New research reveals that Devon is the top-rated location in Britain for camping ahead of World Camping Day on the 29th of June. June 2025: New research into the UK’s…

Join in and let’s feed community spirit on 7-8 June!  The Big Lunch is a one day get-together for neighbours – an idea from the Eden Project, made possible by…

Specialist tool protection and insurance company ARMD and the Independent Builders Merchant Group (IBMG), which includes RGB Building Supplies, have entered a partnership to help protect local tradespeople from the…

(Article from North Devon Gazette) Residents and visitors in North Devon will be able to enjoy free Sunday bus travel on certain routes this June, thanks to a partnership between…

Number one bestselling author, Ann Cleeves, will return to Ilfracombe’s Landmark Theatre next month for a special 200-year RNLI anniversary event, and to mark the paperback publication of The Raging…

A local volunteer in Ilfracombe has received a BEM for her work in the community. Ann Doody works tirelessly for the community and has been and is involved with so many aspects of the town.She will probably be best known for being seen on her hands and knees around the town weeding pavements and planting up flower tubs on the streets of Ilfracombe.She helped with the Ilfracombe In Bloom volunteers for years doing this work alongside other projects and good works. Ann was involved with the Hotelier Association many years ago when she ran a hotel in the town.She is always willing to help when something needs doing and this is evident in her work for Ilfracombe Rotary Club which she has been a member of since 2005. In 2011 she became the first female President of that club and is the current President having been recycled to do it all again. She continues to organise the running of St Nicholas Chapel for Ilfracombe Rotary as well as being involved with all other aspects of the club and its own community work.Other involvement has included Chair of the Tourism Association, organising the annual Ilfracombe catering exhibition, helping individuals when needed and getting involved in countless other volunteering activities around the town.Ann never asks for praise and is always keeping herself out of the limelight but has now been recognised in a well deserved Honour Award.Local News – The Ilfracombe Magazine…

An Ilfracombe hotel has been purchased by a Southeast Asian hotel chain. The 99-bedroom Dilkhusa Hotel, which was also briefly used as a centre to house refugees, is now part…