The team at Killerton are seeking views from the local area about the historic estate to help to capture its new ‘Spirit of Place’ statement.
A special open evening on Friday 19 June in Broadclyst is inviting Exeter and East Devon residents to share their thoughts, views and memories about the National Trust estate.
The team would like to know what makes Killerton different, how it makes people feel and any memories of the estate.
Shaped by views of those that know it well, the statement will sum up the unique, distinctive and cherished characteristics of the...
Rick and Jeanette Wills narrowly escaped being poisoned by the fumes from the gas fridge in their caravan. Rick Wills explains: “It was a chilly night so my wife and I shut all the windows before going to bed.
"We were awoken by the Carbon Monoxide (CO) detector at 2am. I couldn’t smell anything, so I took the alarm off the wall and put it under a pillow to stop the noise. As an afterthought I opened all the windows, including the skylight. When we woke in the morning we both felt awful.”
Carbon Monoxide is a highly poisonous gas that has no colour, taste or smell and can...
A hairdressing apprentice who started as a ‘Saturday girl’ has been promoted to manager of a new salon due to open in Plymouth.
Skills Group apprentice Holly Harrison, aged 20, will head up the new branch of Loose Ends Hair and Beauty in Foxwood Gardens, Plymstock, from July 5.
Holly has worked at the Dean Hill branch of Loose Ends Hair and Beauty for four years. She started on Saturdays before joining full-time after leaving school aged 16.
With the support of training provider Skills Group, Holly has successfully completed NVQ Level 2 and 3 in hairdressing and...
Devon and Cornwall Police have responded to a report from the NSPCC released today, Wednesday, June 17, 2015, regarding reports of sexual abuse involving children.
The NSPCC suggests reports of sexual abuse involving children have risen from 747 in 2012/13 to 1,125 in 2013/14. The figures have come as a result of Freedom of Information Act requests to police forces nationwide.
Head of the Devon and Cornwall Police’s Public Protection Unit Detective Superintendent Paul Northcott said: “It is important to highlight the figures quoted by the NSPCC today specify the age of the...
Unite Community members from across Devon will be starting a summer long campaign today (Thursday 18 June), to highlight cuts to community hospital beds with a protest outside County Hall in Exeter. Plans have been put forward to replace community hospital beds in Devon with a system of home care called “care closer to home”. Concerns are mounting that the loss of the beds will leave elderly and vulnerable patients recovering from operations and other treatments isolated, as well as putting pressure on over stretched critical wards at district hospitals. Unite Community member James...
Comedy at the Park returns to Sandy Park on Friday, August 21st.
Compere for the evening will be Joe Bor, who is billed as a 'hugely likeable observational character comedian'. Opening the evening will be John Newton, who is described as 'fast of mind and sharp of tongue'. Next up will be Shelby Bond, a 'relentlessly charming' comedian who in the last fifteen years has performed live for over 600,000 people.
The headliner of the evening will be Junior Simpson, who has infectious energy and huge stage presence - a circuit favourite. A true observational comic Simpson finds...
There is still chance to tee off for charity at this year’s ‘Charlie’s Trophy’ on Friday 3 July. Set to return for its third successful year, the charity golf day is a fantastic fun-filled event for budding pro and novice golfers alike to dust off their golf clubs and take to picturesque greens of Dainton Park Golf Club.
Organised by Firewatch CEO Martin Smith, the event is named after Martin’s 4-year old grandson Charlie Lawlor, who has a condition called Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome [RTS].
Charlie’s parents, Becky and Gary both work for Firewatch and are very keen to raise...
Plans are underway for a new site for a proposed Park and Ride on the edge of Exeter.
Devon County Council is set to begin pre-application discussions on a new location for the Park and Ride at the A30 Alphington Interchange junction.
Previous proposals had looked to develop the Oaklands Stable site, accessed off Alphington Road. However, following recent evaluations a new site at “Round Field” is proposed, which is on the other side of the A30 junction between the westbound slip road and the road that leads out towards Ide.
Spacex thanks go out to those who have continued to share, tweet and get others involved in their Kickstarter campaign.
Spacex have just added four new artworks and a publication to the rewards list, see the campaign page for details: http://kck.st/1SgFXIR
If they hit their target, the money raised will cover the cost of two artists residencies and a series of associated events in 2015–2016, bringing artists, writers and many others to Exeter.
However, the success of this campaign is about more than this one individual project - it will also send an important and...
