San Francisco has relatively cool summers, so if you were hoping for Caribbean weather...keep hoping. The fact the weather is relatively cool, has many advantages for a traveller on a budget. Getting around the city is easy and no matter if you are undertaking an ambitious walk, or eating some local delicacies, chances are you will not have to battle or prepare for scorching heats. The Golden Gate city has so much to offer as you are about to discover.
The cool, yet surprising thing about San Francisco is that you can plan a whole week of amazing...
A total of 28 members of the Axe Valley Community Choir joined former bass singer 92-year-old Ron Styles, now a resident at The Seaton Care Home, for a special reunion performance. The 85-strong Axe Valley Community Choir, was formed in 2009 to bring people of all ages and abilities to enjoy singing together, as well as participating in fundraising events within the community. Ron had been a popular member of the choir before setting up residence in the care home in February and has been sorely missed.
On the day, the choir even brought their own piano and filled the home with...
Businesses nowadays need to shine bright when it comes to retaining employees as they are a company’s most precious asset whom need to feel valued and cared for. Productive and successful businesses need their employees to be self-motivated and one way of achieving that is by rewarding them from time to time.
In order to push employees to do their best in every aspect of their job, organisations need to get creative and create opportunities for them to excel and reward them for their work.
Employers should think creatively about employee reward ideas that can help boost...
The UK’s leading marine charity is urging people who love the coast to organise a beach clean and survey and do their bit in the worldwide fight against marine litter.
The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) will be running its 24th annual Great British Beach Clean-up event between the 15th and 18th September. The charity hopes this year’s clean-up will put the UK in the top ten of the 100 or so participating countries and regions which take part in the International Coastal Clean-up during the same weekend every year.
This year, the Great British Beach Clean is being...
On Saturday 12 August 2017 Lidl are holding a recruitment fair at Cranbrook’s Younghayes Centre where people can find out about the jobs at their new Regional Distribution Centre, which is set to open in the autumn.
There are two sessions, 11.00 and 13.45, both starting with free tea, coffee and cake. Followed by a presentation from Lidl staff and the chance to ask questions about the various roles.
There are a number of agencies also supporting the event to help attendees in their decision making. These include the National Careers Service, Homemaker (financial advice),...
A charity classic car show in Exmouth is expecting to attract over 200 cars when it opens the gate on Sunday 20th August, writes David Morgan.
The annual Exmouth Classic Vehicle Gathering is staged by the Devon Branch of the Morris Minor Owners Club (MMOC) and takes place on the Imperial Recreation Ground, next to Exmouth Rugby Club, between 10am and 4pm.
Local members from the MMOC organised their first gathering at this venue back in 2004 and decided they did not want to follow the same format as other organised shows in relation to vehicle exhibitors having to pay an...
Leadstoyou are pleased to announce their support for the family support charity Home-Start Exeter and East Devon.
Home-Start offer friendship and support for families going through difficult times through a team of local volunteers who visit those families in their own homes. With more families than ever requesting their assistance, the need to recruit more volunteers is a continual challenge.
Leadstoyou are involved in helping households make savings through home improvement and the more efficient use of energy and hence there is a great deal of synergy between the two...
A charity classic car show in Exmouth is expecting to attract over 200 cars when it opens the gate on Sunday 20th August, writes David Morgan.
The annual Exmouth Classic Vehicle Gathering is staged by the Devon Branch of the Morris Minor Owners Club (MMOC) and takes place on the Imperial Recreation Ground, next to Exmouth Rugby Club, between 10am and 4pm.
Local members from the MMOC organised their first gathering at this venue back in 2004 and decided they did not want to follow the same format as other organised shows in relation to vehicle exhibitors having to pay an...
Two Exeter men have today (10 August) been convicted of the murder of James Woodhouse, having killed him over a £700 drug debt, before one of them attempted to dispose of his body in a wheelie bin.
Brett Edwards, 38, of St Thomas, Exeter, and Thomas Killen, 33, of North Lawn Court, Exeter, denied killing 30-year-old James Woodhouse in November 2016 but were found guilty at Exeter Crown Court.
Both Brett Edwards and Thomas Killen were sentenced to life imprisonment to serve a minimum of 17 years.
Officers launched a murder investigation following the discovery of the...
