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Moorland Fuels pledges long-term support for South West farmers with FCN partnership

Okehampton-based Moorland Fuels, which provides domestic, agriculture and commercial fuel services to customers across Devon and Cornwall, has announced a long-term partnership with mental health and wellbeing charity, The Farming Community Network (FCN).

Committing to support the FCN for a minimum of three years, Moorland Fuels will play a key part in extending the reach of the charity to remote rural communities and farms across the region. This will involve training its team to understand the daily challenges faced by the farming community it serves, providing vital...

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Paul Young to headline Exeter's After Dark Music Fesival

Los Pacaminos featuring Paul Young will headline this year’s Exeter Festival of South West Food and Drink's ‘After Dark Music Festival’ on Thursday 21st April.

The hugely popular After Dark events run on the Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights of the festival weekend in the Exeter Castle Courtyard.

This year the After Dark Music Festival is sponsored by Pavey Group.

Fronted by one of the UK's finest and best loved vocalists, Paul Young, Los Pacaminos will entertain the crowds with its Americana / Tex Mex sound, both classics and original material. They will be...

Have your say on Exeter's new bus station

People are being reminded that they can have their say on plans for a new bus station in Exeter at an open forum on Thursday (3 March).

Exeter City Council will be holding the event at the Corn Exchange in Exeter between 8am and 5.30pm.

The Council want to hear from members of the public and interested groups to inform the concept design of the new bus station. The Council want to hear people's views on:

• user facilities • coach arrangements • on street bus stops • arrangements during construction

For more information go to www.exeter.gov.uk/busstation

Top award for Exeter student

A University of Exeter student has won a top £1,000 research award for her pioneering work into plankton and plastic.

Alice McNeal, who is currently studying Biological Sciences at University of Exeter, was presented with the award for her ground-breaking project ‘Plankton eating plastic: worth worrying about?’ in the P1 Marine Foundation National Student Awards at The Royal Institution of Great Britain in London, held on Wednesday.

Alice’s research is part of a three-year collaborative project on the availability and effects of microscopic plastic debris in the ocean being...

Funding boost for Exeter pocket park

Exeter St James Community Trust Ltd has won £13,000 of funding from the Government’s Pocket Parks Programme and, thanks to local County Councillor, Jill Owen, a further £5,000 matchfunding has been awarded from DCC's Locality Budget.

The Trust, which is looking to transform a dilapidated patch of land, Queen’s Crescent Garden Pocket Park, into a community space for everyone to use, said it was delighted with the news.

“Queen’s Crescent Garden was named by St James' residents as top priority of the many projects that emerged during their neighbourhood planning process,” said...

Passing The Baton to Otter Nurseries

The charity team at Otter Nurseries in Ottery St Mary has announced this year’s charity partnership with the Baton.

The Baton is run by Alan Rowe, well known in the area for his charity work. Alan founded the organisation to raise awareness of life in the British Armed Forces and ensure ex forces personnel are given the right support when they return to civilian life. The Baton also offers practical support to those in need, on a case by case basis.

Otter Nurseries Marketing Manager, Sabine Taylor said: “The Baton is a very different type of charity for us to support, and...

City Council unveils new housing strategy

A new strategy aimed at tackling housing issues in Exeter is set to be unveiled.

Exeter City Council’s Housing Strategy will go before members of its Scrutiny Community Committee on 1 March.

Launched at a time when the government is heavily promoting greater levels of owner occupation as the solution to the housing crisis, the Council’s strategy adopts a wider approach and aims to address a greater range of housing needs over the next four years.

The strategy focuses on three key themes: tackling housing need & vulnerability; providing more housing; and being a...

Teignbridge budget builds resilience for future

Final budget decisions outline how Teignbridge District Council will continue to face up to increased demand for services and reduced central funding.

At a meeting of the Full Council on Tuesday 23 February it was agreed to increase its share of the council tax by an extra £5 per year. This means the Teignbridge share of the bill will be £155.17 in the coming financial year - an increase of 3.33%. This represents an increase of just 9.6p per week on a Band D property.

It is the first time since 2010 that Teignbridge has increased its share of the council tax.

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Uncovering Exeter’s hidden secrets

Secrets from Exeter’s past will be fully uncovered for the first time as part of a major archaeology project.

Experts from the University of Exeter will use science to discover more about the lives of city residents hundreds of years ago as part of the four-year study, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, Historic England, and with help from Exeter City Council and academics from the University of Reading.

Using the latest technology they will show where the city’s food came from, what its “food miles” may have amounted to, and how far goods were traded with...

Six Nations rugby, free pint and a pasty!

A total of 369 men have already signed up for next month’s Hospiscare Men’s Walk starting at Exeter’s Double Locks pub and finishing with a FREE pint and a pasty.

“This is a great start and we’re hoping many more will join us for a walk along the canal and then watch the Six Nations England v Wales on huge LED screens in the Hospiscare bar, relaxing with a pint and a pasty,” said main sponsor Roger Wilkinson of Wilkinson Grant & Co.

“We’re raising funds for a vital local charity so join us!”

The walk on Saturday 12 March is an eight mile route along Exeter’s...

New contractor for East Devon recycling and waste service

East Devon residents will be at the forefront of one of the most innovative recycling and waste services in the country following the district council’s decision to award its new collection contract to current operators SUEZ (formerly SITA UK).

Starting from next year, all 68,000 households in the district will be able to recycle more of their waste than ever before – including cardboard, mixed plastics and Tetrapaks – and these items will be collected from the kerbside every week.

The new contract, which will run for seven years, with the option to extend up to three...

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Moorland Fuels pledges long-term support for South West farmers with FCN partnership

Paul Young to headline Exeter's After Dark Music Fesival

Have your say on Exeter's new bus station

Top award for Exeter student

Funding boost for Exeter pocket park

Passing The Baton to Otter Nurseries

City Council unveils new housing strategy

Teignbridge budget builds resilience for future

Uncovering Exeter’s hidden secrets

Six Nations rugby, free pint and a pasty!

New contractor for East Devon recycling and waste service

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