Annual exhibition showing the best new craft work from the Devon Guild of Craftsmen Membership. A tradition every summer for over 60 years, selected Members exhibit as a collective showcasing the best contemporary craft from across the South West. Vote for your favourite maker and craft a model hero for the hall of fame. All craft work is for sale.
Calling ‘time’ has a new meaning at the Volunteer Inn in Ottery St Mary, as landlords Mike and Jacqui Down are now the proud owners of a unique clock - created from the end of a flaming tar barrel.
The barrel was carried by Mike in the 2014 Tar Barrels event. At the end of the night and despite being scorched by fire, the barrel end remained intact. Local Tar Barrels Committee ‘legend’ Les White held on to the barrel end, which weighs around 30 kilos, while he decided what to do with it.
Eventually, Les found a clockface of approximately the right dimensions. He trimmed it...
Shrouds of the Somme returns to Exeter’s Northernhay Gardens on Saturday (30 June), two years after its original installation moved thousands of visitors.
The 2018 exhibition, which runs until Sunday 8 July, takes the form of a ‘Trench’. It marks 100 years since the end of the First World War and will see 72,396 shrouded figures stacked – one on top of another – in a free-standing wooden representation of a trench, alongside which visitors will be able to walk and view the names of all those killed in Britain’s bloodiest battle, who have no known grave.
Serving military personnel in Devon are being given extra help to get on – or move up – the housing ladder.
Barratt Homes is pledging its support to local armed forces by giving them access to a dedicated buying scheme.
It comes as the five-star housebuilder – and people across the country – prepare to celebrate Armed Forces Day (June 30).
Barratt Homes is running an Armed Forces deposit contribution scheme which offers anyone who serves in the Army, Navy or RAF thousands of pounds off the cost of a property. The five-star housebuilder gives them a £500 discount for...
Preparations for Honiton’s exciting new Gate to Plate event, which is taking place on 18 July 2018 in the town’s high street, are well underway with over 43 of East Devon’s finest traders and food/craft producers already signed up to showcase a cornucopia of innovative, as well as traditional wares at this free to attend celebration of the district’s most outstanding businesses. More businesses are in the process of confirming their attendance.
The event is a fantastic opportunity for people to ‘come see, come try, come buy’, as traders will be bringing along samples of the highest...
Residents in and around Monkerton are set to benefit from impressive new community facilities, thanks to a partnership between David Wilson Homes and Exeter City Council.
The five star housebuilder has provided funding towards local projects, affordable housing, open space and transport as part of the Harts Meadow development.
“These important amenities are an integral part of building new homes here in Monkerton,” said David Wilson Homes sales director, Sara Parker. “We’re delighted to be ensuring the area has excellent community provisions and open space for local...
Now in its 4th year, the Paignton Harbour Festival, Torbay’s friendliest family seafood and music festival takes place at the harbour on Saturday 28th July, founded by Crabstock’s Adrian Bartlett and Alan Henderson, Operations Manager for the Blue Sea Food Company, (formerly Browse Brothers) with their committee including Paignton’s Harbourmaster Simon Pinder and local Paignton townspeople to raise awareness of the harbour area and money for the Brixham Fishermans Mission and South Devon and Channel Shellfishermen Association.
This family friendly event has lots to do including...
A trainee at chartered accountancy firm, Thompson Jenner LLP, is celebrating after achieving excellent results in her ATT ((Association of Taxation Technicians).
Katie Quick, who works at the firm’s Exeter office, achieved 95% overall and a Distinction in her recent ATT level 2 Certificate in Accounting exam. Katie completed this part of the course in less than 8 months with the module forming part of her Level 3 Assistant Accounting Apprenticeship.
Katie said: “I was delighted to receive my Statement of Achievement and achieving a Distinction. My aim had been obviously to...
An all-female crew is set to embark on a mission across the Pacific to learn more about plastic pollution.
The eXXpedition North Pacific voyage will cross the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch”, densest ocean plastic zone on the planet.
With a range of skills, the team on the research vessel Sea Dragon will journey more than 3,000 nautical miles, studying micro-plastics and links to environmental and human health.
The crew, due to set out on 25 June, will be led by ocean advocate Emily Penn and on leg one Emily Duncan, a PhD researcher from the University of Exeter, will...
When a farmer takes on running a farm, they take on all the dangers that come with it. They take on the dangers posed to its livestock, its equipment, its vehicles and even the farmhouse itself. However, they also accept the dangers posed to themselves, too.
As a dedicated farmer, you already knew all that, but do you know of all the ways to secure your farm against its dangers and make it a safe place to earn a living? Below are three vital ways to protect your farm, livestock, and yourself.
Securing your farmhouse
The most important part of your farm that needs...
