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Cranbrook to Host First eat:Festival Food and Drink Event

eat:Festivals will be hosting a food and drink festival in Cranbrook on Sunday 13 September 2026.

The festival will be happening in the heart of the town, on and surrounding the Tillhouse Road. eat:Festivals are a small social enterprise who have been delivering one day food and drink festivals in towns across the south-west for over 13 years. They are now accepting applications for all 2026 dates, including the Cranbrook one at www.eatfestivals.org/apply

Bev Milner Simonds from eat:Festivals told us: "We specialise in developing festivals that bring the community...

Funding for sustainable travel projects in Devon

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 01/26/2017 - 5:07pm

Sustainable travel projects in Devon are to benefit from a £1.5 million funding award.

Devon County Council has successfully bid to the Government’s Access Fund to increase levels of walking and cycling across the county by supporting access to employment, education and training. The Department for Transport is providing £1.5 million funding over the next three years towards Devon’s ‘Walking and Cycling to Prosperity’ scheme, which will also be backed with £60,000 of County Council funding. The project will focus on key areas of housing and employment growth in Exeter, the Exeter...

Lawyers get knitting for charity

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 01/26/2017 - 4:51pm

A team of knitters from a leading Exeter law firm has produced 242 hats for its office charity Age UK Exeter’s Big Knit campaign. Kate Evans, a trainee solicitor at Stephens Scown LLP set up a knitting club in 2015 when it first took part in the Big Knit for Age UK Exeter. The club was so popular that it has become a regular fixture at the firm, with knitters of mixed ability meeting each Wednesday lunch time. This is the second consecutive year the firm has participated in the Big Knit. Speaking about the campaign Kate said: “We really look forward to our weekly knitting club, which is a...

Bridal wear retailer Wed2B opens in Exeter

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 01/26/2017 - 11:27am

Wed2B, the UK's largest and fastest growing bridal retailer, will tomorrow open its newest store in Exeter, in perfect time for the wedding season. Exeter is Wed2B’s 19th store and its first in Devon. The new affordable bridal retail store, at 60 Haven Road near Exeter Quay, will stock hundreds of dresses in different designs and sizes, priced between £99 and £599 in sizes 6-30.

All dresses are off-the-peg, so brides to be can take their dream dress home with them on the day. Unlike a traditional boutique, customers can visit at any time without an appointment and browse the five...

Increase in police officers announced

Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer welcomes the £24m funding made available by Police and Crime Commissioner Alison Hernandez, which will enable the Force to increase the number of police officers on the streets over the next four years. The Chief Constable supports the Police and Crime Plan (2017 to 2020) which is being published by the Police and Crime Commissioner on Friday 27 January. Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer said: “This plan, along with the budget proposals for 2017/18, represent a definitive step forward in making the Force sustainable and resilient for the 21st Century. “It will...

Devon leads the way in getting women active

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 01/26/2017 - 6:38am

It’s official. Devon really is leading the way in terms of getting women active.

Sport England have recognised the good work that Active Devon did locally in 2016 with This Girl Can, and have recently given them funding to make their 2017 campaign in Devon bigger and better.

During 2016 Active Devon appointed two volunteer This Girl Can ambassadors to visit outstanding local projects that were designed for women and vlog about their thoughts and experiences. The videos that they produced between them were viewed over 1200 times and on the back of this, they took part in...

Microgaming releases new games for 2017

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 01/26/2017 - 5:23am

Microgaming releases new games for 2017 in order to really start the year off successfully, and it seems that 2017 is already going to be a successful year for Microgaming.

Microgaming has had the reputation of being a company that manages to release new games on a regular basis, and this is one of the things that keeps people checking in when it comes to the related casino games. They want to see if they have missed anything, and they are going to look at the gaming catalog in order to check for any updates. They should be able to find updates fairly frequently with Microgaming....

Hospiscare event set to make a big splash

Authored by Hospiscare
Posted: Wed, 01/25/2017 - 5:25pm

The 2017 Hospiscare Swimathon is on its way.

April 1st 2017 is the date to remember and while this may seem like a long way off, it’s never too early to start thinking about getting a team together.

Entry closes on 17th March 2017, or whenever this popular event is fully booked, so don’t dilly dally - join up today!

Hospiscare is extremely grateful to Devon & Cornwall Police for use of the Middlemoor Police HQ Swimming Pool for the Swimathon, it wouldn't be possible without them.

Each team will be swimming for 50 minutes in one lane, with only one team...

Meet the Exeter College students with offers to study at Oxford and Cambridge

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 01/25/2017 - 4:13pm

Thirteen Exeter College students are celebrating after being offered places at the world-leading universities of Cambridge and Oxford.

Seven students studying at Exeter College have won places at Cambridge and six at Oxford. The offers cover a range of subjects including Biochemistry, Maths, Engineering Sciences, History, Law, Philosophy, Spanish and Arabic, and Architecture.

Exeter College is a state funded, non-selective provider that places student ambition at the heart of its mission. Students at the college are supported with personalised support and guidance with...

New residents parking zones in Exeter

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 01/25/2017 - 1:21pm

Work on two new residents parking zones in the City, and extensions to three others, have begun.

The schemes follow requests from residents affected by commuter parking and feedback from a subsequent public consultation.

Residents in the affected roads will be able to apply for permits from Wednesday 1 February 2017, and each eligible property will receive a letter with information on how to apply.

There will be a new zone for the Elizabeth Avenue area (Zone S6) which will consist of Elizabeth Avenue and the Prince Charles Road Service Road.

The new zone for...

Love your beach? Then Don’t be a Dumper!

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 01/25/2017 - 12:13pm

Teignbridge District Council has launched their 2017 ‘Don’t be a Dumper’ campaign, aimed at getting people to pick up after their pooch and reduce the amount of dog mess left on the sands and seafront areas of local resorts.

Throughout the week, starting Monday 30 January, Teignbridge’s resorts staff will be using glow in the dark temporary spray paint to mark dog mess on the promenade areas. Dog wardens will be out in force and will fine anyone who is seen not picking up. A clear up will take place on Friday 3 February to remove what’s been left behind.

Research shows that...

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