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Alanis Morissette joined by Pale Waves and The Big Moon for Devon date

Guitar indie-pop band Pale Waves and Mercury-nominated The Big Moon are the latest acts heading to the south Devon countryside for the county’s biggest music event this summer.

The bands are joining the line-up for seven-time GRAMMY Award winning Canadian / American artist Alanis Morissette ’s headline show with special guest musical powerhouse Skunk Anansie at TK Maxx presents Live At Powderham on Friday June 26.

The Devon date is the first of just seven shows Morissette is playing in the UK this year and comes on the heels of her most acclaimed UK shows ever last...

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One of the most decorated non-combatants of First World War remembered 100 years later

To mark the end of the First World War Centenary, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) has launched its “Road to Peace” project. The project tells 120 personal stories of casualties who died during the final 100 days of the First World War, from 8 August to 11 November.

The stories have been compiled by the CWGC’s team of historians and includes the remarkable account of a First World War Reverend, Chaplain Theodore Hardy from Exeter, who was one of the most decorated non-combatants of the First World War, he was awarded a Victoria Cross, Military Cross and received the...

Metal Matters!

Metal matters and it can be endlessly recycled in to new items from cars to kettles – that’s the message that children from two East Devon primary schools have been learning over the last few weeks as part of a district-wide campaign asking residents to recycle more metal.

East Devon District Council and its partners SUEZ recycling and recovery UK, are calling on households to recycle more of their drinks cans, food tins, deodorant cans, aluminium food trays, foil and metal jar and bottle lids in their green recycling sacks which are collected every week from the kerbside.

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House builder steps in to sponsor oar-some Atlantic challenge

A local house builder is helping four intrepid fundraisers make a splash by supporting a quartet of Devon hockey players who will be swapping their sticks for oars this December to row across the Atlantic Ocean.

Bovis Homes is sponsoring ‘Astro to Atlantic’, a team of four girls - Louise Read, Helen Symons, Chloe Harvey and Emily Read – who are taking part in one of the world’s toughest races, The Talisker Whiskey Atlantic Challenge.

The team, who have been playing hockey together for the past eleven years, will be rowing 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean on a 23-foot...

Chemotherapy for cancer patients launches in East Devon

Chemotherapy is now available in East Devon for the first time, thanks to funding from FORCE Cancer Charity.

Up until now, cancer patients have had to travel to Exeter for potentially life-saving treatment.

The new service is available to patients from across the East of the county every Friday between 9:30am and 3:30pm at Honiton Hospital.

Experienced nurses from the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital’s Cherrybrook chemotherapy unit will deliver the treatments.

FORCE launched regular support and information sessions for anyone affected by cancer at Honiton...

Increased flights set to benefit Exeter and East Devon Enterprise Zone businesses

Exeter Airport’s winter flight schedule brings new opportunities to do business in a sought-after location, where companies already benefit from business rate relief.

Flybe recently added some extra flights on key business routes from Exeter Airport bringing improved national and international connectivity for corporate and leisure trips.

The new schedule starts on the 28th October and includes a number of significant enhancements, with up to 110 flights a week to 17 destinations.

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Spine-tingling fun in Exeter this Halloween

With research last year estimating that Brits are likely to spend around £320 million on Halloween, its popularity in the UK is growing at a frightful rate. Exeter is no exception – the city and its surroundings offer a monstrous array of spine-tingling experiences for all ages.  

Halloween has always been a kids’ favourite and Exeter has plenty of fearsome family fun to raise their spirits. Crealy Adventure Park features the Scarecrow Scare Maze, the Treehouse Trolls and some ghastly goings-on at the Creaky Hotel. With bewitching tales of wars and sieges, Exeter’s Underground...

Draw on the walls at Living Coasts

New technology at Torquay’s coastal zoo means you can colour in a sea creature and see it come to life in front of your eyes.

The coastal conservation charity has installed an electronic wall where drawings are turned into animations. It’s the first time tech of this kind has been seen in the UK.

Guests can colour one of a range of marine creatures, including tropical fish, seahorses and rays, scan them and then interact with them thanks to Draw Alive.

The display uses four LED-backlit LCD flat panel screens mounted together to make a single huge 110” full HD wall....

Traffic signal replacement work at busy Exeter junction

Preparatory work is underway to upgrade traffic signals at a junction in Alphington Street, Exeter, later this month.

Temporary traffic signals will be in place at the junction of Exe Bridge/Alphington Street and Alphington Street/Haven Road, from Wednesday 24 October to enable the work to be carried out.

The signals, poles and electrics will all be replaced, and cable ducting will also be repaired. As much of the scheme as possible will be carried out using the existing traffic signals but the temporary lights will be used when the main signals are replaced.

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Devon arts charity celebrates 20 years

A Devon arts education charity that has worked with more than 170,000 children and young people is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Daisi works across Devon, Torbay and the wider South West to enable young people to enjoy the best quality creative arts experiences. Daisi will celebrate its anniversary with a reception at St Stephen’s Church in Exeter High Street next Tuesday and the launch of a series of exhibitions and digitally interactive projects in the Phoenix, a vacant shop in Princesshay and in the church itself. Re-boot, Uncovering Exeter's Layers of History, showcases the work of...

Brexit Preppers: Should The People Of Exeter Be Stockpiling Supplies?

Almost 100 miles away from the city centre of Exeter, in a town named Redruth, 36-year-old Nevine Mann is preparing for Brexit. Her kitchen is packed full of dry foods like pasta, rice and couscous, there’s a box stuffed with various medications and in her garden sits a 290-gallon tank for water.

“People are talking about World War II and rationing… About the blackouts in the 1970s, and how power was rationed,” Ms Mann told the New York Times .“This has the potential of being a combination of the two.”

The crisis Ms Mann is referring to is not an impending apocalypse, a...

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Alanis Morissette joined by Pale Waves and The Big Moon for Devon date

One of the most decorated non-combatants of First World War remembered 100 years later

Metal Matters!

House builder steps in to sponsor oar-some Atlantic challenge

Chemotherapy for cancer patients launches in East Devon

Increased flights set to benefit Exeter and East Devon Enterprise Zone businesses

Spine-tingling fun in Exeter this Halloween

Draw on the walls at Living Coasts

Traffic signal replacement work at busy Exeter junction

Devon arts charity celebrates 20 years

Brexit Preppers: Should The People Of Exeter Be Stockpiling Supplies?

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