Music: Thu 1, Fri 2 & Sat 3 September Food & Craft: Sat 3 Sept
The Nourish Food Fair will fill Bovey's high street with some of the best producers from the South West on Sat 3 September. Stalls will be selling a huge variety of locally produced food including artisan cheeses, preserves, handmade chocolates, oils, pies and speciality mushrooms.
A selection of street food will offer Caribbean, Spanish, Moroccan, wood fired Italian pizza, French crepes, Mexican, local seafood and the good old British Banger.
The Bovey Bake Off and Junior Bovey Bake Off will...
Exeter City Council has produced three new exciting themed walking trail leaflets for the city.
Fun and informative for all, there are three trails to choose from, the City Wall Trail; the Medieval Trail and the Woollen Trail.
With the help of a talented local illustrator, the history of Exeter has been brought to life with colourful characters from history who guide you along the routes.
Step back 2,000 years to Roman Exeter on the City Wall Trail and discover how the Wall has saved the city on more than one occasion.
Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service will be opening its doors to the public for a family open day on Sunday 7 August.
Everyone is welcome to come along to learn more about the work of firefighters and how they can make their homes safer.
The event is to held at Service Headquarters, near Exeter, on Sunday 7 August, 10am-4pm. Funds will be raised for Hospiscare Exmouth & Lympstone and the Fire Fighters Charity.
There will be lots for all the family to see and do, including:
• Safety advice and demonstrations • BBQ • Blaze Bear • Face painting...
Through its Well Built Community Fund, RGB Building Supplies is continuing its support of different groups in the region by donating £1,000 worth of building materials every other month.
So far in 2016 groups that support those with a disability, an outdoor project, a heritage scheme and a community centre have been beneficiaries, but now it’s time for amateur dramatic groups to tell the builders merchant how a donation of materials could help.
Whether a group needs help with a stage backdrop, or would like to update the facilities where they rehearse or put on a...
Essential maintenance work on the traffic signals at Countess Wear roundabout in Exeter will start this week.
From early August preparatory works will take place to minimise the amount of time that the temporary traffic signals will need to be used.
From the middle of September old signals, poles and cabling will be replaced, along with cable ducting where required.
The scheme is scheduled to last for 9 weeks, with temporary traffic lights in place for three weeks starting in the middle of September to allow the main installation works to be completed.
Charity Family Fun Run. 17 Sept in the new Cranbrook country park. The first ever charity fun run in the new and growing town of Cranbrook.
1K course for under 10s, strollers buggy runners, etc. 5K course for 10s and over (if they wish) and those who want to run a bit faster. Registration starts at noon.
The event starts at 1pm. To pre-register, visit Complete Estate and Letting Agents, 141 Younghayes Road, Cranbrook All entry fees go to MacMillan Cancer.
Run for fun or get sponsorship for the charity or group of your choice. Entry Fees: £5 over 16s, waged. £2, aged...
During the scorching hot day at the Taste of the West Food Fair on the Green on Tuesday 19th July, Sharpham Wine and Cheese were amongst 60 Gold Award winners lucky enough to meet TRH The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall.
The Exeter Pound has officially launched a new note.
With a flourish of his feathered hat the Tudor merchant (alias Exeter Pound Director Martyn Goss) handed the £E4.50 note to the Lord Mayor Cynthia Thompson with hopes that it would ‘bring new wealth’ to the city of Exeter.
The new note had arrived via the Exeter Canal whose 450th anniversary is celebrated this year and received by the Lord Mayor on the Quay. At a reception afterwards at the Custom House the Lord Mayor recollected her grandfather, who ran the ferry from the Quay to Haven Banks, and the connection her...
Devon residents are being encouraged to apply for a grant that will help them get central heating installed in their homes.
It may still be the summer months but people are urged to apply before the scheme closes at the end of August.
The CosyDevon Central Heating Fund is supported by the Devon local authorities including Teignbridge and is managed by their scheme partners E.ON, AgilityEco, National Energy Action (NEA) and Integrated Energy Services.
It offers eligible residents a new connection to the gas grid, a complete gas central heating system including a new...
Teignbridge residents can learn more about ‘The Teignbridge 10 super projects’ and how the council will meet the needs of the district over the next 10 years.
Teignbridge is taking its new Council Strategy on the road so communities can find out more.
The Council Strategy is Teignbridge’s new 10-year strategy that replaces the Council Plan 2011-15. It sets the tone for how Teignbridge works, its vision, goals and how these will be achieved. It’s important because it helps target services effectively to meet local needs and shows how Teignbridge’s work benefits local people...
