Last week a local award winning at-home care provider celebrated several staff member service milestones. Bluebird Care Exeter and East Devon understand how important staff longevity and commitment is to the happiness and welfare of their customers, so take time each quarter to recognise, celebrate and simply thank the staff who have reached service achievements.

William Flint, Director said “Our Care Workers are the lifeblood of this business, their dedication and commitment to doing the best job possible is staggering, so to take time out to thank them is so important” Husband...

Government proposals for a 1% reduction in council house rents each year for the next four years means East Devon District Council faces a £7 million cut in its income by 2019/20.

The council is now asking to meet with its MPs Hugo Swire and Neil Parish to discuss the compulsory 1% rent cut which was announced in the Budget in June.

East Devon is landlord of 4,245 council homes, and its social rents, at less than £82 a week, are already well below equivalent affordable rents charged by most Registered Housing Providers.

Cllr Jill Elson, East Devon District Council’s...

Paul Lewis born on 20th May 1972 is an English classical painist and will play Beethoven’s last three sonatas at St Peter’s Church, Budleigh Salterton on Saturday, 3rd October from 7.30pm. These are widely considered to be three of the most sublime, brilliant and audacious of his works for piano.

Paul’s father worked at the Liverpool docks and his mother was a local council worker; there were no musicians in the family background.

He is married to Bjorg Vaernes, the Norwegian cellist of the Vertavo Quartet. (“I played the cello as a young boy, really badly, and that was my...

Witches, a ghost and a baddie, from Terry Pratchett’s comedy play seized power for a day at the historic Exeter Guildhall.

They stormed the building, daring to sit in the Guildhall’s seats of high office, proclaiming all must see their production of Wyrd Sisters at Broadclyst Victory Hall.

Onlookers said they hadn’t seen anything like it since the Poll Tax Pasty Riot of 1990, when protestors threw pasties from the Guildhall’s public gallery, during a council meeting discussing the controversial tax.

The play’s baddie Duke Felmet, sat in the Lord Mayor’s seat of...

Join the East Devon District Council Countryside rangers during the summer holidays to explore some local habitats and discover more fascinating facts about the world of rockpools and bugs.

Did you know for example that male and female crabs can be identified from the shape of their tail or that crickets have ‘ears’ on their legs?

East Devon's rangers will be leading the rockpool rambles so just turn up at the events and bring a net and bucket if you have them. Events are free but donations are welcome, and will help the team continue the events programme in the future....

Lee Cooke, Gym Manager at Exeter Golf and Country Club has completed five triathlons in five days for charity, Combat Stress.

Raising over £440, Lee’s five-day challenge pushed his fitness to the extreme and raised awareness of Combat Stress with the club’s 4,500 members.

Taking part in the club’s gym and outdoor pool, Lee’s triathlon challenge covered over 157 miles swimming, cycling and running. Each triathlon consisted of a 750 metre swim, 40 km bike ride and 10 km run, combining the official distances of the British Triathlon Federation’s ‘Sprint’ swim and the ‘Standard...

Two of East Devon’s best loved parks will be the venue for several outstanding shows this summer.

Well regarded touring theatre companies will be performing at Connaught Gardens in Sidmouth and Manor Gardens in Exmouth. Choose from Much Ado about Nothing, Hamlet or Pride and Prejudice.

This is a joint project between East Devon District Council’s StreetScene and Countryside departments bringing new events to our outstanding parks and gardens.

EDDC’s Culture Champion, Cllr John O’Leary said: “It is great that these Green Flag gardens have the facilities to offer...

Starcross railway station has been brightened with pretty summer flowers thanks to a partnership between Easter Hill Nursery and its owner James Murphy, First Great Western and the Devon & Cornwall Rail Partnership.

Mr Murphy said: ”Looking out onto the Exe Estuary from Starcross station is one of the best views in South Devon. I am delighted to be working with First Great Western and the Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership to welcome passengers at Starcross with these bright new planters full of flowers.”

Three new planters were established as part of Citizens’ Rail,...

An archaeological dig in a rural Devon village is yielding more ancient secrets.

Last year experts working on a major field study at Ipplepen, Devon, excavated a Roman road, complete with ancient wheel ruts and potholes.

Now they have uncovered new insights into how the community lived, through the discovery of new archaeological features and pottery, such as a continental food storage jug that would have travelled across Europe before it was used at the site.

The team uncovered a large fragment of storage jar, known as an amphora, buried under the surface of the...