This winter's wet and blutsery weather is set to continue this week with the Met Office issuing a yellow warning of rain for today.
The Met Office warns the public and emergency responders of severe or hazardous weather which has the potential to cause danger to life or widespread disruption.
The Met Office five-day forecast is as follows.
Today:
Blustery showers will continue to feed in from the northwest today, becoming heavy in places, especially over higher ground. Some may become organised to bring prolonged periods of rain but there will also be some...
After a successful first year helping South West social ventures to grow and flourish, applications have now opened for an exciting new programme of Seedbed investment and support for 2016.
Now in its second year, the £1.2 million Seedbed accelerator programme is looking to recruit 25 ambitious social ventures from across the region by the end of January.
Successful applicants will each have access to thousands of pounds worth of investment in the form of affordable loans, business coaching and action learning to help them expand and fulfil their potential.
East Devon District Council Leader Paul Diviani has led the tributes to Honorary Alderman Barry Willoughby who died recently.
Mr Willoughby was elected to the District Council in May 1984 and represented Exmouth Littleham Urban Ward.
He was the Council’s Chairman for two years from 1995 and served on a number of Council Committees including Planning, Policy, Housing, Exmouth Town, Tourism and Transportation and Environment.
He was Vice Chairman of the Planning Committee from 1997 until 1999.
He retired from the Council in May 2003 and, due to his...
With employer confidence definitely ‘up’ it’s estimated that over three quarters (76%) of employers are planning to increase their number of permanent workers in the next 12 months*
With 73.9% of 16-64 year olds in work, a rise of 505K this year, the outlook is most certainly encouraging for the UK workforce.
However, there is always a ‘BUT’ – the pace of growth has also brought with it certain challenges such as severe skill shortages in an increasing number of sectors, difficulty in attracting the right skills and gaps between hiring volume vs budgets...
This January Shotgun Theatre, the award-winning musical theatre company from the University of Exeter, are proud to present their production of the laugh out loud musical, Avenue Q.
With performances in the Exeter Phoenix from 18th to 21st of January, the show follows the story of Princeton, a recent college graduate who suddenly finds himself thrown into the real world and renting an apartment on Avenue Q, New York.
Dubbed as Sesame Street for grownups, this musical is both funny and crude with realistic undertones, tackling issues such as relationships, sexuality and...
In 2015 the South West Group of the National Service (Royal Air Force) Association celebrated its tenth anniversary.
During the anniversary year a varied programme of activities was enjoyed by members - from guest speakers and trips, to ceremonial occasions.
Among the former were talks on the Devon Freewheelers and the development and demise of Concorde, together with entertainment from Mick Groves, formerly of The Spinners, at the Christmas buffet.
Participation in ceremonial events included the Armed Forces Day parade in Exeter, attendance at an association annual...
The University of Exeter and the Centre for the Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Sciences (Cefas) are leading on a £1.97M BBSRC-Newton Fund project to develop and apply new molecular biology techniques to reduce the impact of major diseases in aquaculture for the improvement of the livelihood of small-scale farmers in India, Bangladesh and Malawi.
Aquaculture contributes significantly to global food security and poverty reduction. In Bangladesh and India the shrimp fishing industry sustains the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of poor people. Fish farming too is...
From the acclaimed producers of George’s Marvellous Medicine and Horrible Histories, Birmingham Stage will bring its production of David Walliams’s Gangsta Granny to the Exeter Northcott Theatre in February.
It’s Friday night and Ben knows that means only one thing- staying with Granny! There will be cabbage soup, cabbage pie and cabbage cake and Ben knows one thing for sure- it’s going to be SO boring! But what Ben doesn’t know is that Granny has a secret – and Friday nights are about to get more exciting than he could ever imagine, as he embarks on and adventure of a lifetime...
Exeter School's Choral Society Concert 2016 Exeter School is looking forward to performing three contrasting pieces for the annual Choral Society concert held at Exeter Cathedral on Thursday 17 March.
Made up of current and past pupils, parents and staff, Choral Society will perform Fauré’s Requiem, a favourite within the choral repertoire, featuring a solo from music scholar Rebecca German who will sing the famous In Paradisum.
New to many performers and audiences will be contemporary composer Paul Patterson’s Magnificat. The piece is a real showcase for the glorious...
Join Steve Rider for one of the first opportunities to play on the new course layout at the Exeter Golf and Country Club next June!
The annual ELF Golf Day, sponsored by Cathedral Financial Management, will take place on Thursday 16th June.
Teams of three will enjoy a round of golf and a barbecue making a splendid day out for golfing enthusiasts.
Steve Rider will host the event and comments: “When my brother was taken ill, I was given a real insight into the great work of the haematology unit and the vital supportive work of ELF.
