A delay of up to four months for agri-environment scheme payments to farmers in England will put added pressure on farm businesses at a time when thousands are facing low farmgate prices.
Natural England has told the NFU that payments will start being made to farmers in October but the majority of transactions will take place in November and December. This autumn farmers in England are owed £200 million for environmental measures they have carried out.
NFU Vice President Guy Smith said: “I am extremely frustrated to learn that the first payments under the agri-environment...
Goals from Ryan Harley and Troy Brown earned Exeter City all three points at Victoria Road.
Paul Tisdale gave midfielder Manny Oyeleke his first league start for the Grecians at the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham Stadium, while David Noble returned to the side after missing out against Swindon and Northampton. Lee Holmes started at Victoria Road after an impressive showing in the second half at Sixfields.
An offside flag denied the Daggers an eighth-minute opener, as Nyron Nosworthy headed in Dagenham captain...
The Ocean Film Festival World Tour returns to the UK this autumn after a highly successful first Tour in 2014.
Audiences will have the chance to immerse themselves in the wonders of the ocean without getting their feet wet at Exeter Corn Exchange on Friday 11 September.
Designed to mesmerise and enthral, the Ocean Film Festival World Tour showcases more than two hours of sublime footage taken above and below the water’s surface. The films document the beauty and power of the ocean, and celebrate the divers, surfers, swimmers and oceanographers who live for the sea’s salt...
START YOUR CHRISTMAS with a sing along of all the Spinners Christmas favourites with the great Mick Groves formerly of the Spinners 60’s-80’s international folk group. Mick will sing Christmas favourites along with many of the Spinners hits including The Manchester Rambler, Dirty Old Town and many more at Countess Wear Village Hall on Saturday 12th December at 7.30pm. Licensed bar. Tickets are £10.00 including a finger buffet. Get your ticket early as the event is always a sell out.
Poppy’s Flowers, Topsham Road, Exeter or by post to Events, c/o 62 Exe Vale Road, Exeter EX2 6LF...
Hear an amazing story about Newton St Cyres man Martin Phillips who was inspired to embark on incredible journey after receiving a rivet as a birthday gift.To rebuilt a Spitfire RR232 and bring it back to flying status.
Martin says: “I’d always been interested in aircraft in general, but the Spitfire is the iconic machine. I got parts from all over the world, put her together with the help of a couple of my workers and specialist firms, and I was able to see her fly in December 2012. She was the last aircraft to fly out of Filton, but I haven’t been up in her myself as she’s a...
Well known around Teignmouth the Estuary Bouys are appearing in Exeter for the first time. The threesome - Martyn ,percussion and vocals, Phil, acoustic guitar, mandolin and vocals, and Chris, acoustic guitar and vocals, play a lively mix of rock and pop with a bit of folk. Come and hear many of your favourite songs and join in as well. There will be a limited licensed bar and nibbles. Saturday 17th October at 7.30pm. Tickets £6 in advance.
Tickets Poppy’s Flowers, Topsham Road, Exeter or by post to Events, c/o 62 Exe Vale Road, Exeter EX2 6LF enclosing an SAE. Tel: 01392 682550...
The award-winning FORCE Cancer Charity shop in Heavitree will close on Friday (August 21) for essential refurbishments.
Building work will begin on September 1 and the first phase is due to be completed in time for a partial re-opening in the first week of October.
Phase 2 should be done by the end of October so that the shop can fully re-open in early November.
Shop manager Anna Heard said: “It’s our last trading day this Friday. We have lots of clearance bargains going on including 10 CDs for a £1, all children's books 10p, adults’ books 40p and all clothes...
An illustrated talk by Dan Okey, Regional Development Manager in the Southwest for First Great Western.
The next four years promise to be very important for railway services in Devon with major improvements to both London services and local train services being implemented. First Great Western commences a new three and a half year franchise just days before this talk with new trains and more services between Exeter and London and better trains on more frequent services on the local services around Exeter to Barnstaple, Paignton and Exmouth under development together with 3 new...
Devon and Somerset Trading Standards is reminding the public to stay alert to rogue traders after residents are conned out of thousands of pounds.
The shoddy work cost victims thousands more to make good the poor standard of work.
The Trading Standards service has received a number of complaints about unsolicited visits from doorstep traders, including one that claimed to be from Somerset Highways, offering gardening, building and driveway works.
The complaints refer to poor quality work, excessive costs, and even sometimes to elderly people being driven to the bank...
Whether it is the big monthly shop, or the smaller weekly one, one thing both supermarkets and consumers alike strive for is a slicker, more efficient shopping experience.
Online shopping means goods can be delivered direct to your door, whilst self-scan-and-pack checkouts, and the more recently introduced hand-held scan-and-pack systems all make shopping easier for consumers, for many, it is the end of the shop that causes the most stress – the dreaded bag pack.
In 2010, Paul Doyle, a father regularly in charge of the weekly shop, created a nifty invention to help with the...
