Ghostly Nights, the South West’s leading paranormal events company, has been officially recognised as the Paranormal Experience Provider of the Year for the South West, celebrating its authentic and immersive ghost-hunting experiences.
With autumn nights drawing in and Halloween around the corner, Ghostly Nights offers the perfect alternative night out. Guests can step inside historic venues - from manor houses to prisons - and take part in real paranormal investigations using professional equipment.
“This award is a huge honour” says Will Hodges, founder of Ghostly...
Author of over twenty-five novels, including the much-loved Beach Hut series set in North Devon, Veronica brings a deep personal connection to libraries and a lifelong love of stories.
"As an Army child, whenever we moved somewhere new, I would seek out the nearest library," says Veronica. "They were always a place of huge comfort to me as I settled into a strange new town… It was there I learned my craft, tucked away in a corner, absorbed in the pages, completely transported. To be a Patron of Libraries Unlimited is the perfect way to pay back the inspiration I got from...
Local authorities fund Skills Bootcamps in HGV Driving to help get local people into work and support regional employers to secure the drivers they need
Insite (formerly HGVC), a leading HGV driver training specialist, is helping Devon County Council train 58 local people to become HGV drivers via locally run and funded Skills Bootcamps in HGV Driving.
The HGV Skills Bootcamps are flexible courses of up to 16 weeks, helping people build sector-specific skills. While centralised Department for Education (DfE) funding for the HGV Skills Bootcamps scheme ceases at the end...
Devon in Sight, the county's leading independent sight loss charity, is celebrating a monumental milestone! A century of building a better, more connected future for people with sight loss across Devon. To mark this incredible occasion, the charity is hosting two special events this September at the historic Exeter Rougemont Hotel.
Centenary Celebration Dinner
On Tuesday, 17th September, join Devon in Sight for their Centenary Celebration Dinner, a glamorous evening honouring 100 years of community and support. The night will...
As hybrid work becomes the norm, businesses are finally waking up to the fact that their old meeting rooms just aren’t cutting it anymore. These rooms tend to have poor audio and video quality, where it looks like a blurry pixelated mess and there’s always that one person who can never get their mic on.
With more than a quarter of the UK workforce now working in a hybrid setup , companies are realising they need to step up their game. Employees working remotely don’t want to feel left out and the people in the office would like clear communication. Everyone deserves a smooth...
Exeter-based EX2 Group has been selected to join the Greener Futures Partnership’s (GFP) Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS), a key UK-wide procurement route aimed at accelerating decarbonisation in social housing.
Under this framework, EX2 Group will deliver and install low-carbon systems including heating, lighting, solar generation, battery storage, EV charging, and whole-house retrofit solutions across the South West.
This appointment strengthens Exeter’s growing reputation in green infrastructure and sustainability. GFP is a collaboration between five housing associations...
After months of building work, the new children’s library in Exeter is now open to the public. The Clore Children's Library features a brand-new sensory area, a floating mezzanine and activities for older children. Designed to be welcoming and accessible to all children and families, and championing interests, passions and their imaginations.
The new dedicated sensory space aims to support children with ADHD, autism, and sensory processing disorders. Created in collaboration with specialists Aurora , part of the Osborne Technologies group. The space features a lift to ensure all...
50 young performers from the Pauline Quirke Academy of Performing Arts (PQA) in Exeter took to the stage at London’s iconic His Majesty’s Theatre at the weekend to perform the stage show, ‘Across the Line’.
A highlight for PQA Exeter, the show is part of an ambitious series of 26 West End performances, featuring around 5,200 young people from across PQA’s nationwide network. Each performance brings together three academies. Performing alongside PQA Exeter on this occasion were young performers from PQA Loughborough and PQA Rugby.
Merryn Elworthy will make her 100th appearance in a Chiefs jersey as domestic women’s rugby returns with the PWR Cup on Saturday.
Having made her 99 previous appearances as Merryn Doidge, Elworthy will make her milestone appearance under her new surname following her wedding in the summer.
The 24-year-old played in her first game for Chiefs against in Gloucester-Hartpury in October 2020 after making the move to Sandy Park from Bristol Bears Women.
Chiefs Women’s head coach Steve Salvin said: “Merryn is, first and foremost, a wonderful person. She is very humble...
The creative talents of crocheters and knitters from across Exeter and Devon are set to be showcased in a display to celebrate the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 coming to Exeter.
The display will feature rugby-themed yarn art, including metres of bunting and Red Roses, celebrating the England Women’s team, known as the Red Roses.
The Yarn Art Display will take place at Exeter’s historic Guildhall and the Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery in Queen Street, Exeter, from 12.30pm on Wednesday 27 August, when the Lord Mayor of Exeter, Cllr Anne Jobson will cut a...
