People in Exeter are being given the chance to quiz councillors on any key issues for the city.
Exeter residents are invited to put forward questions to members of the joint County and City Councils' Exeter Board, at their next meeting on 17 February at 5:30pm at the Civic Centre in Paris Street.
The Board allocates 15 minutes for their ‘open forum’, with three minutes per speaker, with a maximum of three to four speakers to allow time for discussion.
Previously, residents have prompted debate about issues including street lighting, homelessness and waste collection...
Exeter Chiefs star Jack Nowell has been named in Eddie Jones’ England squad to face Scotland in their RBS 6 Nations opener at Murrayfield (4.50 pm) on Saturday.
Jones has has also chosen Owen Farrell at inside centre while Danny Care starts at scrum-half.
Joe Marler is named at loosehead prop with George Kruis partnering Joe Launchbury in the second row.
Courtney Lawes is fit enough to be named among the replacements which include three debutants – Jack Clifford, Paul Hill and Ollie Devoto.
Harlequins' Chris Robshaw starts at blind-side flanker, James...
The magnificent nave of Exeter Cathedral, which houses the longest continuous vaulted ceiling in Europe, is to return to its medieval roots for the hosting of a Spring Fair. The event is sponsored by Bonhams and takes place on Thursday 10th March 2016. Unlike its medieval ancestor, the modern day Spring Fair will be a quieter affair (no trading in live animals!) and will feature an array of stalls selling crafts and artisan gifts, and visitors will also be able to take time out to enjoy a traditional Devon Cream Tea provided by the Cathedral Café. The market will run between the Cathedral'...
An application for a new Park and Ride site serving Exeter is due to be submitted next week (w/c 8 February).
The proposed 556-space “Round Field” Park and Ride facility, next to the A30 slip road on the south west outskirts of the city, will go before the County Council's Development Management Committee later in the year – with April being the earliest it would be considered.
The scheme will provide increased choices for people travelling into Exeter city centre from the south and west of the city, and is expected to reduce pressure on the Alphington Road corridor and...
Are you keen to make a real difference in 2016? We're in need of volunteers to join our Team and help to make every day better for people living with sight loss or blindness.
We are running a series of information events across the country in January and February where you can meet Staff and existing volunteers, find out about current opportunities and sign up as a volunteer.
From setting up a fundraising group with friends to arranging and helping at collections, speaking about the charity to potential supporters, helping in our local Vision Hotel or providing technology...
In the current climate, selling a property can be exceptionally difficult. Not only have rapidly increasing prices triggered a surge in the number of aspiring vendors on the market, for example, but the bottom line cost of real estate in prime areas such as London is also forcing many buyers out of contention. With this in mind, you may be better served by waiting for the market’s growth to subside slightly before selling your property.
This is also fraught with risk, however, especially as you will need to optimise the value in your home prior to completing a sale. Consider the...
Saturday mornings 6th February to 12th March 2016, 10.00-12.00 Come along to explore the fascinating and gruesome parts of history Travel back in time to a different period of history every week with themed crafts, costumes, and horrible history facts!
Each session takes place in the Pearson Education Centre between 10.00 and 12.00, and children can be dropped off and left for the entire session.
RUTHLESS ROMANS - 6th February Find out about the people who lived in Roman Isca.
Take part in our Roman crafts! Make your own wax writing tablet, and create the perfect...
You don't have to be a forecaster to take a guess as to what the weather is going to be like this weekend.
But if you are in the welly boot or umbrella business, you could be in for a profitable few days!
The Met Office five-day forecast is as follows...
Today: After early patchy rain it will be a mostly dry but cloudy day, especially around windward coasts and hills. Some heavy outbreaks of rain will return into the afternoon but the rain will become lighter into the evening. Feeling milder. Maximum Temperature 12°C.
Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading provider of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, has pledged another year of support to Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) by signing up to sponsor one of the colour zones at this year’s popular Rainbow Run.
Digita chose the Children’s Hospice as its nominated charity for 2015 and has pledged to continue the support by extending its fund-raising efforts throughout 2016.
CHSW provides hospice care for children with life-limiting conditions and their whole family across the South West. The care is wide-ranging and...
Britain’s rocky coastline is being reshaped and eroded by the increasingly common extreme weather, University of Exeter researchers have found.
Rock coasts erode quickly and are more vulnerable to stormy weather than previously thought, a new study shows.
According to the first data collected on how they behaved before, during and after a storm large boulders can shift daily. It is hoped the research will allow erosion risk and sediment supplied from rocky coasts to be more accurately measured in future.
The data also shows that rock coasts have the potential to...
