The operation to unload more than 2,000 containers from the MSC Napoli a mile off the Devon coast is under way.

By Claire Ward-Willis

NEVER a group to let the grass grow under their feet, Devon Squeezebox Foundation have put their grant of £7,109 from the National Lottery, through Awards for All, into action.

FORMER England cricket captain Graham Gooch - a man who will surely have a controversial view on the recent Ashes debacle Down Under - is to be the guest of honour at a dinner in Exmouth.

PONY RACING - reportedly “Britain’s fastest growing equine sport” - goes from strength to strength.

Countrywide, 68 point-to-points plan to stage pony racing this season, up from 57 in 2006.