The fishing industry in the South West has been recognised, as individuals and businesses from the region landed five prizes in the UK’s only awards ceremony celebrating the commercial fishing industry, the Fishing News Awards.
A strong performance from the region saw success in a range of categories. Brixham once again enjoyed success in 2017, holding on to its crown of ‘Port of the Year’, thanks to its comprehensive range of services and high quality, diverse and sustainable produce.
Brackan Pearce, skipper of Mevagissey-based Spirited Lady III, sailed to victory in the ‘...
It’s back and it’s bigger and better than ever before!... Exeter is set to go barking mad for this year’s Great British Dog Walk at Canonteign Falls on Sunday 11th June at 10.30am.
The Canonteign Falls Great British Dog Walk is one of 20 fun-filled walks taking place around the UK to help ensure more hearing dogs can be trained to bring life-transforming benefits to deaf children and adults, like Joan Pinder.
Joan, from Taunton, who became deaf at 3 years old due to measles is now enjoying life so much more with her hearing dog Waffle.
THERE will be a celebratory feel when the 40th anniversary Dartmoor Folk Festival takes place in the foothills of Dartmoor at South Zeal, near Okehampton, from Friday to Sunday, August 11, 12 and 13.
It was 40 years ago that the festival was founded by the late Bob Cann, who lived in the parish of South Zeal. He had the dream of a folk event on his doorstep that would help to revive and preserve the music, song and dance traditions of Dartmoor.
Thanks to the efforts of Bob Cann, his family and friends, and lately his descendants and a strong committee, with the support of...
Over 100 Exeter Chamber members attended a special networking lunch recently which included a dedicated election question time, giving members a chance to meet Exeter’s parliamentary candidates.
Members had their business-related questions answered by Ben Bradshaw from the Labour party, Vanessa Newcombe from Liberal Democrats, James Tadgdissian from Conservative Party and Jonathan West an Independent candidate.
Questions and discussion topics involved arts and culture, health and social care, airport taxes, air pollution and the promotion of electric/sustainable travel in...
After an extremely successful launch at Bovey Castle last week, the Moor Otters can now be bid for online.
Bidding for all 100 Moor Otters opened on 1 June 2017.
Thirty of these, nicknamed the ‘Golden Otters’, will go on to a live auction hosted by Bearnes Hampton Littlewood on 30 September ’17, taking bids from the results of the online auction.
Dartmoor National Park hopes that auctioning off the 100 colourful Otters will raise invaluable funds for conservation and developing the work of the organisation across the vast National Park.
The England football team have been put through their paces during a top-secret trip to the Royal Marines’ Commando Training Centre in Lympstone ahead of their game against Scotland this Saturday.
England manager Garteth Southgate gathered his players and support staff in one of the national football centre’s dressing rooms, where a member of the Royal Marines informed them that they would immediately relocate to Devon for the next 48 hours.
The following days would see them experience an array of activities that Royal Marines recruits undertake, including a night camping...
Property Search Group is pleased to announce that, as part of its 20th birthday celebrations, the three South West offices have nominated Vision Aid Overseas to be their charity partner in 2017.
More than 640 million people worldwide cannot see properly simply because they need glasses. Ninety percent of the people affected live in developing countries. Vision Aid Overseas works with professional UK volunteers in five African countries to provide training to local eye care workers, to establish Vision Centres and to deliver outreach services in rural and isolated communities....
Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery will be the first venue outside London to host the BP Portrait Award 2017 exhibition.
Following its initial showing at the National Portrait Gallery, London, from 22 June to 24 September, the exhibition will be at RAMM from 4 October to 3 December followed by the Scottish National Portrait Gallery and then Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens.
The three shortlisted artists were announced last week and all prize winners will be announced at an award ceremony at the National Portrait Gallery, London, on Tuesday 20 June...
Paul Tisdale successfully guided Exeter City to their first ever EFL playoff campaign this season and deserves tremendous credit for that achievement alone – even if his side managed to fall at the final hurdle in a brave 2-1 defeat to Blackpool at Wembley. However, a tilt at automatic promotion would surely have been possible if the Grecians hadn't dropped so many points at St James' Park over the course of the campaign.
Despite finishing an impressive fifth in League Two this season, Exeter have the seventh worst home form in the division, accumulating the same amount of points...
Business communications specialist Onecom is celebrating a major national industry award which confirms its position as the leading unified comms provider in the UK.
The company took the title of Best Unified Comms Dealer at the Mobile Industry Awards (MIAs), which were handed out at a high-profile industry event at The Brewery in Central London.
The awards, run by Mobile Today, are recognised as a leading national event in the mobile industry calendar and are attended by top international companies and UK firms.
Presenting the trophy to Onecom’s CEO Darren Ridge...
