Appeal after safe stolen in Dawlish burglary

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 06/22/2016 - 11:13am

A small safe has been stolen from St Mary’s Cottages, Exeter Street in Dawlish.

The burglary took place between 10am and 6pm on Thursday 9th June.

The burglar entered the property through a front groundfloor window, stealing the safe from inside.

The safe is a black ‘Sentry’ fireproof model, about the size of a home printer with a handle and a key lock on the front.

Police are keen to speak to anyone who saw anyone acting suspiciously in the area, and ask the public to be aware than the safe and its contents may have been dumped.

Anyone with...

Earl of Devon waves the flag for Devon cream teas

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 06/22/2016 - 10:50am

On Friday 24th June, Powderham Castle is inviting everyone to join in the National Cream Tea Day celebrations at the Castle.

Wholesome Devon cream teas will be served in abundance at the Courtenay Café, situated in the courtyard of Powderham Castle, with lashings of full-fat Langage Farm clotted cream and locally produced jam and tea.

The Castle will be open as usual and following a delicious cream tea, visitors can join a guided tour of the Castle and walk through the Castle grounds to burn off any extra calories.

Powderham has recently been included in Hudson’s ‘...

The future's bright for Ashton

Authored by Sue Cade
Posted: Wed, 06/22/2016 - 10:43am

Independent lighting specialist Amos Lighting has appointed a manager for its soon-to-launch branch in Topsham.

Ashton Hargreaves, 25, from Exeter, will be taking on the role when the company’s second branch opens opposite Darts Farm later this year.

Having already built up a comprehensive understanding of the business working at the Amos showroom in Marsh Barton, she will be taking full responsibility for the day to day running of the new branch, including the showroom stock, visual merchandising and customer service.

Ashton says she is looking forward to the new...

RAMM’s wellbeing programme receives recognition

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 06/22/2016 - 10:28am

Activities at Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery (RAMM) using the museum and its objects to boost people’s wellbeing were recognised with an award from Arts & Health South West, an umbrella group promoting and supporting arts activities to benefit people’s health.

Like RAMM, Arts & Health South West believes that the arts, creativity and the imagination are agents of wellness, helping keep the individual resilient, aiding recovery and fostering a flourishing society. RAMM’s wellbeing programme uses the museum collections to help people make the most of...

How to be healthy sitting at your desk #InaNutshell

Authored by Bitpod
Posted: Wed, 06/22/2016 - 9:46am

In this very informative In a Nutshell video, Adrian Walker shares his advice on how to remain fit and healthy when we spend so much time sitting at our desks.

He discusses the alarming impact that a sedentary lifestyle can have on our health and offers simple solutions to reduce the damage that can be caused by prolonged sitting during our working days.

Adrian comments that 'the advantages of getting this right are huge and in addition to benefiting our general health we can improve productivity and reduce the costs of absenteeism'.

To find out more, contact Adrian...

10,000 orders in three years for Devon printers

When Crediton-based Hedgerow Print installed a new order processing system back in 2013, they never imagined that barely three years later they would be processing the 10,000th order to go through that system.

“Our order processing system automatically numbers each order and we realised a few weeks ago that we were approaching the number 10,000 and thought it might be nice to mark that milestone,” said Gary Radford, Managing Director at the Company.

In order to mark the event, Hedgerow Print contacted all their customers and contacts to let them know of the plan to award a...

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...

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