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Killerton Exhibition Explores Historic Friendship Between Bishop Crowther and Sir Thomas Acland

A new exhibition opening this autumn at Killerton in Devon uncovers the extraordinary connection between two influential 19th-century figures: Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther, the first Black Anglican Bishop, and Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th Baronet of Killerton.

“A Global Mission of Faith and Freedom” runs from 12 September to 2 November 2025 and is housed in Killerton’s Grade I listed Chapel. It explores how Crowther, a former enslaved child who became a pioneering Bishop and linguist, and Acland, a Devon landowner and politician, were united by shared values of education, faith,...

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First anniversary for social media cafe

The Teignmouth and Dawlish Social Media Cafe is one year old this October.

Over the past year it has helped over 50 local businesses and community organisations with help and advice in using social media to promote themselves.

The birthday cafe will be held at the Langstone Cliff Hotel in Dawlish on Tuesday 7 October and experts will be on hand to provide advice on which social media to use and how to set up accounts.

The social media cafe runs from 5pm to 7.30pm and provides a free drop-in event where people can pick up tips and hints on using social media, ask...

Two men due in court following Honiton robbery

Two men have been charged in connection with a robbery at an antiques shop in Honiton. The incident took place at Banwell Antiques on Saturday, March 22 2014 as a female staff member, who was working alone, opened up the store at around 9am. Edward O’Hare, age 45 from London, has been charged with robbery (following his extradition from Belgium).

Kevin Neal, age 52 from London, was also charged with robbery.

Both men are due to appear at Exeter Crown Court on 14 November 2014.

Uffculme Co-opeative reopens this week

The Co-operative food store in Uffculme, Cullompton, is set to re-open next week (Thursday, 2 October) following a near £200,000 investment to create a new shopping experience for the community.

The new-look store in The Square has been redefined with a new kiosk, an increased bakery range and, a focus on meal ideas, healthy, fresh and chilled foods and, essentials.

The store is also pioneering a new role, known as a Community Pioneer, with members of the food store team, Karen Clench and Rachael Margetts, also working to foster involvement in community activities.

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Work starts on Exmouth sea wall

An 80 tonne crane has taken up residence on Exmouth Pierhead as nearly £1 million of work starts to replace the sea wall.

This is the final element of infrastructure work in the redevelopment of Exmouth Quay.

The wall replacement is a necessary first step before construction work starts in earnest early next year on a five storey development of 14 waterside apartments.

Eagle One Homes has commissioned Devon firm, Teignmouth Maritime Services, to undertake the piling work. Over the next six weeks nearly 400 tonnes of new steel piling will be lifted into place to...

Massive hoard of Roman coins unearthed

A massive hoard of almost 22,000 Roman coins has been unearthed near Seaton in East Devon.

East Devon builder and metal detector enthusiast Laurence Edgerton discovered the hoard of 4th-Century copper-alloy coins in November 2013 while operating under licence on Clinton Devon Estates land near Seaton Down. The findspot is near to the Honeyditches site which includes a Roman villa and a possible Roman fort.

Exeter’s award-winning museum, the Royal Albert Memorial Museum is today (Friday) launching a bid to purchase the coins for public display in the city.

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Community celebrates start of Seaton Jurassic

One of the longest serving campaigners for a visitor centre in Seaton, Donald Campbell, joined with nine-year-old Seaton Primary School pupils, Aimee Kenworthy and Taylor Lee to ‘break the ground’ for Seaton Jurassic today (Friday 26 September).

They were joined by representatives from all the funding partners, local community campaigners, volunteers and schoolchildren to celebrate the official start on site for the building of £4 million visitor centre.

Earlier in the day pupils from the school helped the contractors move plants to make way for the construction to take...

Alien life may be out there!

A pioneering new study has shown that water found on Earth predates the formation of the Sun – raising hopes that life could exist on exoplanets, the planets orbiting other stars in our galaxy.

The ground-breaking research set out to discover the origin of the water that was deposited on the Earth as it formed.

It found that a significant fraction of water found on Earth, and across our solar system, predates the formation of the Sun. By showing that water is ‘inherited’ from the environment when a star is born, the international team of scientists believe other...

EDDC leader welcomes healthy approach to education

East Devon District Council’s Leader has welcomed the offer of a woodland at Cranbrook for use by students at the new education campus where building work is about to begin as “an excellent example of promoting health and wellbeing”.

Councillor Paul Diviani gave a short address to a members’ briefing at Knowle on Wednesday, called so councillors could hear about the latest proposals from the NHS Clinical Commissioning Group that covers Eastern Devon.*

As a County Council ward member for Honiton St Paul’s, Councillor Diviani also has an interest in Devon County Council’s...

PR professional elected to national council

Mandy Pearse, Director of local PR and marketing firm Seashell Communications has been elected to serve on the national Council of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) it was announced last week.

Thirty eight candidates stood in the elections to the Council which is the decision making body for the insitute which serves nearly 10,000 professionals across the UK and Europe.

After a campaign lasting three weeks Mandy beat off strong competition from across the UK to secure one of the coveted seats on the CIPR Council. She is the sole representative from the...

Boost for rare Dartmoor bird

A new bird study on Dartmoor reveals dunlin numbers have increased in response to efforts to restore the moor's famous mires.

The dunlin is a small wading bird. They breed across northern Europe, Russia and North America, but globally their most southerly breeding location is on Dartmoor. In the UK their population numbers 9,600 pairs and they are completely reliant on good quality blanket bog for breeding.

The Dartmoor Mires Project is a pilot scheme exploring the feasibility and effects of restoring degraded blanket bog on Dartmoor, and is being coordinated by Dartmoor...

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Killerton Exhibition Explores Historic Friendship Between Bishop Crowther and Sir Thomas Acland

First anniversary for social media cafe

Two men due in court following Honiton robbery

Uffculme Co-opeative reopens this week

Work starts on Exmouth sea wall

Massive hoard of Roman coins unearthed

Community celebrates start of Seaton Jurassic

Alien life may be out there!

EDDC leader welcomes healthy approach to education

PR professional elected to national council

Boost for rare Dartmoor bird

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