5 reasons why the capital is still the best place to live

Is all the fuss about London justified? As a nation we look to the capital for a lot, but should we? As other cities and regions stake their claim to take on London, we look at why it is still seen as the place to move to…

Jobs It’s the economy, right? London is where people go when they dream of making the top of their industry and that’s still the case. It’s home to half of the companies on the FTSE 100 as well as pioneering firms in almost every sector you can imagine. Even the recession barely dinted London’s progress, with its economy rising 12.5 per cent between 2007 and...

RSPB - All of a flutter at Aylesbeare Common - an East Devon Heath Week Event

Event Date: 
29/07/2016 - 11:00am to 1:00pm
Venue: 
RSPB Aylesbeare Common, Exmouth Road, Aylesbeare, Devon, EX5 2JS

Friday 29 July 11 am-1 pm Price: Adult £4, child £2

Booking essential

This is the final day of East Devon Heath Week - so join us to experience this heathland wonderland.

Aylesbeare is full of colourful creatures on the wing, we have more butterflies and damselfly than any other RSPB reserve - impressive! Join our guides to step into this world as we go on a hunt for these stunning insects.

Children must be accompanied by a responsible adult.

Booking essential. Click here to book via Eventbrite

Meet point: reserve car park at Joney’s Cross,...

RSPB - All of a flutter at Aylesbeare Common - an East Devon Heath Week Event

Event Date: 
29/07/2016 - 11:00am to 1:00pm
Venue: 
RSPB Aylesbeare Common, Exmouth Road, Aylesbeare, Devon, EX5 2JS

Friday 29 July 11 am-1 pm Price: Adult £4, child £2

Booking essential

This is the final day of East Devon Heath Week - so join us to experience this heathland wonderland.

Aylesbeare is full of colourful creatures on the wing, we have more butterflies and damselfly than any other RSPB reserve - impressive! Join our guides to step into this world as we go on a hunt for these stunning insects.

Children must be accompanied by a responsible adult.

Booking essential. Click here to book via Eventbrite

Meet point: reserve car park at Joney’s Cross,...

Exeter office workers most pro-Brexit in survey

Authored by towncryer
Posted: Tue, 06/21/2016 - 7:25pm

1,000 Office workers from Exeter have recently taken part in an EU referendum survey and the city was named as the most pro-brexit city on the list.

Office search engine FreeOfficeFinder asked 10,000 office workers across the country whether they wish to leave the EU, remain in the EU or whether they were unsure about it . The participants were from ten different UK cities (London, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Leicester, Bristol and Exeter) and the results varied massively between different locations.

Pro-Brexit

Exeter was the most...

Curtain up for Sidmouth’s annual Summer Play Festival

Award-winning West End producer Paul Taylor-Mills will be raising the curtain on his hugely popular Summer Play Festival at Sidmouth’s Manor Pavilion Theatre on Thursday (June 23) with a three-month run of productions featuring works from iconic playwrights including Coward, Wilde and Ayckbourn.

Theatregoers are in for a real treat this year with an amazing programme of 12 plays in as many weeks, which include such classics as The Ladykillers, Pygmalion, One Man, Two Guv’nors and Private Lives.

The town is bucking a national trend as the Manor Pavilion Theatre – owned and...

Exeter City to remember players killed in Somme

Exeter City Football Club will be remembering four former players who died during the Battle of the Somme at a special ceremony to be held at their St James Park war memorial.

The memorial service, in partnership with the Royal British Legion, will take place at 2pm on Friday 1 July. This is the exact centenary of the first day of the Battle of the Somme. That day alone saw 57,470 British casualties including 19,240 who were killed. Two Exeter City players - Fred Bailey and Evelyn Lintott died on this first day and two others Arthur Evans and Percy Worner during the rest of the...

Jewellery stolen in Dawlish burglary

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 06/21/2016 - 4:16pm

Police are appealing for information after a large quantity of sentimental jewellery was stolen from a property in Dawlish.

Several gold and silver rings, necklaces, bracelets and anklets, similar to the items pictured, were taken during the burglary at a property in Badlake Hill on Wednesday 15 June, sometime between 8.10am and 7.20pm.

A sapphire and diamond gold eternity ring, a ruby and diamond gold ring, a silver necklace with a green Chinese letter pendant and a Rotary gents’ chronograph watch were among the items taken.

Enquiries are continuing to locate the...

Major blaze in Exmouth

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 06/21/2016 - 4:02pm

Several roads were closed after a major blaze broke out in Exmouth this morning (Tuesday 21 June).

The fire is believed to have started at the Consol Sun tanning studio in The Parade and spread to Ladbrookes next door.

The Parade between The Strand and Exeter Road is currently closed in Exmouth.

The Fire Service was called to a report of smoke coming from a shop on the Parade in Exmouth at around 7.10am today.

Two fire engines from Exmouth along with one from Middlemoor were sent to this incident.

On arrival they requested a further fire engine...

Choirs collaborate for cancer cause

Three choirs present Summer Sing – “a joyous, uplifting evening of singing” – in Exeter on Friday, July 8, to help people with cancer and their families. Music Birds’ Exeter, Exminster and Topsham choirs will perform for holistic cancer charity Penny Brohn UK at St Matthew’s Hall, Lower Summerlands, from 8pm, doors at 7.30pm. Organiser Rob Carney, 35, of near Buckfastleigh, said: “Singing unites, creates community and uplifts. “The evening will be special – the choirs will perform a wonderfully eclectic mix of rock, Motown and gospel songs, and we’re planning a moment of playful audience...

Teignmouth Art Society's summer sketching day a success

On Thursday 17th June, Powderham Castle welcomed members of Teignmouth Art Society for the beginning of their summer sketching season.

This year, the event drew a record number of artists on the day, with 25 members attending. This included a mix of novice and experienced artists, with many taking inspiration from Powderham’s deer park.

The magical setting of Powderham Castle is a firm favourite with Teignmouth Art Society, who have visited Powderham at the start of their season for a number of years.

Des Maxwell Clark, Vice-Chairman of Teignmouth Art Society...

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