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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...

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Sugar Smart is coming to Exeter

An ambitious campaign to help towns and cities cross the UK tackle the amount of sugar we all consume and provide healthier alternatives, is coming to Exeter this month.

Sugar Smart UK is a campaign led by the Jamie Oliver Food Foundation and Sustain, who are supporting the Exeter Food Network to launch locally as Sugar Smart Exeter.

The campaign will support food and drink retail outlets in the city to raise awareness and reduce the amount of sugar customers consume by making a pledge and create a food environment that makes it easier for people to make healthier food and...

Solar power set to save library £70,000 in energy costs

Exeter Central Library could save £70,000 in energy costs over the next 20 years, thanks to its roof-top solar panels.

The (29kW) solar (photovoltaic) array is just one of several community-owned sustainable energy projects that have been completed following help from Devon County Council (DCC).

Last autumn DCC was recognised at the Devon Environmental Awards as the public sector organisation that has done more than any other to support and promote sustainable community energy projects in the county.

DCC’s successes include supporting Exeter Community Energy (ECoE)...

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer history of SW celebrated at new festival

Oscar Wilde, Grindr, Chinese underground queer cinema, and the experiences of homosexual sailors in the Royal Navy during World War I will feature as part of Exeter’s first LGBT history festival.

Film screenings, talks, exhibitions and performances will be used to tell the unique stories of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer communities of the South West and beyond.

Exeter has been selected as an official hub for The National Festival of LGBT History. Events across Exeter in February 2017 will showcase the diverse histories of LGBTQ+ people.

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Have your say on Queen’s Drive development

Exmouth people are being reassured that they will have at least five separate opportunities to have their say on what will be developed at Queen’s Drive.

2017 promises to be the year that the future of the seafront site, which has been the subject of much debate over the years, will start to take shape and the council has reaffirmed that the people of Exmouth will be at the very centre of any proposals for development which are put forward.

The council is currently applying for extended planning permission for Queen’s Drive which will enable it to move forward and work with...

Concern at 20% increase in mortgage repossessions

Leading local advice charity, Citizens Advice Exeter, is expressing its concern as mortgage cases listed at Exeter County Court rose by 20%; this is comparing the period ending 31st December 2016 to the same period in 2015. See below why this is of concern to Citizens Advice Exeter.

Across all housing sectors, there was an overall increase of 2.3% in the total number of cases listed. Where a Citizens Advice adviser has assisted those facing repossession, they have avoided repossession in over 95% of cases. Exeter City Council, in partnership with East Devon District Council, has...

Charity secures funding for adoption support services in SW

Families for Children, local adoption agency and charitable trust, are delighted to announce they have secured a Practice and Improvement Grant from the DfE for Adoption Support.

The grant, of just under half a million pounds, will enable the charity to provide vital new support services to meet the growing and diverse needs of adoptive families and children across Devon, Cornwall, Somerset , Dorset and the Isles of Scilly.

At a crucial time for Adoption in the UK, Families for Children will use the grant to develop a program of new support services to compliment and...

Drop-in session ahead of construction phase of Dawlish beach management scheme

Residents and interested parties are invited to find out more about the construction of a scheme aimed at reducing the risk of flooding to over 2,900 properties around the River Exe.

The public drop-in session takes place on Thursday 26 January, 3pm to 8pm, at Mount Pleasant Inn, Dawlish Warren.

It will give residents the chance to find out about the £14 million Dawlish beach management scheme which gets underway this month, and how the Environment Agency and Teignbridge District Council are working together to complete the project by September.

Richard Cox, project...

All hands on deck to keep Knightshayes looking shipshape

Discover unseen parts of Knightshayes this January and February, as the house team get to grips with their annual deep cleaning of the house and collection while, outside, work is in full swing installing a new biomass boiler.

This time of year is the perfect chance to find out more about the behind-the-scenes work that goes into keeping the house and estate looking as good as it does throughout the rest of the year. Unusually, the Knightshayes team will be undertaking this crucial work in the public eye.

Traditionally, National Trust properties are closed during the winter...

Right Royal President for Devon County Show

Her Royal Highness The Countess of Wessex has been elected as President of the Devon County Agricultural Association (DCAA) for 2017.

The DCAA organises the Devon County Show, which will be held this year from May 18 to 20, as part of its mission to promote and develop Devon’s rural economy. The Countess is a keen supporter of British agriculture in general, and agricultural shows in particular. HRH is a past President of the Royal Bath and West, the Royal Cornwall and the New Forest and Hampshire Shows, and is Patron of the Association of Shows and Agricultural Organisations (ASAO...

Exeter Canal bank clearing event

The newly formed Friends of Exeter Ship Canal will be getting down to work on Saturday 21 January 2017 cutting back unwanted willows and brambles from the canal banks.

A volunteer work party will don gloves, gauntlets and layers of warm clothing, and clear about 150 metres along the right hand bank going down the towpath from Salmon Pool swing bridge towards Double Locks.

Mike Grayshan, volunteer co-ordinator for the Canal Friends, said, “Many willow saplings are sprouting that if allowed to get any bigger will threaten the banks with erosion. Anyone who walks, runs or...

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Cranbrook to Host First eat:Festival Food and Drink Event

Sugar Smart is coming to Exeter

Solar power set to save library £70,000 in energy costs

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer history of SW celebrated at new festival

Have your say on Queen’s Drive development

Concern at 20% increase in mortgage repossessions

Charity secures funding for adoption support services in SW

Drop-in session ahead of construction phase of Dawlish beach management scheme

All hands on deck to keep Knightshayes looking shipshape

Right Royal President for Devon County Show

Exeter Canal bank clearing event

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