunteer crew members launched their inshore lifeboat this evening following a report that two female paddleboarders in difficulty near Budleigh Salterton. At 7.16pm today Wednesday 26 May 2021 Exmouth RNLI inshore lifeboat D-805 George Bearman II was launched having been tasked by H.M. Coastguard to a report ofContinue Reading

Hollie Doyle literally took my suspect breath away when the sensational, championship-chasing ‘pocket rocket’ landed a dramatic close shave double aboard Archie Watson-trained Bicep and Excel Power on Lingfield polytrack Tuesday night with power-packed performances which really had to be seen to be believed; they were reminiscent of what itContinue Reading

Reacting to the allegations that former No 10 Aide Dominic Cummings made yesterday on the government’s handling of the COVID 19 pandemic, Plymouth Sutton and Devonport MP Luke Pollard said: “I don’t trust Dominic Cummings, but the picture he painted of a chaotic and incompetent government is one that seemsContinue Reading

A young doctor from Devon will tackle one of the toughest long distance running challenges in the country next month in memory of his dad. Jack Edwards from Okehampton is taking on the Dartmoor 500 ultra marathon on June 5 to raise money for charity. His target is to runContinue Reading