Spectators have 174km (108miles) of Devon’s roads to choose from when it comes to watching the Devon Stage Tour of Britain on Monday 3 September.
The race is being hosted by Devon County Council, supported by East Devon District Council and North Devon Council and working with Cranbrook Town Council and Barnstaple Town Council. Stage 2 of the race starts in one of the UK’s newest towns, Cranbrook in East Devon and finishes in Barnstaple, North Devon. Crowds are being tipped to exceed 2016’s record of 260,000 spectators that lined the route in Devon. And once again the advice is to...
Henry Ford, the founder of the Ford Motor Company once said that “Paying attention to simple little things that most men neglect makes a few men rich.” The world of business is engraved in hidden and detailed secrets that help distinguish between successful and unsuccessful companies.
Starting a local business for the first time is a journey that starters with little or no financial assistance and planning might find difficult to contend with. First drawing up a business plan for cash management, capital management, or risk management, can also be an effective way of starting...
Paramedics at South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) are reminding people to use the service wisely this bank holiday as demand for the ambulance service is expected to be high.
The Trust is expecting more than 10,600 incidents over the bank holiday weekend. Demand is already up 3.8% on last year’s figures, with 54,667 incidents recorded for August 2018 (1-22nd August 2018).
Please help our staff and volunteers to help those most in need by only calling 999 in a life-threatening emergency. For all other situations, we are asking people to #ChooseWell...
Visitors to the National Trust’s Knightshayes in Devon will be able to learn more about the story behind a portrait of Rembrandt thanks to an investigation shown in last night’s episode of BBC Four’s Britain’s Lost Masterpieces. Presented by art historian Dr Bendor Grosvenor and social historian Emma Dabiri, the BBC Arts series Britain’s Lost Masterpieces seeks to uncover hidden treasures among painting collections using a combination of restoration, research and scientific analysis. In the Knightshayes episode, Bendor Grosvenor wanted to investigate whether a copy of a self-portrait by...
Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (24-27 August):
THEATRE
Playback Youth Theatre presents: Shandytown Saturday, Barnfield Theatre, Exeter What is home? What is the line between legality and morality? How do we keep a community alive? http://www.barnfieldtheatre.org.uk
Strictly Murder Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth April 1939. An English couple, Peter and Suzy, are living in Provence in idyllic isolation, far away, it seems from the rumblings of the coming war. Their peace is shattered from within when Suzy discovers she has been...
A soldier of the First World War who was born and brought up in Exeter, will be remembered at a public event taking place in the Higher Cemetery of the city on Saturday 15th September, 100 years after he was killed in action.
Walter Hooper grew up at 97 Portland Street before he emigrated with his uncle to America in 1914, the First World War began just a few weeks later.
When United States joined the war in 1917 Walter enlisted with the American Expeditionary Force and served in France as a Private. He was killed in July 1918 aged 21 and was buried in France.
On Wednesday 19 September, St Austell Conference Centre will become the "FSB School for Small Businesses" for the day. Creating a modern "Hogwarts" for business people, FSB are adding some entrepreneurial magic and sparkle by offering 15 professionally tutored, hour long, masterclasses (equating to 300 places for small businesses) to come and learn new business skills and make new contacts, all on one day.
Bodmin business man and Chairman of the FSB South West Region, Roger Tarrant said: “Our members tell us that working on their own business skills can be difficult to fit in when...
Environmental issues will undoubtedly continue to be the subject of ongoing debate but this year has seen a significant increase in many businesses actually taking action and reviewing current practices. A simple matter of which cup should the staff and/or customers use when drinking tea, coffee or any other beverage, seems to have raised the profile of this important matter.
The media frenzy surrounding the use of non-recyclable or plastic cups has created a positive reaction and realisation that the protection of our world is essential. Devon continues to be at the forefront of...
Exeter City fell to their first defeat of the season as a Kieran Agard penalty saw MK Dons record a 1-0 victory.
The Grecians, backed by a large away following had their chances in both halves, but were reduced to 10 men when Dean Moxey was shown a second yellow card for handball in the box. And, although Agard’s first penalty was saved, his second spot kick – when Stockley handled in the area – was converted.
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City manager Matt Taylor made one change to the starting line-up from the side that beat Cambridge United last time...
Grassroots Opera, a company of young professional singers, will be performing their production of Gluck’s opera Orfeo ed Euridice at the Blackmore Theatre, Exmouth, at 7.30PM on Friday the 26th of October (bar open beforehand). Grassroots Opera was founded in February 2018 by Devon based Soprano Chloe Stratta, and Mezzo-Soprano Anna Marie McLachlan. They aim to present opera in a way that is accessible to everyone, in intimate venues where audience members can feel immersed in the action and connect to the emotions presented. Orfeo ed Euridice, a tale originating in Greek Mythology, tells...
