Snow and freezing temperatures earlier this month has delayed the completion of a road resurfacing scheme by approximately a week and caused the cancellation of three others, all on the A379.
Resurfacing work on the A379 Exeter Road in Dawlish was due for completion on March 19. Freezing temperatures and poor weather has caused the loss of nine working days. The scheme relies on one surface being laid and left to set before the next is applied. This process was further hampered by wet weather last weekend. Now the weather has improved highways teams are making up for lost time and...
New beach clean stations will soon appear across the across the South West coastline and beyond, helping turn the tide on the plastic and debris polluting our beaches.
Devon-based holiday home insurance specialists Boshers have teamed up with Ecclesiastical to support the #2minutebeachclean initiative.
The firms will be providing £2,500 of funding to #2minutebeachclean as part of Ecclesiastical’s ‘Closer to You’ community programme with the proceeds going toward setting up a number of new beach clean stations.
The two minute beach clean initiative calls upon people...
Family Fun Day at Exeter Racecourse on Sunday, April 8 is free for children aged 17 and under and one the track’s busiest and most action-packed days of the year and this year’s date coincides with a special visit by the character Peter Rabbit from the year’s most hotly anticipated film of the same name.
With a taste for adventure, and no doubt carrots too, Peter Rabbit will be heading to Exeter Racecourse from his home in the Lake District, and if you’re a fan you can follow his journey on Social Media in the days leading up to the race meeting.
FORCE Cancer Charity is staging its first awareness event in Princesshay this month as part of a new partnership with one of Exeter’s leading shopping and dining centres.
Bowel Cancer Awareness Day is being held on Friday March 23.
A team from FORCE and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital will be in Bedford Square from 11:30am to 3pm.
Specialist nurses will be on hand to answer questions and offer advice and representatives from FORCE will be there to let people know about the face-to-face support available locally to anyone affected by cancer.
As The Silent Child, the film starring six-year-old deaf actress Maisie Sly was honoured by winning an Oscar last week, Devon-based Water Babies has collected their own award with deaf children at heart.
Since 2016, Water Babies has been delivering deaf-friendly lessons to 50,000 babies and toddlers on a weekly basis across their international network. They have now been recognised for their commitment to inclusivity by being officially endorsed by the leading charity National Deaf Children’s Society for their Me2Pledge to deaf-friendly swimming lessons.
On 8 March in Exeter, the national Right to Build Task Force announced a new partnership to support Custom and Self Build, with Teignbridge and its Greater Exeter Strategic Plan (GESP) Partners.
Teignbridge is working with the Task Force to create more serviced building plots for people on its Right to Build register. As part of this work, Teignbridge and GESP Partners will be the first local authorities to pilot a new evidence tool to plan for Custom and Self Build housing demand in the future in East Devon, Exeter, Mid Devon, Devon and Teignbridge. This will enable them to plan...
March is over-60s month at two top Devon zoos. The charity attractions are holding special days for older people. At Living Coasts, Torquay’s coastal zoo, the day of the week to make a note of is Wednesday. At Paignton Zoo Environmental Park, the special day is Thursday. Paignton Zoo and Living Coasts are both part of the Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust, the charity which also runs Newquay Zoo in Cornwall. Spokesperson Phil Knowling said: “There are so many older people who are interested in zoos and conservation. This is an incentive to prompt a few more to come in and see our...
In 2017, Lansinoh launched the UK’s first ever Feed with Confidence Awards which sought to find and highlight the best breastfeeding places in the UK. Nominations flooded in from all corners of the UK and The Baby Room in Exeter has been named as the runner up in the Feed with Confidence Awards 2017.
Jen, who helps run the Baby Room said, “We are delighted to have won an award which recognizes our support of breastfeeding mums. It’s so important that parents are supported by those around them when they are out and about and it’s fantastic that our customers have nominated us for...
Now that the weather is better, there is no better time or reason to plan a quick weekend getaway in the capital. From taking in a show off Drury Lane to exploring the boutiques of Covent Garden, before enjoying a cream tea and enjoying the latest show at the Tate Modern, there is a range of activities and sights that await you in the city that never sleeps. London is also incredibly easy to access, no matter where you live in the county. All it takes is a short train ride, and you will find yourself right in the heart of this vibrant and dynamic capital city.
Exeter-based Coastal Recycling has achieved a major national quality mark. It is the first waste resource management organisation in the south of England to be awarded the BSI standard national quality mark, PAS 402. The quality mark recognises its commitment to reducing waste, specifically for the construction and demolition industry. The focus for the waste industry continues to shift from landfill to recycling or energy recovery and PAS 402 is a nationally recognised quality waste management standard marking this. The standard follows a rigorous process set by the BSI (the national...
