Sunshine, stunning livestock and school children helped to make the second day of the Devon County Show at Westpoint, Exeter another happy and memorable day.
Show Secretary Ollie Allen said the glorious weather helped to create a relaxed atmosphere as visitors sat around the ringsides to watch thrilling showjumping, country life and Monster Truck entertainment.
“All over the show ground there were happy people enjoying the best of local food and drink, shopping for everything from a dog coat to a new car, finding out more about bees, poultry and pigeons, exploring the...
Across Exeter and Devon sewing machines have been put into action to help young girls get a better education.
Seamstresses of all levels have been busy making reusable sanitary towels to help combat the ‘period poverty’ suffered by girls in Buburi, a remote community in Western Kenya.
Friends of Buburi, an Exeter based charity, has been helping to provide sustainable, affordable healthcare in the area for over 13 years with a particularly strong impact on pregnancy and neonatal care.
A visit earlier this year to the Clinic by charity supporter and Exeter...
Weeks and months in the planning, Exeter Chiefs know it’s ‘do or die’ for them now in their quest to retain their Aviva Premiership crown. After an impressive regular season, Devon’s finest were top of the tree come the final shake-up, eight points clear of next-best Saracens, and having accrued 17 victories from their 22 starts. But despite recording a best-ever finish and a record points haul for their efforts, Director of Rugby Rob Baxter knows that will count for very little if his side don’t now follow that up tomorrow against visiting Newcastle Falcons at Sandy Park (3:30pm). For a...
Visitors to Devon Guild gallery can experience ‘A Year on Dartmoor’ in just one day: acclaimed Devon Guild printmaker, Anita Reynolds, has visited 365 square miles of Dartmoor National Park and represented her journey with various artworks.
Her new solo exhibition (open May 19th) includes print, painting and installations, supported by sketchbooks, on-site monoprints, photography and film.
Known for her immersive techniques, spending large amounts of time working outside, and revisiting Dartmoor locations at different times of the year, Anita's mark-making is both gestural...
A public exhibition will feature poems, cartoons and images created by well-known artists working with people with dementia.
The insightful works, part of a University of Exeter research project, will be on show during Dementia Action Week (May 21-27). It captures moments of difficulty, and also love, joy and laughter, showing the multifaceted experience of life with dementia.
The project involved photographer Ian Beesley, cartoonist Tony Husband and poet Ian McMillan working with people with dementia and their partners who are part of Age UK Exeter’s Budding Friends...
Grab a group of friends or colleagues and sign up for Exeter’s new fun and inclusive charity golf day.
Organised by leading health and wellbeing charity CITY Community Trust (CCT) the inaugural event takes place at Exeter Golf and Country Club on Thursday, June 21.
Fitting with the ethos of CCT, the event aims to be inclusive and innovative and appeal to everyone, from total novices to regular players.
Craig Townsend, business development manager for CCT, said: ‘We wanted to offer something a little bit different with this golf day. There’s going to be lots of...
A hand painted retirement citation and other related documents discovered during a house clearance in Lyme Regis divulge a fascinating story of 1900s railway engineering.
They are one of three auction lots of railwayana to be sold at Chilcotts Auctioneers June sale in Honiton.
The citation marks the retirement in 1923 of Robert Wallace Urie, the last locomotive engineer of the London and South Western Railway Company. He was born in Scotland in 1854 and after a career based in Scotland, transferred to the London and South Western Railway in 1897, later relocating with the...
Teignbridge’s beaches have once again been recognised as being amongst the best in the UK as Dawlish Warren celebrates a 20th consecutive year of receiving the coveted Blue Flag award.
Leading environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy today also announced that Teignmouth Town Beach, Dawlish Main Beach, Coryton Cove at Dawlish and Shaldon’s Ness Cove had retained their Seaside Awards.
The independently assessed seal of approval is awarded to beaches which achieve very high quality standards excellent cleanliness, safe access and appropriate signage.
Plans for the ongoing rollout of broadband across Devon and Somerset have been discussed with MP Mel Stride.
The MP for Central Devon met with the team from Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS), and broadband provider Gigaclear, at Sandford, near Crediton. He was briefed on the roll-out of Fibre to the Home in his constituency by Gigaclear’s Chief Executive Matthew Hare and representatives from CDS. Gigaclear also provided a demonstration of its LIDAR laser imaging vehicle being used to survey roads where ultrafast fibre will be installed. As part of the CDS programme, Gigaclear...
Jayden Stockley, Hiram Boateng and Ryan Harley all scored sublime efforts to book Exeter City’s place at Wembley on May 28th.
After taking the lead through Stockley’s strike in the first half, Boateng and Harley both fired home in style after half-time to put City three goals in front. Matt Green then scored a late consolation goal for the visitors, as City outshone the Imps on the night.
The Grecians made one change from the side that battled to a goalless draw in the first leg at Sincil Bank, with Robbie Simpson replacing Lloyd James in Paul Tisdale’s starting line up....
