East Devon is moving forward with plans to introduce a district-wide chargeable green waste collection service this year.
The council is working with partners SUEZ UK to provide a fortnightly chargeable green waste collection service for its residents who have been asking for a reliable district-wide service of this kind for some time.
The council has now approved the proposals and the service is expected to be introduced in Spring 2018.
Many councils across the country successfully operate a chargeable green waste collection service and East Devon is keen to...
The award-winning Exeter Festival of South West Food & Drink is returning for its 15th consecutive year and is now recruiting volunteer ambassadors.
Festival ambassadors will gain valuable work experience and an exclusive ‘behind the scenes’ insight to one of Exeter’s leading events.
A firm fixture on the food calendar, the Exeter Festival of South West Food & Drink is held in the scenic grounds of Exeter Castle Courtyard and Northernhay Gardens. The festival celebrates local, artisan South West Food & Drink, and features celebrity chefs, cookery demonstrations...
Stars from the Exeter Chiefs Rugby Club officially opened a newly refurbished paediatric X-ray room at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital recently.
The room has been given a jungle-style makeover so it is more friendly and welcoming for children thanks to a fundraising campaign led by Radiology staff and the support of digital imaging company Agfa HealthCare.
It is the second room to receive a makeover as a result of the RD&E’s Big Raise for Little Rays campaign.
The campaign successfully funded the £5,000 refurbishment the first X-ray room with a submarine...
Send through your entry for the Michelmores Property Awards, which showcase and celebrate the very best of the South West's property and construction industry.
Now in their sixteenth year, the annual Awards are an opportunity to bring the industry's most talented property developers, building contractors, architects and other industry professionals together to recognise the outstanding property and construction projects in Bristol, Devon, Dorset, Cornwall and Somerset.
Previous winning projects have covered schools, sport centers, universities, offices, heritage attractions...
“Feminism encourages women to leave their husbands, Kill their children Practice witchcraft Destroy capitalism And become lesbians”
Venus is about to collide with Earth! A multi-character melange of opinion paints the stage rainbow-coloured, sequined, hairy and fleshy pink…
In a world of Harvey Weinsteins, in an age where passing trends compel some to surgical operation and where mainstream porn has hijacked sensuality, China Blue Fish and Deborah Antoinette delve into the wild waters of womanhood, reclaiming the body in a joyful, dark and...
PKF Francis Clark is set to be hosting their annual flagship ‘Finance in the South West' event for the sixth time, this year. Delegates at last year's event described ‘Finance in the South West' as "an excellent summary of the competitive funding landscape" and "really good, a successful regional event with an impressive line-up of keynote speakers". More than a dozen sources of funding, covering grant, debt and equity, as well as business support agencies will be presenting this year. ‘Short and sharp' presentations will allow delegates to initially assess which funding stream or funder...
Exeter School is pleased to complete this year's Oxbridge admissions process with the announcement that nine pupils have been offered places, two unconditionally, plus one pupil has an offer for Yale University.
In the last six years, 38 pupils have received Oxbridge offers. Exeter School has an excellent record of success in placing pupils in a range of leading universities.
At Cambridge, 2017 leaver Eka Barker-Privalova has an unconditional offer to read Human, Social and Political Sciences (HSPS) at Pembroke College. Upper Sixth Former Zachary Marsh has an offer to read...
The TSB in Exmouth is urging people to ‘Take Five’ to stop fraud. The challenger bank, located in 22 The Strand, hosted a fraud awareness afternoon to educate the local community about the latest tricks and scams and – importantly – how to avoid them. ‘Take Five’ is a banking industry initiative encouraging people to take time to stop, think and check, before making payments and other financial transactions. The initiative comes at a time when fraud is becoming more elaborate, more sophisticated and more plausible; the latest figures show that financial fraud across cards, online banking...
The latest phase of a programme of repairs on the A380 will start next week.
The work at Ware Barton is due to start on Monday 29 January and is expected to take around two months to complete. The majority of the work on this section of the road will involve the replacement of the existing waterproofing of the two bridges over the junction, but it will also include the replacement of barriers, reconstruction of the pavement, vegetation clearance and drains will also be cleaned. Daytime lane closures and 40mph speed restriction will be in place throughout the duration of this work...
Exeter is playing a very important part in keeping the oceans and beaches in the south west clear of plastic. Discarded plastic collected from our coastline is being sent to Exeter City Council’s Materials Reclamation Facility, where it is being sorted, batched up and sent for recycling. The partnership with Keep Britain Tidys’ BeachCare programme and Fathoms Free not only helps rid the sea and beaches of unwanted and damaging materials but also helps keep council tax bills down by raising much needed revenue from the sale of recycled plastic. Cllr Stephen Brimble, Lead Councillor for...
