The installation of solar panels on top of Exeter car parks is a UK first.
The pioneering initiative at John Lewis and Mary Arches Street Car Parks is being delivered by Devon firm Sungift Energy on behalf of Exeter City Council.
Once in place it will provide a gross income of over £50,000 per annum, generating 285,227 kwh per year of electricity and saving more than 150 tonnes of carbon.
Extensive structural engineering and canopy design work has allowed the City Council to build Solar PV Car Port frames to the roof of both car parks. This is the first carport...
Britain is ‘under attack’ from swarms of winged creatures.
Large numbers of airborne common black garden ants have been spotted everywhere this summer and now; thousands of wasps are also set to come out in record numbers for the next few weeks.
Following a huge uplift in sales of insect repellents, Wyevale Garden Centres is forecasting September to be an insect battleground for UK gardens. Britain’s summer of insect invasion has paved the way for a 300 per cent year on year rise in sales of Ant control products. Plus, wasp control products peaked last week with an increase...
Autumnal colours in abundance, ruby reds, burnt amber and sienna yellow. A wealth of flavours to try. This year's Apple & Cider Weekend at The Shops at Dartington on Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th September will be a sensory delight.
With a vast number of ciders produced in Devon, of which a good number are sold in the on-site 'Devon Drinks' shop, there is a style to suit all fans of this refreshing drink. Incorporating the much loved South West tipple, Okemoor’s new ‘Pork in Sheppy Vintage Cider’ pie will be officially launching at the two day fair in ‘The Food...
Exe-Arts is a community arts initiative offering 4 months of workshops open to the public, encouraging people to try out different art forms and meet up with other community members. The focus of these workshops includes drawing, painting, photography, graffiti, ceramics, fabric art and lantern making.
There are also sessions aimed at families that involve performing arts, drawing, painting, environmental art, photography and animation.
For more information visit our website, where you can browse each event and register a place. http://www.superact.org.uk/events-2/
More than seven in ten people from the South West (77 per cent) are not doing the amount of average weekly exercise recommended by NHS guidelines, despite evidence that taking part in regular exercise can reduce a person’s risk of developing dementia, according to a survey carried out by Alzheimer’s Society to mark the start of Memory Walks on Saturday.
Taking regular physical exercise is proven to be one of the best things that can be done to reduce the risk of getting dementia, yet over half of those surveyed from the South West (56%) didn’t know that regular exercise and...
Officers from Ottery St Mary are reminding people to take their personal items with them after further reports of parked cars in the area being broken into and valuables stolen.
A silver ford Fiesta parked at the rear of McColls shop, Westhill, was broken into at around 4.40pm on Saturday 28th August. The owner was shopping at the time and the passenger side window was smashed. A handbag and food shopping was stolen from the foot well at the rear of the car. The crime number for this incident is CR/060454/15
A second break in has been reported, also in the West Hill area on...
Willy Porter releases his new album HUMAN KINDNESS featuring the talents of artists such as Martin Barre, Natalia Zuckerman, Carmen Nickerson, and Peter Mulvey and sets Porter’s blistering guitar work against a big studio sound on a stunning book of songs that explore themes about connection, compassion, and the human journey. Porter, a singer songwriter from Wisconsin brings the tour to the UK in October 2015 Further information www.willyporter.com
See Willy Live at America Hall, De La Rue Way, Pinhoe, Exeter, EX4 8PX at 8pm on Friday 2nd October £10 www.wegottickets.com.event/...
THE Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust is hoping to follow up its win at the national HSJ Value in Healthcare Awards in 2014 with more success in the 2015 event.
A year after the Trust’s stroke therapy team tasted victory, the organisation has been shortlisted five times ahead of the 2015 awards ceremony this month.
The awards, led by flagship publication the Health Service Journal, recognise and reward outstanding efficiency and improvement by the NHS.
With NHS organisations required to make significant year-on-year savings and Devon highlighted as one of 11 “...
This week has seen the launch of a new community currency in Devon. From 1st September the Exeter Pound has been tradable in about one hundred independent businesses in and around the city. Exeter is thus joining Bristol, Totnes and a few other places in England to introduce a local money system that has no value outside its own community, but which will be worth much within it. As from now, Exonians are able to spend their own notes (one, five, ten and twenty Exeter Pound denominations, plus a 15 EP special for the Rugby World Cup!) in registered shops, cafes, pubs, leisure venues,...
