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Kings Award for Voluntary Service

It’s an MBE for Bob!

Bob the Bus, operated by Totnes and Rural Community Transport, has received a King’s Award for Voluntary Service (KAVS). This ...
Make Votes Matter

Time for real change: democracy and climate justice

Do we truly have the kind of democracy in our country which is fit for the challenges of the 21st ...

Our pick of the week’s events

Mansion Menagerie exhibition. The Mansion. All week Dancing in Utopia - 1930s dance exhibition. Elmhirst Heritage Centre (Dartington). All week ...
Photo by Anamul Rezwan: https://www.pexels.com/photo/person-holding-grinder-1216544/

Local Employers and Jobcentre Plus Join Forces to Create Jobs and Opportunities

Devon & Cornwall businesses are turning work experience and training into real jobs and saving thousands in recruitment costs. Jobcentre ...
Graphic from atmos video

The end of the ride for Atmos

A “long and extraordinary ride” is coming to an end next week with the expected winding-up of Totnes Community Builders ...
Photo by Dom J: https://www.pexels.com/photo/person-pushing-stroller-crosswalk-on-pedestrian-lane-365813/

Getting cross at no crossing.

Crossing Bridgetown Hill from the bus stop at the top is "terrifying", "scary" and an "accident waiting to happen". Just ...
Photo by Andrea Piacquadio: https://www.pexels.com/photo/crop-businessman-giving-contract-to-woman-to-sign-3760067/

Long-time business contact of Dartington chair steps up into pole position

The “business turnaround” expert hired to advise Dartington Hall Trust during its sweeping reorganisation two years ago has made a ...
ESW CEO Matthew Shanks with pupils

New Curriculum Changes Prioritise Arts and Sport 

Devon Schools Celebrate Curriculum Changes that Prioritise Arts and Sport The Curriculum and Assessment Review (CAR) has been published today ...
Friends of the Dart Flotilla

Flotilla for the Dart 2025

Flotilla for the Dart 2025 The Flotilla for the Dart took to the water this weekend, bringing together friends, families and local ...
Right to Roam - Trespass on the River Dart

Give us a right to roam every river, not just nine river walks, trespassers tell government

Give us a right to roam every river, not just nine river walks, trespassers tell government The Government’s manifesto pledge ...
listen play experiment

listen–play–experiment

The new, inclusive radio project that explores theatre, science and sound. The full time community radio station since 2006, Soundart ...
Photo by Kindel Media: https://www.pexels.com/photo/man-with-gloves-holding-solar-panels-on-the-roof-9875408/

Totnes Community Energy Project Secures £50,000

Funding for Solar Installation at Dart Marine Park Totnes Renewable Energy Society (TRESOC) has been awarded a £50,000 grant from ...
Photo by Pixabay: https://www.pexels.com/photo/person-leaning-on-wall-236151/

Mounting pressures across mental health services

Since the pandemic, there has been a steady increase in the number of people referred to mental health services – ...
Photo by Katerina Holmes: https://www.pexels.com/photo/crop-ethnic-schoolkid-writing-in-notepad-5905888/

Raise your voice  | South West Future Journalists Awards

Yes, young people have too much pressure and expectation and it feels like nobody listens to you. We get it ...
Harriet Thomas

The Centre – coming soon

For a town so full of artists, dancers, poets, musicians, makers, writers and actors, Totnes is curiously short of an ...
Photo by Antoni Shkraba Studio: https://www.pexels.com/photo/person-using-black-tablet-computer-5475763/

AI-driven scams are preying on Gen Z’s digital lives​

This article is reproduced courstesy of Malwarebytes Labs Gone are the days when extortion was only the plot line of ...

Book your place at a new book festival

Fancy finding a new favourite author and hear insider tips about how to get published? Then Bob Fairbrother has a ...
Totnes Community Assembly

Totnes’ First Community Assembly a Buzzing Success!

There was a real buzz in Totnes Methodist Church Hall last Wednesday (15th October), as the area's 1st Community Assembly ...
Lloyds Bank Totnes Image by Peter Shearn

The last bank in town set to close

If you live in or near Totnes, the planned closure of the Lloyds Bank Branch in January may well impact ...
Meeting Staff and Trainees at Market Garden

Royal Visit Highlights the Work of Pioneering Devon Criminal Justice Charity

LandWorks, an award-winning criminal justice charity based in Dartington, South Devon, was honoured to welcome Her Royal Highness The Princess ...
Badger - image by Ian Blacker https://www.flickr.com/photos/ianblacker/

The Cull is Coming to an End

Badger lovers who have been campaigning to end the Government funded culling of the animals will be cheering at the ...