RAMM is investigating the lives of people who donated objects to the museum’s World Cultures collection, including Arnold Riley who donated a re-modelled Melanesian skull in 1935.
He was a colourful character who lived in Dawlish between 1924 and 1947 and RAMM is keen to contact any of Mr Riley's living relatives, particularly those who may live locally and may have information and photographs that would shed more light on his life.
Arnold Riley taught elocution and dramatic arts at University College of the South West of England, Exeter. He was involved in local politics...
This year we have supported an amazing 2,254 patients as well as their families and friends.
What really counts though is how we look after our patients, their families and friends, not a number. Every patient, family member and friend is an individual, so I’ll let Tony, an Exeter patient’s husband, tell you of his Hospiscare experience.
“I take great comfort in knowing that my last days together with my beloved wife Dawn were so special and precious because of Hospiscare. I am passionate that this amazing charity can be there for others, because without the hospice and the...
Storm Frank has been making itself felt in Devon today with heavy rain and winds reaching speeds of more than 50mph battering the county.
Forecasters say that the downfalls will last throughout the day with the strong gusts abating by 3pm
The weather has caused widespread disruption across the region:
The old A30 Rockbeare Straight is impassable due to floods and there is flooding on Station Road in Broadclyst. Police advise motorists to seek alternative routes.
The A376 Exmouth Road has been closed at Exton by the Fire Service.
More than 3.5 million homes and businesses have now been reached by the Government’s nationwide rollout of superfast broadband, figures published yesterday (Sunday 27 December 2015) reveal.
In the South West, almost 300,000 homes and businesses have been helped by the Government's rollout of superfast broadband and more than 3,600 South West businesses have had their broadband speed boosted via the connection voucher scheme.
Thanks to the work already completed by the Government’s broadband delivery arm (BDUK) and the commercial sector, almost nine out of ten UK homes and...
Driving tests are a nerve-wracking experience. No matter many times you have practiced your three-point turns and parallel parking manoeuvres, driving under test conditions with a stony-faced examiner in the passenger seat is apt to have leave even the most confident of learner drivers quaking with nerves. Is it any wonder that so many people fail?
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Driving Test Pass Rate Statistics
Government statistics show that only 21% of people pass their driving test first time. Everyone else has to come back for a second, third or multiple go in order to...
Access to and from Exmouth Community Hospital will be restricted for several days from Monday 11 January due to essential work to replace a main gas pipe.
During this period, patients and visitors are being asked to allow extra time for parking or make alternative travel arrangements.
The work is scheduled to be completed by Wednesday 20 January.
Tina Slade, hospital business manager for the Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust, said: “This is essential work and we apologise for any delays or disruption it may cause.”
For their 29th annual pantomime, the Exeter Police & Hospital Players are delighted to perform ” Wizard of Oz ….. the Panto!”, based on L. Frank Baum’s original story but with our unusual twists & new characters. Join us for an evening/afternoon of fun, song, dance & laughter when Dorothy & her Aunt Em are transported by a tornado from Exeter to the Merry Old Land of Oz! In their quest to return home, they must travel on the Yellow Brick Road, where they meet the fabled Lion, Scarecrow & Tin Man, who then help Dorothy battle the Wicked Witch & other new faces. Will...
Since their reformation in 2004, the Bully Wee Band have had no trouble proving that they are still a force to be reckoned with as one of Britain’s foremost exponents of acoustic folk/rock music.
Originally formed in the early 70s by brothers Jim and John Yardley, the Bully Wee Band successfully toured Britain, Europe and America through several line-ups until the last one of Ian Cutler, Fergus Feely, Colin Reece and Maartin Allcock finally called it a day in 1983.
20 years later a chance meeting between Messrs Cutler, Feely and Reece resulted in a very spirited jam session...
Join Ballet Theatre UK in their beautiful re-telling of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fairytale ballet, The Snow Queen.
This spectacular production follows the story of Gerda and her quest to find her friend Kay, whom the Snow Queen has placed under an evil spell. Gerda’s fantastic adventure takes her on a journey across the frozen north where she encounters a band of gypsy’s, enchanted reindeer and a mysterious and reclusive Lapland woman. Gerda is told by the mysterious woman to continue traveling north, where she will find Kay and the Snow Queen’s Palace of Ice. Only Gerda’s...
Looking out onto the shore of a world she can’t wait to explore, Ruth can see her whole life ahead of her, she’s going to be an artist and a millionaire. She’s going to travel the world and do everything there is to do.
Ruth wants to be just like her older sister Lucy but Lucy couldn’t think of anything worse. Lucy had it planned out too, her whole life one straight line going onto bigger and better… But it didn’t work out like that and now she’s coming back to the seaside and a...
