Family Life

An exciting new fitness trail is set to be installed in an Exeter park.

The trail, which will incorporate outdoor fitness equipment as well as standard exercise challenges, will be installed at Cowick Barton playing fields. The project has been made possible thanks to a £41,620 grant from Alcoa Foundation, and local company Alcoa Howmet.

Active Exeter in partnership with Exeter City Council will work with local communities in designing and installing the trail, which is scheduled to be ready for action early next Summer. A key part of the community involvement will be with...

Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park will hear the jingling of bells this Christmas when Santa, Rudolph and his helpers fly in to visit the park throughout December.

Guests are invited to join Santa in his warm and cosy grotto for Santa’s Interactive Story Time and hear magical tales of his festive adventures. Younger guests will also get the chance to meet Santa himself and find out who’s been naughty or nice. A gift will be given to all who visit Santa in his grotto to take home.

Santa, Rudolph and his helpers will be appearing at Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park on 6th...

Road safety charity Brake is today launching a campaign calling on all road users to look out for each other, to help stop the five deaths and 61 serious injuries that happen every day on UK roads, and particularly to protect people on foot and bike.

The call comes at the start of Road Safety Week, coordinated by Brake, during which police across the country will be stepping up traffic enforcement to deter and catch drivers putting others at risk.

As part of the campaign, Brake and partners RSA and Specsavers are today revealing statistics showing shocking numbers of UK...

The annual Exeter City FC Santa Dash will be taking place ahead of the Carlisle match on 13 December 2014.

As usual, the dashers will be setting off from the Guildhall at 1.15pm, with the Deputy Lord Mayor seeing everyone on their way.

The one-mile route will be the same as in previous years and there will be medals and certificates for the adults and children who arrive at St James Park first!

This year, we are running the Dash in association with our friends at that fabulous local charity Hospiscare, who provide high-quality care and support to people who are...