A Dartmoor Arts project 2-day weekend course: Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th May 2016. At Castle Drogo, Drewsteignton EX6 6PB. 10am - 5pm, £60/£50
This is a comprehensive introduction to the skills, techniques, tools and purposes of stonemasonry with 2 experienced tutors, Trevor Clarke and Ben Martin. You will learn how to use and maintain tools, practice masonry and letter carving techniques and can work on a project of your own, carve an inscription or a 3D piece, or both. All materials and tools are provided. The course will include a tour of Castle Drogo, currently undergoing...
Is it a dog, a crocodile or a prehistoric creature? Whatever your take on it, Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) has an original Simon Cowell drawing – complete with signature – now available for auction.
The piece will be auctioned through the charity’s eBay store starting April 17, and Emma Perry, Senior Community Fundraiser at CHSW’s Little Bridge House hospice said: ‘We’re so grateful to have this opportunity to use Simon’s artwork to fundraise again for us. Whilst it may not be a Picasso, it is an original piece of artwork, which includes Simon’s signature, and so could be a...
More than 200 people attended a black tie ball in Sparkford to celebrate St Margaret’s Hospice’s 35th anniversary.
The ball, which was organised by West Country accountants and financial planners Old Mill, raised a staggering £12,426 to help fund St Margaret’s vital work in Somerset.
The theme of the evening was ‘Springtime in Paris’; Old Mill’s Adam Sealey serenaded people as they arrived on his violin while professional model makers Nigel Keen and Tim Bee created a light sculpture of the Eiffel Tower which was displayed in the hall.
Two University of Exeter Medical School scientists have won prestigious awards from the national charity Diabetes UK.
Dr Tim McDonald won the Lilly Diabetes Clinical Research prize, and Dr Kashyap Patel won the Nick Hales Young Investigator award at the Diabetes UK Professional Conference last week in Glasgow. Both academics hold joint roles at the Medical School and the Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust.
Dr McDonald presented data on screening for a rare but severe condition called neonatal diabetes. This is a condition in which babies are born with a genetic...
Police are investigating a burglary at a Braunton home where precious war medals were taken while the owners were away on holiday.
Offenders smashed through the back door to get inside the property on the A361 in Heddon Mill sometime between 9.30am on Saturday 26 March and 00.30am on Monday 4 April.
They made a very untidy search of the property before stealing £645 in cash, various items of jewellery and a number of irreplaceable medals.
At least four war and campaign medals were stolen, some of which are inscribed with ‘506065 G F Jones’ and belonged to the father...
Bins in the Newtown area have now been collected, after Devon & Cornwall Police gave Exeter City Council the green light to go back into the area following a serious incident earlier in the week.
On Wednesday, the Police asked the City Council to suspend its rubbish and recycling collections while they carried out a search of the area after a man was attacked.
A spokesman for the City Council said that its crews were allowed to resume collections on Friday lunchtime.
“We have now collected all the rubbish and recycling that was initially presented on Wednesday,...
The Spectrum Group have completed the takeover of 30 new homes on the former site of Cummings nursery at Cullompton.
The development, named Rivel’s Green is set to provide one bedroom apartments, as well as two, three and four-bedroom houses. In total there will be 100 new properties built, including the 30 that Spectrum have recently taken over.
Devonshire homes, the project company, Managing Director Steve Russell said “We have been working with Spectrum on this site for many months.”
He continued: “We are delighted that, as construction begins, they have...
Dates and details have been set to test the emergency flood plan in place for St Thomas in Exeter.
The first test, a tabletop exercise, will take place at Danes Castle Fire Station on 12 April, between 7pm and 9.30pm. It will be hosted by Devon Fire and Rescue Service and will include members of the St Thomas Community Emergency Group working alongside the Environment Agency and blue light services.
The purpose of the exercise is to test the plan in response to a flood event in St Thomas based on a real-time scenario.
The A396 Cove road, between Tiverton and West Somerset, opened to all day traffic light control today (April 8) at 3.30pm, a day earlier than originally planned.
Originally the road was due to be closed on Saturday April 9 between 9.30pm and 3.30pm.
This means that the road will be open under 24-hour traffic control from this afternoon (April 8) until May 3, which will include Bank Holiday Monday.
Finally, for the final phase of the work from May 3 to May 14, the road will revert to traffic light control during peak times and overnight only, from 3.30pm to 9.30am...
A severe weather warning has been issued for Devon by the Met Office.
Strong winds are expected to affect the region on Sunday morning with gusts of 45-55mph quite widely inland, locally 60mph, particularly on exposed coastlines and hills.
The winds will be accompanied by a band of rain, which may be heavy and persistent at times.
Driving conditions could be tricky, with the potential for a combination of strong winds and spray on roads. There could be some minor travel disruption.
Chief forecaster at the Exeter-based agency said: “An area of low pressure is...
