Habitat management and better summers in recent years have produced large numbers of beautiful and threatened orchids and damselflies on Dartmoor.
Dartmoor National Park (DNP) has been in a management agreement with the landowner of a cluster of haymeadows on the edge of Widecombe-in-the-Moor for over 20 years now. The fields were in urgent need of management, as no hay cut or grazing was taking place, and the flowers were beginning to disappear under thick grass, bracken, and thorn bushes.
Now, sympathetic meadow management has been in place for a number of years, and the...
Homeowners and private-rented householders in selected areas of Devon are being offered grants of up to £7,000 to help insulate their homes.
Teignbridge, North Devon and Torridge district councils are working with Cosy Devon and E.ON to provide new 'Pioneer Places' grants towards the cost of solid wall insulation. The funding has been awarded by the Department of Energy and Climate Change, with North Devon Council leading the project.
This month, letters will be sent to 13,000 prospective householders in selected areas of each district: Newton Abbot and Kingsteignton in...
Reggae legends UB40 head for Exeter Due to popular demand, reggae legends UB40 have confirmed seventeen UK live dates for October 2015.
The autumn leg of UB40’s ‘Getting Over The Storm’ tour begins on Friday, 2nd October at De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill and ends at Cardiff’s new state-of the-art Tramshed venue on Saturday, 24th October – by which time the band will have completed ninety UK shows and performed to over 170,000 people since the tour began in March 2014, making it the biggest UK tour of UB40’s career.
UB40 are Robin Campbell (co-lead vocals and guitar), Duncan...
Devon Adoption Information Morning September 10am – 12noon
Our Buckfast office is open on one Saturday of every month where you can talk with our specialist adoption social workers and experienced adoptive parents about all aspects of adoption. The next open morning is September 5th from 10am to 12 noon.
10am – 11am Presentation with the chance to hear from one of our adopters
11am – 12 noon Staff and adopters available for individual questions and discussion
An Elizabethan Assassin: Theodore Paleologus: Seducer, Spy and Killer by John Hall
The first biography of a mercurial character from the Elizabethan underworld
Seducer, spy and ruthless assassin, Theodore Paleologus, claimed to be heir to the ancient family of emperors of Byzantium and became intimately involved with the great courtiers and notorious villains of the Elizabethan world.
In this first biography of Theodore Paleologus, new documentary evidence exposes him as a hardened mercenary and killer in the pay of the wicked Earl of Lincoln but also supports his...
Concerts in the West Press Release August 2015 Sophie Rosa (violin) and Simon Lane (piano) concert series 12-14 November At just seven years of age, violinist Sophie Rosa was chosen to perform a solo concerto in front of HRH Princess Margaret - early proof of the prodigious talent of this exciting young musician who has performed regularly throughout the UK and internationally since she was a child. Since then Sophie Rosa has gone on to achieve numerous awards and was a finalist in the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition in 2006. In November, Sophie Rosa, partnered by the...
World Unlimited are very pleased to announce details for a Devon show for Tallulah Rendall plus support Jimmy Ireland at Kingskerswell Parish Church on September 6th Doors 7pm Tallulah was born in a household of eccentricities. Her Aussie father bought a Lion called Christian from Harrods, whilst her mother ran The Black Sheep – the nightclub that Jimi Hendrix played at for two weeks whilst Hey Joe was number one in the UK charts. The basement of their home was filled with vinyl brought back from previously run nightclubs and it was here that Tallulah was surrounded by music and the notion...
The Families for Children next open morning is October 3rd from 10am to 12 noon.
10am – 11am Presentation with the chance to hear from one of our adopters 11am – 12 noon Staff and adopters available for individual questions and discussion
Tea/coffee and biscuits will be available.
You can book a slot by calling 01364 645480 or email enquiries@familiesforchildren.org.uk , or turn up on the day.
Families for Children is located in the grounds of Buckfast Abbey, just of the A38, midway between Exeter and Plymouth. (Postcode TQ11 0EE) Park in the main car park,...
Several staff and friends of Exeter PR, marketing and design agency Astley Media had an early start to their Bank Holiday Sunday after offering to volunteer at the weekly Matford Car Boot Sale.
The 11-strong team helped out with everything from collecting money on the gate and litter picking afterwards.
In return they received a substantial donation which will go towards the Exeter Chiefs charity, the Exeter Foundation.
The Exeter Foundation is a charity which exists only to support other local charities and among the many it currently supports are Exeter Leukaemia...
Exeter City have confirmed that striker Clinton Morrison's contract has been extended beyond its initial one-month period.
After news of his return to the Grecians' squad was exclusively revealed in this season's first issue of match-day programme The Grecian, an agreement has been reached that will see Morrison remain at St James Park.
Read more at http://www.exetercityfc.co.uk/news/article/grecians-extend-clinton-contr...
