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Gandy Street is the place to be on the First Thursdays of the month this summer

First Thursdays is a new event you won’t want to miss.

From June to September, Gandy Street will come alive on the first Thursday of each month, with a festival atmosphere in the early evening.

The first event takes place on Thursday 4 June, 5–8pm. Expect late-night shopping, live music, street entertainment, extended opening hours at cultural venues and a cocktail trail. All your favourite businesses on Gandy Street and in the surrounding area will be open, including:

Boston Tea Party : Will be hosting an indoor market with Circular Social, featuring

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Film line-up announced for Big Screen in the Park

Two more nights of film have been added to Exeter's favourite outdoor cinema event!

Exeter Phoenix's Big Screen In The Park returns to Northernhay Gardens from Monday 6th until Sunday 12th August.

Wes Anderson's offbeat stop-motion feature Isle Of Dogs and the stunningly magical Italian classic Cinema Paradiso are the latest films to be announced, completing this year's line-up of outdoor movie magic.

Joining Cinema Paradiso and Isle Of Dogs, the full line up of films will treat audiences to a week of cult classics and this year's hottest blockbusters. The other...

Probation officer from HMP Exeter wins national award

Angie Powell, a probation officer who works in HMP Exeter, has won the award for Partnership Working at this years’ Probation Awards.

Angie, who has worked for the probation service since the early 1990s, was nominated by her line manager for her work in developing successful partnerships with groups, charities and businesses.

The award for Partnership Working recognises the positive working relationships built with partners which have helped offenders in their care. This is not limited to formal partnerships but to work carried out in partnership with agencies such as the...

User groups onboard with updated Exe Estuary codes of conduct

Today the Exe Estuary Management Partnership (EEMP) launched new codes of conduct for people enjoying activities on the Exe Estuary.

The codes will encourage safe and responsible behaviour on the Exe, for the benefit of all estuary users. They cover a wide range of uses on and around the Exe Estuary, updating previous advice to users. They include:

• Water Users Code • Shore Code • Dawlish Warren Code • Dog Walking Code • Bait Collectors Code • Personal Water Craft (PWC) Code • Exeter Canoe & Kayak Loops (funded by local businesses) The codes can be found at club...

Fracking attitudes project wins funding

Public opinion about fracking will be analysed by a new research project led by the University of Exeter.

Professor Patrick Devine-Wright will lead a team of researchers from Stirling and Cardiff Universities examining public attitudes and community responses to the controversial technique.

Fracking – short for hydraulic fracturing – is a method of releasing shale gas and oil from underground rocks, and its use in the UK is currently being debated.

The Exeter-led project, which will start this September and last for three years, will gather data on how attitudes...

Armed Forces day in Exeter

Armed Forces Day takes place in Exeter on Saturday (23 June) with a march through the city centre and salute from the Guildhall. 243 Field Hospital will be exercising their Freedom of the City and leading the parade, which sets off from Paris Street at 11am and includes the Barnstaple Youth Band, Exeter Pipes and Drums and over 400 serving personnel, veteran associations and cadet forces. The parade heads along the High Street and past Exeter’s Historic Guildhall, where the Lord Mayor of Exeter, Cllr Rob Hannaford will be taking the salute along with the Deputy Lieutenant and...

Don't miss out on this once-in-a-lifetime chance to see what's behind the big red wall

A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see what goes on behind the big red wall off Exeter’s Topsham Road has had unprecedented interest for a series of exclusive summer evening concerts.

Organisers at Wyvern Barracks say their first night of three is almost sold out. The events will see David FitzGerald from BBC Radio Devon hosting the 6 Rifles concerts along with folk superstar headliners Show of Hands and Devon choir The Lost Sound.

The three nights of summer shows called “100 years Behind the Red Brick Wall” will be filled with music and storytelling documenting a century...

Work on power lines at Seaton Wetlands will cause disturbance

Visitors to East Devon District Council’s Seaton Wetlands nature reserve are being warned to expect some major disruption to normal site visiting in July, as Western Power Distribution are due begin work there on Monday 2 July to move overhead power lines underground. The work is expected to be completed by Thursday 26 July.

During the first two weeks (Monday 2 July to Friday 13 July) the car park and paths to the Tower Hide and Stafford Marsh will be closed from Monday to Friday. So the Countryside team is recommending that visitors explore nearby Seaton Marshes, which is accessed...

Community transport volunteers and staff recognised at awards

Dedicated community transport volunteers and staff members received prestigious awards at a ceremony at County Hall last week (Thursday 14 June).

The annual Community Transport Awards, organised by Devon County Council and sponsored by local printers Pollards, recognises outstanding contributions to Devon’s community transport providers.

Ten accolades were presented, with the top award for Community Transport Volunteer of the Year going to Simon Edwards, in recognition of his 11 years as a volunteer minibus driver for the Exe Valley Market Bus.

Simon was nominated...

Waste removal tradesman narrowly avoids jail for blighting Devon countryside

A waste removal tradesman who blighted Devon countryside with 2,000 tons of rubbish – then set fire to it – has narrowly avoided jail.

The Environment Agency prosecuted Edward Donovan, of Churchill Drive, Crediton, for a range of offences after he turned part of an elderly land owners’ farm at Spreyton into an illegal waste site. It was here he dumped waste he collected from commercial businesses across central and east Devon as EDS (Ed Donovan Services).

Donovan pleaded guilty to charges under the Environmental Protection Act at Exeter Magistrates Court, which included...

Clean Air Day: Help measure pollution and find greener walking routes during Exeter events

Families can get advice on how to pick greener walking routes in Exeter and help to measure pollution in the city as part of two events to mark Clean Air Day.

Members from Heavitree Community Partnership, Transition Exeter and Sustrans are measuring air pollution in Exeter to mark “Clean Air Day”.

The members have been conducting citizen science experiments to measure air pollution in Heavitree. They have also been talking to residents about how they can help reduce pollution and congestion. East Wonford Hill/Heavitree Fore Street is known as one of the city’s pollution hot...

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Gandy Street is the place to be on the First Thursdays of the month this summer

Film line-up announced for Big Screen in the Park

Probation officer from HMP Exeter wins national award

User groups onboard with updated Exe Estuary codes of conduct

Fracking attitudes project wins funding

Armed Forces day in Exeter

Don't miss out on this once-in-a-lifetime chance to see what's behind the big red wall

Work on power lines at Seaton Wetlands will cause disturbance

Community transport volunteers and staff recognised at awards

Waste removal tradesman narrowly avoids jail for blighting Devon countryside

Clean Air Day: Help measure pollution and find greener walking routes during Exeter events

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