Sarah Pitt

1 week ago | middevonadvertiser.co.uk | Sarah Pitt

Aldi is inviting children in Devon schools to design a billboard. (Submitted)Aldi is calling on creative young minds in Devon to take part in a national billboard design competition.  As part of its healthy eating Get Set to Eat Fresh programme in partnership with Team GB and ParalympicsGB, the supermarket is challenging children aged five to 14 to come up with artwork to tempt people to pick healthy fruit and veg over junk food.

1 week ago | tavistock-today.co.uk | Sarah Pitt

Alison Hernandez, Police and Crime Commissioner (centre), with representatives from Devon & Cornwall Police, Devon County Council, Stagecoach and University of Exeter. (Submitted)A new night bus is being introduced between Plymouth and Tavistock on Saturday nights to help revellers get home safely.

2 weeks ago | tavistock-today.co.uk | Sarah Pitt

Former Mary Tavy landlord Lawrence Patrick McNeela tells ghostly tales on YouTube. He is raising funds for Tavistock Foodbank. (Submitted)The former landlord of a haunted local pub hopes to raise cash for foodbanks with a spooky YouTube channel. Local author Lawrence Patrick McNeela used to be landlord of Mary Tavy’s Royal Standard Inn. Before calling time in 2015, he says he experienced all manner of paranormal activity.

3 weeks ago | tavistock-today.co.uk | Sarah Pitt

There is still time to get your spring Covid-19 vaccine. (File image)A fresh call has gone out to those eligible for a spring Covid-19 vaccination , as the NHS says that less than half entitled to the vaccine have taken up the offer. Data published on May 8 shows that 47.9 per cent of eligible people in the South West have now received their Covid-19 spring vaccination.  The programme started on April 1, with invitations sent out to those eligible.

3 weeks ago | tavistock-today.co.uk | Sarah Pitt

The wooden eagle stolen from the lectern in St Paul's Church in Yelverton has been returned. (Submitted)A carved wooden eagle stolen from the lectern of a West Devon church has been returned. The eagle was sawn off the lectern of St Paul’s Church in Yelverton on Monday afternoon (May 12). Church rector, the Rev Andrew Thomas, reported last night (Thursday, May 15) that the eagle had been returned. He had a phone call from an unknown man who said the eagle had been dumped outside a house nearby.