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Every year we gather on the eleventh of the eleventh, to bow our heads. We look down. We pay our respects to the men and women across the Commonwealth who gave their lives in the two world wars. But this year is different. This year at 7pm, we'll look up. To remember...

There will be no live Remembrance Sunday Services in Exeter because of Covid-19 restrictions, it has been announced. Instead a service will be streamed live online. Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, Exeter City Council and Devon County Council supported by the 6th...

Emergency Services Day (also known as 999 Day) is a Government backed national day across the UK. It is backed by the Prime Minister and First Ministers of Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. 999 Day is your chance to support the heroic men and women of the NHS and...

Father Mark Skelton leads the service in Teignmouth with Brian Wills-Pope Deputy Lieutenant in attendance. The Far East Prisoners of War Association arranged an outdoor remembrance service in the grounds of The Minster Church of St. Andrew, Plymouth.  Brigadier Simon...

On this the 75th anniversary of Victory over Japan we remember all of those veterans of the Far East campaign. We particularly pay tribute to the armed forces personnel from across the UK and the Commonwealth, tens of thousands of whom fought and died including those...

October 2020 As I write this blog at the beginning of October, we will shortly be seeing the publication of the Queen’s Birthday Honours List, which of course normally comes out in June on the Queen’s Birthday. The delay has been to enable one or two additional...

The Queen’s Awards are the most prestigious awards for business, celebrating the outstanding achievements of organisations across the UK and 20 July 2020 marked the launch of the refocused Promoting Opportunity (through social mobility) category. Please click here to...

Armed Forces Day takes place on the last Saturday each June. In 2020, it will take place on Saturday 27 June. Armed Forces Day celebrations begin on Monday 22 June when the Armed Forces Day flag is raised on buildings and famous landmarks around the country....

The nation will pay tribute to the outstanding and ongoing contribution of the Windrush Generation and their descendants on 22 June 2020. Celebrating Windrush in Devon on Windrush Day, Monday 22nd June. A virtual event is planned by Devon Development Education....

Five Devon volunteer groups receive the Royal seal of approval as they are honoured with the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service. The Award, the highest given each year to volunteer groups, sets the benchmark for excellence in volunteering and is equivalent in status...

Saint Petroc was a 6th century Celtic saint significant in the county, to whom the Devon flag is dedicated. Saint Petroc was a British prince and Christian saint. Believed to be a son of a Welsh king named Glywys, it is related that on his father’s death, he was...