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TK Maxx presents Live At Powderham 2026

Live music fans are set for another celebration of amazing entertainment in the Devon countryside as TK Maxx presents Live At Powderham confirms its return for 2026.

Following its debut outing at the historic country estate this July, which saw headline performances from Duran Duran and Basement Jaxx, Live Nation’s Cuffe and Taylor are now planning for a bigger and better event next summer with plans to unveil the first 2026 headliner in the coming weeks.

Cuffe and Taylor have already invested heavily in the venue’s infrastructure, redesigning the site and introducing a...

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Participants needed for The Day We Played Brazil

Exeter Community Arts Project is searching for 120 people aged from 11 to 99 to make and perform The Day We Played Brazil, the new musical play which is set to be the biggest cultural event in Exeter for many years.

Central to the story are the 1914 Exeter City football team so we are calling all young men out there who’d like to have a go at singing and dancing to come along and get involved.

To complete the cast, there are performing roles for men and women, boys and girls aged over 11 to play the host of characters involved in telling this epic tale of Exeter, football...

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Six On Saddles complete 32 miles for Exmouth RNLI

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 01/31/2014 - 1:06pm

Volunteer RNLI lifeboat crew members from Exmouth, Max Champion, Stephen Satchell, Paul Fox, Lee Manning, Neil Cannon and Hedley Saunders completed a 32 mile cycle from Supacat in Dunkeswell to Exmouth RNLI lifeboat station on Saturday (25 January) to raise funds towards the new launch and recovery vehicle needed for the Exmouth’s new Shannon class lifeboat. The challenge, made even harder as the cyclists were wearing full all weather RNLI lifeboat kit, celebrated the charity’s SOS Day which is on Friday 31 January.

The Six On Saddles, departed Supacat in Dunkeswell at 9.30am on...

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Incoming storm sparks health fears

Authored by Huw Oxburgh
Posted: Fri, 01/31/2014 - 12:52pm

Batten down the hatches yet again - another storm is heading our way this weekend.

This January has been the wettest for 100 years and looks set to end as it started.

A further area of heavy rain and strong to gale force winds will spread eastwards across the UK today (Friday) bringing around 40 mm on some high ground in the South West of England.

The Met Office recently added a severe ice warning to their warnings of wind and rain trhough the weekend.

Winds will increase tomorrow, with gusts of up to 50 to 60 mph, and perhaps to around 70 mph in exposed...

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Land Rover Experience West Country Centre is global centre of the year 2013

Land Rover has announced the Land Rover Experience West Country Centre as its Global Centre of the Year 2013.

The Land Rover Experience West Country Centre based at Wessington Farm in Awilscombe was the first regional experience centre to be opened in the UK, back in 2002. The centre offers a range of activities including the very best in off-road driving instruction, corporate events, team building and high class conference and meeting facilities.

Land Rover Experience West Country was awarded the prize in response to set criteria from Land Rover Global Operations. The...

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A personal message from PCC Tony Hogg

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 01/31/2014 - 10:11am

It was always going to be the case that the role of police and crime commissioner would develop quickly – it had to.

So whereas 2013 set a necessary but probably unsustainable pace my restructured OPCC team is now better configured to face the challenges ahead and allows me to focus on key areas such as lobbying Government and on issues that matter most to us who are a long way away from the seat of power.

For the last few weeks we have been looking at the budget for the next four years as we try and balance the books in very difficult times.

It has become clear...

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Police seek man last seen in Devon

Authored by Huw Oxburgh
Posted: Thu, 01/30/2014 - 5:01pm

Police seeking a man connected to the murder of 72-year-old David Alderson in Falmouth believe he may be in Devon.

Devon and Cornwall police’s Crime Investigation Team are urgently seeking to trace Kevin Cooper, 33, from Redruth, who is wanted in connection with Mr Alderson’s death.

The last believed sighting of Kevin Cooper was in the Mutley Plain area of Plymouth during the early hours of Tuesday 28th January.

Officers are conducting active enquires in Plymouth in an attempt to locate and arrest him.

Mr Cooper (pictured) is described as white, 6ft 3ins,...

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Devon Winter Ability Games Success

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 01/30/2014 - 4:04pm

The Devon Winter Ability Games took place at the Plymouth Life Centre on the 24th January and has been hailed as a great success.

Over 400 young people with disabilities from 30 schools across Devon attended the event taking part in a range of events including football, table cricket and tennis. There were also taster sessions in Archery, Boccia and Tri Golf.

The Devon Winter Ability Games is part of a programme of five Countywide Sainsbury’s School Games festivals in Devon and is delivered by Active Devon on behalf of the Devon School Games local organising committee. On...

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South West has wettest January on record

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 01/30/2014 - 2:10pm

Early Met Office statistics for January 2014 show that the southeast and central southern England region has already had its wettest January in records going back to 1910, with three days still to go.

A large area of southern England from East Devon to Kent and inland across parts of the midlands has already seen twice the average rainfall for the month.

Southeast and central southern England has received more than twice its average rainfall with 175.2 mm of rain from 1 - 28 January. This beats the previous record of 158.2 mm set in January 1988.

Further west across...

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Exeter Councillors criticise children's home plans

Authored by Huw Oxburgh
Posted: Thu, 01/30/2014 - 12:39pm

Criticisms have been raised by county councillors from Exeter on provisional plans to close the three children’s homes operated by Devon county Council.

Funding for the council’s three homes, Rifford Road, Blossom Hill and Birchen lane has been included in the proposed cuts despite consultation on the issue yet to be carried out; leading some councillors to feel the decision to close the homes has already been made.

Criticisms were also raised over the fate of the youth services and children’s centres which provide a number of services to parents of young children after a...

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Mamhead Slipway set for £1m rebuild

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 01/30/2014 - 11:52am

East Devon District Council is set to give the go ahead for a new and improved slipway to be built at Mamhead Gardens replacing the existing, dangerous structure that closed for safety reasons in August 2012.

Cabinet (5 February) is being asked to approve the submission of a planning application and an application for a marine licence to allow the works to go ahead with the estimated cost for the replacement slipway between £1m and £1.5m. Some of this will come from the capital raised from the sale of the former Elizabeth Hall site. Further funding will come from Devon County...

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