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Cranbrook to Host First eat:Festival Food and Drink Event

eat:Festivals will be hosting a food and drink festival in Cranbrook on Sunday 13 September 2026.

The festival will be happening in the heart of the town, on and surrounding the Tillhouse Road. eat:Festivals are a small social enterprise who have been delivering one day food and drink festivals in towns across the south-west for over 13 years. They are now accepting applications for all 2026 dates, including the Cranbrook one at www.eatfestivals.org/apply

Bev Milner Simonds from eat:Festivals told us: "We specialise in developing festivals that bring the community...

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Devon housebuilder leaves ‘snowbody’ behind with £10k winter sports fund

A local housebuilder has launched a scheme to support youngsters keen to try out snowsports at the Exeter & District Ski Club.

Redrow South West, the developer behind Saxon Brook, Romansfield, and St Michael’s Meadow, has celebrated its partnership with GB Snowsport by creating a £10,000 Winter Sports Fund to encourage local children, and youngsters’ groups and clubs, to take to their local snowdome or dry ski slope and try skiing or snowboarding for the first time.

The initiative, launched on the eve of the Winter Olympics, which starts on 4 February, aims to inspire...

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Love is in the air at Exeter’s museum

Museum visitor Joe proposed to his partner Dawn at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) in December

Exmouth resident Joe McIntee got down on one knee and proposed to Dawn, now his fiancée, on the 21 December 2021 in the museum’s Geology gallery. RAMM was the location for their very first date, exactly two years ago to the day.

With the help of the RAMM team, Joe arranged to have a ring dangling from the tail of a 3D-printed model carnosaurus, his favourite dinosaur. The carnotaurus was hidden in the Geology case, ready for Dawn to find it and say 'Yes'. It was on their first...

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Digital jobs fair launched to connect Devon employers with local talent

Authored by Program
Posted: Wed, 02/02/2022 - 4:26pm

The government-funded Train4Tomorrow programme is running a Digital Jobs Fair on Wednesday 16 March 2022, to connect employers with local adults who have recently completed a digital bootcamp to gain in-demand skills.

The South West is facing a skills shortage. The rapid growth of the digital sector has led to businesses struggling to find the skilled people they need to meet their demand, and businesses across the region are facing recruitment challenges. The Train4Tomorrow programme aims to tackle the skills crisis by offering adults access to fully-funded training in in-demand...

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Vranch House asked, the Freemasons raced to their aid!

Vranch House is a pioneering special school and therapy centre for Devon children. Vranch House was set up by Charles Vranch as a charity in 1969 and the school opened its doors to pupils for the first time in May 1971.

The centre, on Pinhoe Road in Exeter, now provides clinical outpatient services to hundreds of children a year from across Devon, as well as an Ofsted outstanding-rated specialist school for disabled children aged 2-19 years old.

Vranch House School has always brought together the very best practices in education and therapy and this has culminated into...

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Devon printed packaging specialist receives Platinum Trusted Service Award for fifth year running

Authored by Reporters
Posted: Tue, 02/01/2022 - 8:42pm

A DEVON printed-packaging company is celebrating this month after receiving the Feefo Platinum Trusted Service Award for the fifth year running consistently delivering excellence (February 2022).

Newton Print Ltd in Newton Abbot received the award, which is based on ratings from genuine customers, following the number of excellent reviews it received.

Simon Besley, Sales and Marketing Director at Newton Print, which specialises in assisting artisan, start-up and SME food and drink producers to bring their products to market on time, said: “We are absolutely thrilled to have...

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£10,000 grant available for Healthy Heart community projects across the UK

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 02/01/2022 - 5:47pm

Community groups that are helping local people look after their hearts can now apply for a £10,000 grant from national charity Heart Research UK. One grant will be awarded to each of the 12 regions in the UK, with the first five grants of the year being funded by instore donations from Subway® restaurants across the country. The grants are available for new and innovative projects that promote healthy hearts and are aiming to reduce the risk of heart disease in their community. Since 2001, Heart Research UK has awarded over 300 community grants, directly benefiting the hearts of over 70,...

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McDonald’s Marsh Barton Restaurant set to reopen

Following significant investment from local franchisee, David Shawyer, McDonald’s in Stone Lane Retail Park on Marsh Barton Road is set to reopen on 3rd February 2022 after a major refurbishment, which has brought exciting new features to the restaurant. The official re-opening will be attended by the Lord Mayor of Exeter, Councillor Trish Oliver, to officiate with a ribbon cutting ceremony.

The new restaurant will boast all the latest innovations from McDonald’s, including new, more efficient, soft drinks machines and a new staff room with a new redesigned kitchen for the crew...

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Chance to run around Powderham Castle grounds

FORCE Cancer Charity and City Runs are combining to offer a race through some of the most spectacular parkland in Devon.

Powderham Castle will provide the backdrop for the Power Run Exeter event on Saturday April 2.

There are two distances available – five or 10 miles - around private areas of the Castle estate on a multi-terrain course.

With breathtaking views, the event is perfect for new runners and those looking for something a little more challenging.

The partnership with City Runs comes a time when FORCE is working hard to recover from the effects of...

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Exeter expert secures place among world's "most inspiring" engineers

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 01/31/2022 - 11:13pm

One of the University of Exeter’s most eminent and distinguished engineers has been celebrated as being amongst the world’s most influential academics in his field.

Professor Ken Evans, a leading expert in Materials Engineering, features in a new prominent list of the most inspiring engineers and technologists, published by the Institution of Engineering and Technology.

The campaign features 95 of the most illustrious experts from across the globe, both past and present, who have made a “significant impact” through their work.

Professor Evans features alongside...

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Finishing touches at St Sidwell’s Point ahead of long-awaited opening

New images reveal Exeter’s iconic new leisure centre St Sidwell’s Point as the finishing touches are put in place ahead of opening in the spring.

St Sidwell’s Point is the UK’s first leisure centre built to the super energy efficient Passivhaus standard.

The unique facility in the heart of the city centre has been funded by the City Council and constructed by Kier.

It features an eight-lane, 25m main pool and four-lane, 20m learner pool, both with moveable floors making learning to swim accessible to all who visit.

St Sidwell’s Point, which is next to...

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