Broadcaster and writer Jonathon Maitland is to debut his new production Dead Sheep at Exeter Northcott Theatre.
Directed by Ian Talbot OBE the play had a record breaking run at Park Theatre, the play will tour Exeter between the 31 October and 5 November 2016.
Dead Sheep portrays the true story of how Mrs. Thatcher, the most divisive Prime Minister of modern times, was brought down by her one time friend and political soul mate Geoffrey Howe.
The play took Jonathon 2 years to research, and he had the opportunity to access Geoffrey Howe himself, alongside other...
Exminster’s ‘Outstanding’ village Pre-school commemorated its 35th Anniversary by hosting a special celebration party for all pre-school children and their families.
Children enjoyed a good old fashioned tea party, games and entertainment, and Josie Walledge, Chair of Exminster Parish Council, officially marked the anniversary by unveiling a commemorative plaque.
The pre-school was started many years before officially registering as Exminster Pre-school in June 1981. Over the years this welcoming village pre-school has seen many changes and growth but remains as committed...
Midlands Wood Fuel has today joined forces with Okehampton-based Forest Fuels, under the ownership of AMP PLC.
The acquisition, which sees two of the UK’s largest, long-standing wood fuel distributors joining forces, is another huge step in consolidating the wood fuel supply chain, something Forest Fuels has been increasingly focusing on in recent years with the acquisition of many smaller businesses.
Forest Fuels supplies more than 1,100 customers with wood chip and wood pellet from its head-office in Okehampton, three regional offices and 20 depots across the UK.
Teignbridge, East Devon District Councils and Exeter City Council have joined together to form a new cross-boundary partnership that works across the three authority areas to protect three internationally important conservation sites.
The three councils have established the South East Devon Habitat Regulations Executive Committee, a partnership helping to protect places such as the Exe Estuary, Dawlish Warren and the East Devon Pebblebed Heaths for future generations to enjoy.
With a growing population, there is likely to be more activity on these significant conservation...
Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust (NDHT) is in the running to win a national award for its work to improve patient safety in local care homes.
The Trust’s North Devon care homes team has been shortlisted for the Patient Safety Awards 2016, organised by leading publications the Health Service Journal and the Nursing Times.
The team supports care homes to improve the safety and quality of care for their residents. It works with staff at around 70 local care homes and focuses on the six Cs: compassion, commitment, competence, courage, communication and care.
Join Dartmoor National Park Ranger Simon Lee on Sunday 10 July as he leads a team of volunteers to continue working on the popular Templer Way walking route near Haytor. The day runs from 10:30 until 3:30 and starts at the National Park Visitor Centre, Haytor.
The Templer Way follows the route by which granite was taken from the quarries in the Haytor area during the 1800s on an 18 mile journey toTeignmouth on the south coast.
A granite tramway was used to transport the stone down to Stover Canal from where it was shipped down to the docks at Teignmouth. Large parts of the...
Thailand has emerged as one of the world’s most popular destination among expats. Although, the reasons are many; Thailand’s real estate is one of the prime reasons for the influx of these expats. But before we look at a few of the facts about the real estate sector in Thailand; we need to take a look at some quick facts about Thailand. You can also take a look at the awesome infographic we have created below.
More than a quarter of a million households and businesses can now benefit from superfast broadband as a result of the multi-million-pound Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) programme.
The key milestone was achieved as engineering teams continued on schedule with the huge job of laying thousands of miles of optical fibre cable and installing hundreds of roadside fibre broadband cabinets.
So far, the CDS programme has made fibre broadband available to 308,000 Devon and Somerset premises, of which more than 250,000 can get superfast speeds of 24 Mbps and above – and the...
A leading provider of British Sign Language (BSL) and other deaf and deafblind qualifications in the UK has launched its search for the South West’s most inspirational people involved in the deaf and deafblind community.
Signature has announced the opening of nominations for its eighth Signature Annual Awards, which celebrates people across the UK who are involved in providing a positive impact on the lives of some of the 11 million deaf and hard of hearing people living in the country.
Signature executive director Lindsay Foster said: "We are overwhelmed every year by the...
You can tell a lot about a person by the things they choose to do in their free time. There are the adventurous types who seek thrills through adrenaline-rush sports, such as bungee jumping and skydiving, and then you get the introverted bookworms who long for nothing more than to be left undisturbed with only a pile of paperbacks for company.
However, it seems that not every book can be judged by its cover (if you’ll pardon the pun!). A new and interactive infographic from Wink Bingo has revealed that - contrary to what you might have assumed - most online bingo players see...
