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Transition Exeter is running a Skill Sharing Day on 19th July, offering a chance to learn new and old money-saving skills free of charge. Jam and bread-making, bicycle maintenance and repair, knitting and quilting, spinning and weaving are all on the menu, as well as teas, coffee and cakes available all morning. There will be help on hand for people to alter pre-loved clothes to fit themselves, or to look more stylish, and a bike mending expert; so bring your bikes along if they need repairing or maintaining.

The Skill Sharing takes place at the Friends Meeting House, Wynards Lane...

As part of an ongoing road safety operation, police officers from Exeter have carried out a number of speed checks on Exeter Road, Topsham. The operation was in response to concerns raised by local residents as to the speed of vehicles travelling in the 30mph limit.

Nearly 30-drivers were stopped between 9am and 1pm for exceeding the speed limit.

The highest recorded speed of the vehicles stopped was 54mph. Ten on-the-spot fixed penalty tickets were issued and all stopped drivers were asked to view a road safety awareness video developed by the Fire service. The video...

Seven Morrisons Exeter colleagues, led by store general manager Glen Allen, will be taking the plunge for charity with a 15,000 foot high sky dive on 9th July 2014.

The perilous feat is being undertaken to raise funds for Morrisons charity partner Sue Ryder, to support the provision of end-of-life services, care and support in Devon.

Sandra Mott, Richard Fleming, Nick Stevens, Ben Burton, Leanne Berry and Chrissy Carver will be jumping with the support of Sky Dive UK at Dunkerswell Airfield, Devon on the morning of 9th July 2014. Having collected sponsorships from over 400...

Over 2,600 two year-olds in Devon are either now entitled to, or will be from September, up to 15 hours of free Early Learning and Childcare per week.

This is roughly 35% of the County’s 2 year-old children who can benefit from the opportunity to make new friends, learn through play and have lots of fun at one of around 430 of our high quality specially approved childcare settings.

Those childcare providers include day nurseries, pre-schools, child-minders and school nurseries.

The DISC website gives more information and tells parents/carers the eligibility criteria...