Gary Flint was hoping to raise £1,500 running the London Marathon for local charity Rainbow Living but after completing the grueling 26 miles in a very respectable 4 hours 18 minutes he has smashed this target having raised an incredible £2,300 – and that figure is still climbing!
Supporters have been incredibly generous and Gary is now aiming for a total of £2,500. If you would like to help him achieve this amazing figure you can sponsor him via his Virgin Money Giving page http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/GaryFlint . Every pound will be put to very good use.
Brett Sturgess has spoken of his delight after agreeing terms on a new deal that will take him into a ninth season with the Exeter Chiefs.
Having joined back in 2007 from Irish province Connacht, the 31-year-old forward is the latest member of Rob Baxter’s current squad to extend his stay at Sandy Park.
A key figure in the club’s rise out of the Championship and into the Aviva Premiership, Sturgess – who has agreed a new one-year deal – has to date played 166 games for the Devon club, scoring ten tries in the process.
Commenting on his new deal, Sturgess said: “I’m...
A bird expert has travelled from South Devon to South Africa to help save an endangered African seabird. And within days of arriving, Living Coasts Senior Head Keeper Lois Rowell has found herself hand-rearing precious chicks.
Lois, an experienced bird keeper practiced in the delicate art of hand-rearing, is spending six weeks working with bank cormorants. She is helping SANCCOB, a leading marine conservation charity specialising in threatened seabirds such as the bank cormorant and African penguin. They are Living Coasts’ long-term partner in the country.
The first stage of some exciting archaeological exploration has just been completed on Dartmoor. This has involved a geophysical survey on a recently discovered large stone circle located close to Sittaford Tor.
The circle is situated 525m above sea level, making it the highest stone circle in southern England, with panoramic views in all directions. With a diameter of 34m, it is the second largest circle on Dartmoor. The first stones were identified by Alan Endacott a few years ago.
The circle consists of 30 recumbent stones, plus one more lying in a gap just outside the...
Devon County Council is launching a consultation on Friday (1 May) on its draft guidance for the implementation of the county’s new Waste Plan.
The draft guidance contained in the Supplementary Planning Document has been prepared following a consultation earlier this year on its structure and contents. The feedback from this initial consultation has been used to help shape the draft document, and the County Council is inviting comments by Friday 12 June 2015. Devon’s Waste Plan, which was adopted in December, now forms part of the Development Plan for Devon and is to be considered...
Police have issued a CCTV image of a woman they wish to speak to in connection with a theft.
Almost £4,000 was taken when a 91 year-old woman had her cash card stolen.
The card was used to withdraw money between 27 January 2015 and 26 February 2015 from the Barclays cash point in Newton Abbot.
The suspect is described as a white woman, aged 40-50, approximately 5’ 6” in height and having auburn coloured, bobbed hair. On occasions she wore a red, half -length padded jacket with a black fur collar, and black boots. She can be seen carrying an over the shoulder satchel...
Businesses across Devon will gather at a sponsorship lunch to hear about the Venus Awards, which were specifically created to recognise and reward local women in business.
The lunch, which will take place at the Bishop Fleming offices in Exeter, has been designed to celebrate the achievements of hard working women and to inform businesses on how they can get involved.
Celia Delaney, who has organised the awards in Devon for the past two years, said: “This is a fantastic opportunity for businesses to reach out to women and inspire their own workforce at the same time. Our...
Just under half of all Brits admit they have secretly checked their partner’s Facebook account and one in five went on to row about what they discovered, new research has revealed.
One in seven said they had contemplated divorce because of their other halves activities on Facebook, Skype, Snapchat, Twitter or What’sApp.
Nearly a quarter or the 2,000 married Brits asked, said they had at least one argument a week with their partner because of social media use and 17 per cent said they rowed every day because of it.
The most common reasons for checking their partner’s...
If you come down to Powderham Castle on Monday 4 May you'll be in for a great surprise!
Be sure to bring your teddy along to join in all the fun....
Children will really enjoy meeting our very famous bear and taking part in some teddy bear picnic games with their teddies too. Sessions will take place in the Pleasure Garden at 12.30 and 2.30.
See how many bears you can spot hiding around the Castle rooms on a guided tour and follow the teddy bear trail around the grounds to win a tasty treat.
Magpies Gifts, one of the largest stockists of teddy bears in the...
The biggest community event in Honiton with music, activities, food and of course drink spread over two days of fun in the lovely countryside of East Devon.
Fundraising for Devon Freewheelers who provide life changing, and saving support to the NHS.
