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Fever announces 80s day disco

Exeter will be stepping back in time next month when the 80s Day Disco hits Fever on Saturday 16 August 2025.

Running from 3pm to 8pm, the five-hour daytime party promises a soundtrack packed with some of the biggest hits of the decade – from Michael Jackson and Madonna to Queen, Prince, and more.

Organisers say the event is perfect for anyone who grew up in the 80s or simply loves the music and style of the era. Guests can expect a feel-good, neon-lit atmosphere designed for dancing, celebrating, and reliving the sounds of disco, pop, rock, and synth anthems that...

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Cofton Holidays to host free Health and Wellbeing Weekend, marking £17,000 investment in new gym equipment

Multi award-winning Cofton Holidays is hosting a free health and wellbeing weekend packed full of activities for individuals and the family from Friday 1st March to Sunday 3rd March. The event will take place at Ashburn Springs Spa and Leisure featuring its gym and fitness studios.

The event marks the completion of a £17,000 upgrade in new gym equipment at the South Devon holiday park. Visitors who are keen to stay fit and healthy throughout 2019 can now enjoy a muscle working squat rack plus new treadmills and bikes that will get the heart pumping.

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Resurfacing work planned in Bradninch

Essential resurfacing work will be carried out in the centre of Bradninch from the end of February.

A number of roads will be closed throughout the scheme, which is expected to take around five weeks.

From Monday 25 February until Friday 15 March, preparatory work will get underway in Millway and then followed by Fore Street.

The main work in the scheme will be carried out from Monday 18 March, again starting in Millway, and then moving on to High Street, Fore Street, and then part of Cullompton Hill.

The roads will undergo separate closures during weekdays...

Have your say on new play park equipment for Pinhoe

People are being invited to have their say on exciting new plans to upgrade play equipment at Pinhoe Station Road.

A consultation open day is being held this Friday (22 February), from 11am until 3pm at Pinhoe Station Road changing rooms.

Everyone is welcome to attend and give their views on the proposals.

Plans for the Play Area include new swings, roundabouts, slides and other equipment, as well as new seating and bike racks.

Play equipment provider Wicksteed will be carrying out the consultation.

Local artist opens newly redecorated NHS kitchen with her artwork

Local Devon based Artist Becky Bettesworth was absolutely thrilled when the Community Services Team at the Albany Clinic in Newton Abbot asked her to donate one of her prints for their newly redecorated kitchen.

Becky said “It was an absolute pleasure to be asked to open the newly decorated kitchen facilities for the Community Services Team. The staff chose my Go with the Flow artwork print and I was so happy to donate this to them. The League of Friends fundraised and raised the money to have it framed which was brilliant”. To celebrate this new space for the staff, the Team did a...

Exeter researcher awarded Pew Fellowship to discover if commercial fishing harms endangered penguin populations

Experts will work to discover if commercial fishing is harming endangered African penguins by making it harder to forage for food in the ocean.

Dr Richard Sherley from the University of Exeter will use GPS tracking and other technology to follow penguins in South Africa to record how deep they have to dive and how far they have to travel to find fish.

Penguins eat sardines and anchovies, which are also fished commercially, and the study will help researchers better understand the cost of this to penguin populations. The study could lead to solutions for more sustainable...

Pro Tips to Make Your Photos Awesome

Browsing through the glamorous Insta-posts, have you ever wished you could get as good a picture as theirs? Of course you have. We all have. We are a generation that’s obsessed with photographs. And why shouldn’t we be? Photos are a brilliant way to reach out, flaunt and preserve precious moments in moments in life.

While we are extremely fortunate, as we can pick a great photo editor for PC and enhance our photos whenever we want, here are a few tips that would help you capture much greater shots and keep those “likes” flooding in.

Get closer to the subject

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Landmark 27,000th mission flown by Devon Air Ambulance

Last week saw Devon Air Ambulance reach yet another landmark, by attending it’s 27,000thmission.

On 11 February the service was called to help a rural patient, in an agricultural location, who had suffered chest injuries, after being crushed by a cow.

Nigel Hare, Operations Director for Devon Air Ambulance said, “Due to patient confidentiality we don’t know much about the patients we help. For our 27,000th mission we were deployed at 1531 from a 999 call and were in the air at 1534 hours. The flight to scene took just 11 minutes.”

He added “The advantage of...

Historic Nancy Astor statue designer chosen

The installation of a statue commemorating Nancy Astor, the first female MP to sit in the UK Parliament, has moved a step closer after an artist was chosen to sculpt it.

Hayley Gibbs has been announced as designer of the statue by the judging panel for the committee that ran a successful Crowdfunding campaign to raise the required money to commission it.

“I am so honoured and excited to have my design selected for this ground-breaking piece of public art,” she said.

The target of £125,000 was smashed on January 30, allowing the committee to move onto the...

Cardens takes over Exeter’s longest-established estate agent

Exeter’s longest-established estate agent and one of the UK’s oldest family businesses, Force and Sons Exeter, has been taken over by lettings’ experts Cardens Residential.

Cardens Residential has taken over the lettings business of Force and Sons Exeter as it grows its offering of rental properties in the city. Staff from Force and Sons Exeter will join the team at the Cardens Residential office in Longbrook Street.

Jon Carden, managing director of Cardens Residential, said: ‘We are delighted to complete this takeover, Force and Sons Exeter has been a well-respected...

4 ways to build more sustainable cities

The idea that we need to make our cities more sustainable isn’t a new one. However, instead of talking about how important it is to establish these more environmentally-friendly cities, our focus perhaps needs to lie more in howwe achieve this.

Granted, there isn’t a magic solution as to how we can do this, nor will the same approach work for each and every city. But there are some key ideas that could work in the cities and towns we know and love.

Here are just some of these ideas:

1. Aiding Mobility

It probably goes without saying that if we want to...

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Fever announces 80s day disco

Cofton Holidays to host free Health and Wellbeing Weekend, marking £17,000 investment in new gym equipment

Resurfacing work planned in Bradninch

Have your say on new play park equipment for Pinhoe

Local artist opens newly redecorated NHS kitchen with her artwork

Exeter researcher awarded Pew Fellowship to discover if commercial fishing harms endangered penguin populations

Pro Tips to Make Your Photos Awesome

Landmark 27,000th mission flown by Devon Air Ambulance

Historic Nancy Astor statue designer chosen

Cardens takes over Exeter’s longest-established estate agent

4 ways to build more sustainable cities

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