Local bird watcher spots rarely seen bird at East Devon managed heathland site near Axminster
At the end of January, a rare Little Bunting bird was spotted by a local bird watcher at Trinity Hill Local Nature Reserve, a heathland managed by the East Devon District Council Countryside service.
Little Buntings are rarely seen in the UK, they breed in the far North East of Europe and across Northern Asia, typically spending winter in Southern Asia, China and India. Easterly winds, which dominated Autumn 2016, resulted in only a few being detected in the UK.
A trio of siblings from Exeter Cathedral School has each been awarded a place in the prestigious National Children’s Orchestra of Great Britain.
The Daniel-Greenhalgh siblings - Esme (y7), Theo (y6) and Sabina (y5) - have all won a place in various sections of the elite GB orchestra for children. Esme and Sabina are both violinists, and Theo plays the trombone, and the three of them also sing together as Choristers in Exeter Cathedral Choir. The trio have an older sister who was also a pupil at ECS and a cathedral chorister, and they say that they are delighted to have been given...
Leading local advice charity, Citizens Advice Exeter, has released its latest advice trend figures.
These show a 10% increase in enquiries from clients about welfare benefits and tax credits, compared to the same period in 2015.
Citizens Advice Exeter has helped 5,972 people with advice and information across all enquiry areas since 1 April 2016.
Chief Executive Steve Barriball said: “The number of people coming to us for help with welfare benefits or tax credit issues has hit a nine-year high. It is no surprise when you consider that the last nine years has seen...
The UK’s most daring dating show, Naked Attraction returns to Channel 4 in 2017 - and it wants South West residents to take part.
A spokesperson for the show said: "We are so excited to be coming down to the South West to find fun, energetic and confident singletons who would love to be a part of the much anticipated second series of Naked Attraction.”
Applicants must be over 18, but there is no limit on gender, sexuality or body type.
For more information email nakedattraction@studiolambert.com or call 0203 040 6873.
Louisa Johnson, the youngest ever winner of the X Factor, has been named as special guest at pop superstar Olly Murs’ outdoor concert at historic Powderham Castle, near Exeter on Saturday, July 29.
The 19-year-old starlet won the 2015 series of the TV talent show at the age of 17 with Simon Cowell calling her ‘the best singer he had ever seen on the show’.
She has since had hits with the songs Forever Young and So Good and featured on the Clean Bandit top five single Tears.
R’n’B and pop star Louisa performed last year to 80,000 fans at Wembley Stadium with the...
Wilkinson Grant & Co, one of the region’s leading estate agents, has announced it will once again be the main sponsor of Hospiscare’s Men’s Walk, an eight-mile sponsored walk taking place in Exeter on Saturday 11th March, 2017.
Starting and finishing at the Double Locks pub located on Exeter’s quayside, participants will walk along the picturesque Exe Valley Way to the Turf Locks pub and back again where they will be greeted with a free pint and a Chunk pasty.
Walkers will also be able to enjoy the England v Scotland Six Nations match within the exclusive enlarged...
SUPPORT and training organisation, Exeter PA Network, which has seen its membership increase by 25 per cent in the last year, has launched its programme of activities for the coming 12 months.
The network, which is run by Kim Glover, continues to go from strength to strength, and now boasts more than 500 members.
It offers support, networking and development opportunities for personal and executive assistants, admin workers, secretaries and office staff across the city, and the first events in its busy calendar have already sold out.
A heady dose of elation and a real sense of camaraderie and achievement floats through the Event Exeter office this morning as the team have done it again.
Following the success of winning Gold in the Devon Tourism Awards hosted in one of Event Exeter’s own venues, the University’s Great Hall in November, the team has gone on to win silver in the Venue and Business Tourism category of the South West Tourism Awards held in Bristol last night.
The Event Exeter team made their way to Bristol as hopeful finalists, with tough competition from The Bristol Doyle and the Carbis Bay...
England international Henry Slade helps head up a powerful Exeter Chiefs line-up that will be aiming to seal a spot in this season’s Anglo-Welsh Cup semi-finals against Bristol on Sunday (3pm).
The talented playmaker, who was released from the national camp earlier this week by Eddie Jones, is one of six changes the Devonians have made to their starting line-up from that which thumped Wasps 52-5 last time out.
Slade will partner Ian Whitten in a new look Exeter midfield, while Olly Woodburn and Jack Maunder are also included in a stellar back division. Up front, Greg Holmes...
Exeter’s movers and shakers have been praising city businesses who joined forces to stage the city’s first Cyber Security Awareness Week.
A series of free seminars, one to one clinics, networking and information sessions are being held next week (Feb 6 – 10) in venues around the city in a bid to persuade all businesses large and small to take care of their online security.
Celebrity Chef Michael Caines MBE, (pictured above) busily preparing to open Lympstone Manor in the Spring, said Exeter and East Devon are places full of people with energy and vision. He said the Cyber...
