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The Secret Museum Exhibition – Explore a Wealth of Hidden Treasures at Torquay Museum
For anyone who has ever wanted to delve into the store rooms of a museum to discover some of the thousands of hidden treasures contained within, now is their opportunity with Torquay Museum’s new summer exhibition – The Secret Museum, which opens to the public on 12th June. For two yearsContinue Reading
Ethical Insurance company reaches million-pound charity milestone
A Devon-based insurance provider has just achieved the unusual landmark of giving £1m of its income to charity. Naturesave, an award-winning insurance provider, has achieved the unusual landmark of giving £1m of its income to UK projects promoting sustainability. Former Lloyds insurance broker, Mathew Criddle, founded the company in 1993Continue Reading
Local author makes a splash at The Wave Project
with launch of new book highlighting the urgency of ocean protection Truro author Ben Rowswell joined children at The Wave Project in Newquay to launch new book, I Spoke To The Sea Following a session of surf therapy, author gave a special reading of his new book Book launch highlightsContinue Reading
Portugal vs Israel LIVE: Stream, TV channel, team news, kick-off time – Cristiano Ronaldo AND Bruno Fernandes starting
ISRAEL TEAM NEWS! XI: Ofir Marciano, Eliazer Dasa, Eitan Tibi, Orel Dgani, Ofri Arad, Bebras Natcho, Neta Lavi, Sun Menachem, Gadi Kinda, Manor Solomon, Eran Zahavi. SUBS: Uri Dahan, Itamar Nitzan, Matan Baltaxa, Or Blorian, Aviel Zargary, Liel Abada, Yonas Malede, Mohammed Abu Fani, Osama Khalaila, Joel Abu Hanna, OfirContinue Reading
Commenting on the Prime Minister flying to the G7 in Cornwall
Commenting on the Prime Minister flying to the G7 in Cornwall, Plymouth Sutton and Devonport MP Luke Pollard said:“The Prime Minister should not have flown to Cornwall when he could have taken the train. “As a West Country MP, I know that the train line into the South West is slow.Continue Reading
Jan van Huysum Visits: Dutch Masterpiece comes to Cornwall
Cornwall Museums Partnership (CMP) is delighted to announce its partnership with the National Gallery and Concern Wadebridge to facilitate the Cornwall stretch of a national exhibitions tour, Jan van Huysum Visits, following the positive response to Artemisia Visits in 2019. As part of a tour of six locations across theContinue Reading
No let up for baking boom in the South West, as region’s lockdown kitchen craze continues
The South West’s newfound love for baking looks here to stay, with new data from Alzheimer’s Society1, ahead of the charity’s Cupcake Day on 17 June, revealing that 28% of the region’s population have picked up baking as a new skill in the past 12 months. A survey by the charityContinue Reading
California’ here I come, along with ‘Danni!’
‘A ‘daay’ to ‘Remember’ it certainly was when our ‘headline’ horse romped home unchallenged at Lingfield to kick off this week in grand style and later Tom Marquand took Windsor by storm with a devastating hat-trick in an hour locals will never forget; his rides on all-the-way winners Sea SylphContinue Reading
Local carpenters honoured to be involved in the British Normandy Memorial
The British Normandy Memorial was officially opened on Sunday 6 June, 77 years to the day from the D-Day landings and Totnes based company Carpenter Oak were honoured to play a part in its construction. Carpenter Oak specialise in creating unique timber structures and worked with the Normandy Memorial TrustContinue Reading
Boris Johnson urged to push ahead with roadmap – but Rishi Sunak ‘willing’ to delay June 21 by four weeks
BORIS Johnson has been urged to push ahead with the Covid roadmap – but Rishi Sunak is “willing” to delay June 21 by four weeks, it’s been said. With fresh fears over rising cases and coronavirus variants, people are urging the Prime Minister to continue on with total unlocking inContinue Reading