Cabinet members will meet on 5 April 2017 to decide on whether Manor Pavilion Theatre’s car park should become a pay and display facility, which will be open to the public and not restricted to users of the theatre.
The proposed charges are in response to a pressing need to find ways of supporting the theatre, whose running costs have increased year on year, making it more and more expensive to operate. It has become clear that management of the car park needs to be brought under control, particularly as its free use is being taken unfair advantage of by non-theatre goers.
Devon health trusts are setting the pace nationally for putting women at the top of the NHS.
The local hospital trusts have hit the official target for women on NHS boards three years ahead of schedule, a report by a University of Exeter academic has found. A national study of the representation of women doing the top jobs in the health service, commissioned by NHS Improvement and NHS Employers, has found that the four health trusts in Devon have collectively hit the 50 per cent target, and all have female Chief Executives. The study, carried out by Professor Ruth Sealy of the...
It’s big and bouncy. It’s bubbly, wet and wild. It’s great fun. And it raises thousands of pounds for a fantastic cause.
The FORCE Cancer Charity It's A Knockout event is back for a third year.
Topsham Rugby Club on Saturday September 2 is the place to be for a full day of games based on the popular TV show.
There’ll be colourful inflatables, big slides, comical props and plenty of water.
Up to 72 teams of 10 will be tackling the 12-game spectacular, most in whacky fancy dress costumes as businesses, clubs and groups of friends compete to come up with the...
The Exeter Daily has been contacted by a reader who is keen to contact a friend of his mother, Mrs Jean Dudley.
She is known to Mrs Dudley’s relatives only as Stella but may have gone by the name Stella White or Wright.
Stella was a great comfort to Mrs Dudley in the 50s, according to her son John.
The pair met in the Dunsford Road area of Exeter and it is thought Stella may have worked on the beauty counter of the department store Colsons/Dingles.
However, it is known that Stella emigrated with a Mr Peter Herbert and could have returned.
Pop idol Olly Murs is today telling fans how much he is looking forward to playing live at Powderham Castle on Saturday, July 29.
Up to 12,000 fans are likely to see Olly, whose latest album 24 Hrs was his fourth consecutive number one hit. The popular singer-songwriter is one of British music’s biggest stars with record sales exceeding 10 million and demand for Powderham tickets has been high.
He said: “We’ve played at the castle before; the venue is iconic – being on stage and seeing a castle – I mean it’s pretty awesome really!
Farmers at a meeting of the South West NFU tenant farmers’ forum have given a cautious welcome to the National Trust’s plans to encourage wildlife and create 65,000 acres of new habitats.
The Trust has announced that it intends make sure half the farmland it owns is ‘nature friendly’ by 2025 and the chairman of the forum, Cornish farmer Chris Cardell, said he was looking forward to hearing how the Trust was planning to communicate with farmers about this process.
“We were very interested to hear about the National Trust’s plans and are were pleased to hear at the meeting...
Auction lots come in all shapes and sizes, sometimes with an ambiguous history as Chilcotts Auctioneers discovered when a portrait was delivered to the Honiton Silver Street sale room.
The painting, an oil on canvas portrait of the Earl of Carrick in the Irish Peerage, measured 100 by 65 inches, with the frame adding another 6 inches to the already imposing size.
While these impressive measurements provided a ‘wow’ factor, the painting also created a minor mystery with regard to dating.
Auctioneer Duncan Chilcott explained: “The vendor told us that family lore...
Topsham Library will temporarily relocate to the Nelson Close Community Centre in Topsham to make way for a brand new community hub.
The new ‘Community Hub’ is being built by Estuary League of Friends following a successful funding bid to the Big Lottery Fund and fundraising efforts by the charity, reaching a total of £1.95million. On completion, the hub will comprise of a day centre room, community café, exercise and fitness space, two treatment rooms, a laundry, meeting/training room, serviced offices and improved library facilities.
A Biosciences expert from the University of Exeter is celebrating after being honoured as one of an exclusive group of leading entrepreneurs, at a special ceremony at the House of Commons.
Dr Olivia Champion was named amongst the top 50 entrepreneurs by world leading university business incubator, SETsquared, at the celebratory event in London on Wednesday, March 29 2017.
Olivia was selected for the her pioneering spin-out company, BioSystems Technology, which she co-founded with fellow Exeter professor, Richard Titball.
