Take Stagecoach South West’s X64 service this summer and get discounts at two of South Devon’s most popular attractions.
Woodlands Family Theme park and The South Devon Railway are offering discounts with any valid Stagecoach day ticket. Passengers can enjoy 20% off the standard gate price at Woodlands Family Theme Park* and £1 off a South Devon Steam Railway adult return ticket and £0.50 off for a child’s (3 – 15) ticket** when they present any valid Stagecoach day ticket purchased within the last 30 days.
Families are also being given the chance to win a day on the South...
Washington Green, the UK’s leading fine art publishers, has announced the launch of its ‘Summer Exhibition 2016’.
Now in its third year, the month-long exhibition will take place from Saturday 30th July – Sunday 28th August at Castle Fine Art in Birmingham’s International Convention Centre. The exhibition will feature work from 16 contemporary artists who were chosen to feature in the show following a call for innovative visual artists to submit their work to a panel of art reviewers. The shortlisted submissions have now been brought together into one beautifully curated display of...
No picnic is complete without a Ploughman’s, and Warrens Bakery has taken this to new levels with their latest pasty creation, the Ploughman’s Pasty. Brimming with ham, cheese and pickle, it’s a must have for your picnic baskets this summer.
Designed by their award-winning master bakers, the Ploughman’s Pasty has been created to taste as wonderful hot as it is cold, giving you an excuse to pick up a stash and save them for later. It’s so good that HRH The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall were amongst the very first people to try it at Taste of the West’s Food Fair on the...
Turtle Bay is set to open its doors to Exeter on 23rd August, bringing a new, vibrant, Caribbean dining and drinking experience to the town for the very first time.
The 215 seat, £800K, 4015 sqft Exeter restaurant will be located in the new Queen Street Dining Quarter development in the Guildhall Shopping Centre.
As well as serving up blissful Caribbean food in the restaurant, the venue also features a stunning rum cocktail menu, which is the product of a rum collection that includes no less than 40 different varieties.
Councillors have firmly expressed their concerns in relation to reports of racially motivated incidents across the UK, and reiterated a commitment to tackling the problem of prejudice and hate crime in Devon.
Members discussed the issue at Devon County Council’s meeting of its Full Council yesterday, (Thursday 28 July).
Councillor Barry Parsons, the Council’s Cabinet Member with responsibility for Performance and Engagement, has said: “Devon is a caring and hospitable place and has a long history of welcoming people from a range of communities and faiths. We are fortunate...
24-year old Mark Wakely, a Honiton plumber employed at Fords in Sidmouth, has beaten hundreds of other plumbers from across the UK to make it through to the final 15 in the 2016 UK Plumber of the Year competition.
It’s now up to the public to decide the final five and Mark is asking the local community to support him with their votes. Last year a Cambridgeshire plumber won. It would be great to make it a Devon win this year!
Now in its second year the JT, Bristan and Plumb Center UK Plumber of the Year competition celebrates plumbing and rewards Britain’s finest plumbers...
The opening hours of Honiton minor injuries unit (MIU) are to be temporarily reduced from Sunday 31 July 2016.
The MIU is currently open from 8am to 10pm, seven days a week.
From 31 July, it will be open from 8am to 8pm every day.
Rob Sainsbury, director of operations for Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust, said: “We are experiencing some difficulty in staffing the unit and have made the decision to reduce the opening hours temporarily, to make sure the service is resilient and consistent.
“We are sorry for any disruption this may cause, but our top...
A former Exeter College student is taking on a huge cycling challenge on a tiny bike in support of the BBC Media Action’s life-changing work around the world. Geraldine Sweetland, originally from Farway, will be cycling 100 miles, including climbing the infamously steep Leith Hill and lengthy Box Hill in Surrey, on a folding Brompton bike as part of the Prudential RideLondon Surrey100 event on Sunday 31st July. She is aiming to raise at least £600 for BBC Media Action – the corporation’s international development charity - which uses media and communication to help people in the developing...
The opening concert in this third season of Double Bill, a collaboration between Wren Music and Cygnet Theatr e, is a sparkling evening of tunes from the incomparable Jon and Alfie, with support from one of Wren’s community folk choirs: Voices in Common: East Devon. Led by Sarah Owen.
Leading local advice charity, Citizens Advice Exeter, is calling for people to be on their guard against scams after the City was revealed as one of the top scam hotspots in England and Wales.
Analysis of 5,000 scams reported to the national Citizens Advice consumer service between January and March 2016 show the areas where people are most likely to report scams, and the different methods scammers use to con people out of their cash.
The average loss for victims in Exeter was £5,736 per victim, more than double the average when compared to a national average loss of £2,500...
