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DanSci Dance Studio in Exeter is celebrating after it was announced they were semi-finalists in three categories of the prestigious Venus Awards, Devon.

The Venus awards dubbed the ‘Working Women’s Oscars’, were formed in 2009 to recognise, reward and celebrate local working women in business.

The Venus Awards began in Dorset and has since exploded into other regions across the country. Culminating with an annual National Final that truly represents the inspirational women who balance and juggle their lives relentlessly and unconditionally, who inject their communities with...

To celebrate Exeter’s Host City status in the Rugby World Cup, Princesshay has invited eight local schools from across Exeter and surrounding villages to take part in its Rugby Team Scarecrow competition.

Each school has been designated a team which is playing at Sandy Park in the Rugby World Cup, plus England, South Africa and Wales. Pupils have been set a challenge to use that team’s colours to fashion a bright and colourful decorative scarecrow to represent their chosen team.

Andy Littlejohns, operations manager at Princesshay said: “We wanted to become involved with the...

At Killerton, the National Trust estate near Exeter, the apple harvest is fast approaching. This year looks to be a bumper crop and the trees are heavy with fruit.

But now Killerton needs help to collect the fallen apples that make its award winning cider and apple juice and is inviting visitors to join the ‘Big Pick Up’ in Sparrow Park Orchard on the weekends of 3 and 4 or 10 and 11 October.

Armed with a trusty wheelbarrow, the volunteers will head into the orchard to collect their bounty. Andy Bramwell, Outdoor Visitor Services Officer, said: “Wheels will be spinning,...

A community energy feast was held near Exeter last night to celebrate the volunteers working tirelessly to establish community-owned renewable energy projects in the region, and promote a new £33,000 fund available to community energy groups in Devon.

These projects are being set up to benefit local communities by generating low carbon, low cost energy and a 20-year income stream to make them more vibrant and sustainable places to live. The event was hosted by Regen SW, a not-for-profit that works to revolutionise the way we generate, supply and use energy, as part of Regen’s...