New Year’s Day racing on Haldon Hill is a much loved Devon tradition and hundreds of people will gather at the racecourse to enjoy the excitement and camaraderie of a day at the races.
General manager Dan Thompson said: “The atmosphere at Exeter on New Year’s Day is always fantastic with people wanting to celebrate the first day of the New Year in the fresh air against the backdrop of some thrilling racing. Nothing beats the experience of a day at the races.”
The first race gets under way at 12.35pm with the Passage House Inn Topsham Novices’ Handicap Hurdle. Bathwick Tyres...
Nearly 1,200 people attended Exeter Hospiscare’s Light Up a Life remembrance service at the city’s cathedral.
The Dean of Exeter Cathedral, the Very Reverend Jonathan Draper welcomed the congregation saying the cathedral was invented for services like this. While the Rt Revd Sarah Mullally, Bishop of Crediton and a vice-president of Hospiscare outlined the local charity’s work and said the care given would not be possible without the support of so many people and thanked the congregation for attending.
Exe Valley Strings and the Exeter Police and Community Choir performed,...
As the school holidays start and the Christmas holidays get underway Exeter Airport is expecting to deal with over 20,000 passengers over the two week festive period.
Already three flights have taken hundreds of excited children to Lapland on excursions that involved tobogganing, snowmobile and reindeer sleigh rides plus of course a meeting with ‘Santa'. The season of ski flights also started last weekend with departures to Switzerland and France, and the Paris flights are also popular at Christmas with trips to Disneyland.
The departures to the Canary Islands leave across...
Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter has spoken of his delight at landing the signing of Australian international Greg Holmes for next season.
Baxter today confirmed he had finalised terms with the Queensland Reds tight-head on a two-year deal.
Holmes, who has won 24 international caps for the Wallabies, is Baxter’s first confirmed signing for the 2016/17 season.
Commenting on the signing, Baxter said: “The important thing to remember is the set-piece and the forward battle is not something that is going to be less important in top flight rugby, so we’re always...
Figures released last week (18 December) about the South West Coast Path show that walkers using England’s longest National Trail spent around £468m during 2014, an increase of almost 23% in the past five years. It bucks the trend for tourism in the region as a whole, which increased by 12% overall but has remained fairly static in the past two years.
With one million more visitors spending an additional £86.7m in the region’s tourism businesses, the South West Coast Path is clearly a valuable asset to help grow the region’s economy and is responsible for the employment of 10,610...
Grants have been awarded to five organisations in Devon so far in the first round of funding through a new business support scheme.
The Community Impact Support Scheme (CISS) was launched earlier this year to provide funding ranging from £10,000 to £50,000 to community organisations, social enterprise and voluntary sector groups.
The scheme is being run by Devon County Council in partnership with district councils, and a number of key stakeholders are providing support, including Dartington School for Social Entrepreneurs, Devon Community Foundation, Devon Communities...
Patients at Exeter Community Hospital in Whipton were treated to a Christmas lights switch-on, carol singing, mince pies and a visit from Santa Claus and two snowmen fresh from the North Pole at a special event on Thursday (17 December).
The event was the climax of a team building day for the hospital’s facilities, domestic and catering staff.
Earlier, the staff got stuck in by clearing the inner courtyard garden area at the hospital, making decorations and putting up a Christmas tree with lights.
Patients and relatives watched from the courtyard and ward area as a...
The next stage in the development of East Devon District Council’s Sidmouth and East Beach Management Plan (BMP) project is underway, as an appraisal of a draft long list of options, designed to manage potential coastal flooding and erosion along Sidmouth seafront and East Beach, has been sent to the Steering Group (SG) for their consideration, prior to the next SG meeting on 15 January 2016.
The long list of options is based upon comprehensive and detailed studies into coastal processes, defence assessment, environmental issues and economics produced by the council’s consultants...
A 28-year-old woman from Devon has been killed in a crash.
Poice were called to the collision involving two vehicles, a blue Renault Megane and a silver Toyota MR2, at the top of Kingston Hill, Dorset at 6.33pm on Sunday 20 December 2015.
The 28-year-old, from Newton Abbot, died at the scene. Her next of kin have been informed and the coroner has been notified.
A 49-year-old man and a 44-year-woman sustained serious injuries and two 11-year-old children were slightly injured. All are from the Barnstaple area of Devon and were all taken to Dorset County Hospital for...
