An ‘off-the-cuff’ farmland bird survey in East Devon last week suggested how habitat improvements can help some of our most threatened birds. Devon Wildlife Trust land advisor David Rolls was visiting three farms in the Otter catchment in one day. As it was the beginning of the Big Farmland Bird Count, organized each February by the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust, David decided to do a short survey on each land-holding. All three sites contain areas of wetland that are being improved for wildlife through DWT’s Upstream Thinking work, funded by South West Water. The 30-minute survey...
UK Rum Festivals are fun and enriching, for both the general public and brands, showcasing the diversity of rum!
Don’t miss out on the Exeter Rum Festival taking place 29th July at Exeter Castle!
The Festival will host seminars with master distillers, cocktail bars, rum tastings sessions (over 100 different rums!), live music and a street food fiesta.
Rum is frequently overlooked, branded as either white, gold, dark or spiced… but UK Rum Festivals recognize its true value and want the public to share their passion for the spirit.
Having traded blows with a spirited Worcester Warriors for 40 minutes, Rob Baxter’s Exeter Chiefs side delivered the knockout punch during a powerful second half onslaught at Sixways.
Winger James Short (pictured) led the way for the Chiefs who made it ten from ten in terms of Premiership victories over the Warriors, brushing aside the Midlanders with a seven-try salvo that lifted them level on points with second-placed Saracens.
Skipper Gareth Steenson, Olly Woodburn, Sam Simmonds and Michele Campagnaro completed the job for the visitors, while Steenson and Henry Slade...
A new campaign has been launched to help raise awareness of child sexual exploitation (CSE), modern slavery and violent extremism in Devon.
The Be Curious campaign, developed by the Safer Devon Partnership aims to raise awareness of the issues and uses short animations to highlight potential signs of modern slavery, CSE and violent extremism.
The Safer Devon Partnership is a county-wide strategic partnership which brings together a range of stakeholders who all play a key role in enabling the people of Devon to feel and be safe in their homes and communities.
Exeter City remain sixth in League Two after they fought back from a goal down to draw with Stevenage at home.
The Boro went into the match on the back of a four-game winning streak and could have moved to within a point of City with victory. However, the Grecians have kept the gap between them and Darren Sarll side, in eighth, to four points.
City boss Paul Tisdale was forced to make two changes to the starting XI that drew with Notts County last time out. Goalkeeper Christy Pym was injured and replaced by Bobby Olejnik, while Jake Taylor...
On Saturday 4th March 2017 people will come from all over the UK to take part in a Civic Reception and parade in Exeter, to remember two significant anniversaries in the country’s naval history.
2017 is the 75th anniversary of the sinking of the WW2 ship HMS Exeter and the 35th anniversary of the Falklands War. This is where the Type 42 destroyer, the other HMS Exeter, saw active duty.
HMS Exeter was involved in one of the most significant sea battles of the 2nd World War, The Battle of the River Plate. Following that battle, HMS Exeter went onto further battles and met its...
UK Rum Festivals are fun and enriching, for both the general public and brands, showcasing the diversity of rum!
Don’t miss out on the Exeter Rum Festival taking place 29th July at Exeter Castle!
The Festival will host seminars with master distillers, cocktail bars, rum tastings sessions (over 100 different rums!), live music and a street food fiesta.
Rum is frequently overlooked, branded as either white, gold, dark or spiced… but UK Rum Festivals recognize its true value and want the public to share their passion for the spirit.
Exeter artist Gregory Mason is through to the semi-final of Sky Arts’ Portrait Artist of the Year (PAOTY), which will see him painting a portrait of award-winning star of stage and screen Imelda Staunton
Greg, who fought off strong competition in the fourth episode of the series, painting UK actor Trevor Eve (Trevor also chose to take Greg’s portrait home with him at the end of the show), is an Honours Graduate of St Martins School of Art in London, where he studied illustration. He worked for a range of publications, from the New Scientist to the Listener and The Times Educational...
If you can get down to Totnes on 17th March you will be able to catch Gong playing live at Unit 23 Live, the former South Devon Arts Centre. The band started out in the late 60's and are still going strong, albeit no longer with the original line up. They have a worldwide following and included in their March tour are venues in such cities as Paris, Oslo, Copenhagen and Sao Paolo in Brasil !
The first-time promoter, a fan, is putting them on in Totnes as he lives locally and hopes to help out local voluntary organisations by donating any proceeds.
A new walking and cycling trail in Cranbrook has been officially opened.
The “Cranbrook Discovery Trail: Long Orchard” has been developed by Devon County Council, East Devon District Council, Cranbrook Town Council and Cranbrook New Community Partners Consortium to encourage residents to explore their local area.
As a designated “Healthy Town” it also provides local adults and children in Cranbrook with an opportunity to stay active.
The opening was attended by Councillor Andrew Moulding, Deputy Leader of East Devon District Council and Chairman of Devon County...
