The Trill Trust, the educational charity based at Trill Farm, in Axminster has just added five new one-day cookery and butchery courses to its programme this year, each one with distinct focus on preparing seasonally available produce from the farm: Trill Summer Tapas, Summer BBQ Cooking Class, Fermenting and Preserving, Lamb Butchery, and Trill’s Garden Christmas.

Each course will be led by Trill Farm’s chef-in-residence, Chris Onions, who works his daily magic in The Old Dairy Kitchen, using the farm as a class room and larder to demonstrate the abundance of good food available...

With an election just around the corner, prospective parliamentary candidates for Exeter have been invited discuss their views and policies around culture and creativity.

This is an opportunity for city residents to ask the politicians how they see Exeter's cultural community developing over the coming years and the values they place on creativity in all areas of life.

The speakers are: Ben Bradshaw (Labour), Dom Morris (Conservative), Diana Moore (Green Party), Keith Crawford (UKIP), Joel Mason (Liberal Democrat) and Edmund Potts (Left Unity Trade Unionists &...

With just two rounds of the scheduled Aviva Premiership season to go, Byron McGuigan says the belief is there within the Exeter Chiefs ranks to go and book themselves a first-ever play-off place. Although defeated 36-29 at rivals Wasps last Sunday, Rob Baxter's side remain just one place and one point away from the crucial top four placings. Next up for the Devon club is a trip to fellow play-off challengers Saracens on Sunday, May 10, before they wrap their campaign up with a home engagement with Sale Sharks on Saturday, May 16. As McGuigan acknowledged post-match at the Ricoh Arena, the...

Scouts from Devon were honoured by international adventurer Chief Scout, Bear Grylls at Windsor Castle for gaining their Queen’s Scouts Awards on Sunday 26th April 2015.

Bear was joined by Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester GCVO, who is cousin of HM The Queen.

The Queen’s Scout Award is the highest honour in Scouting and is awarded for outstanding personal achievement.

This honour is achieved by young people aged between 16 and 25 who have completed a range of challenges, which includes service to their community, completing an expedition in wild country, undertaking a...

Police are appealing for information following a robbery in Crediton.

At around 10.30pm on Tuesday 28th April a robbery occurred at the Crediton golf club, located at Hookway near Crediton.

The offender entered the premises and threatened the barman, forcing him to open the safe.

He left with a number of safe bags, blue or re in colour containing cash.

The barman was not injured but naturally very shaken following the incident.

The offender is described as being, a white man aged in his 30’s or early 40’s, approximately 6’4” in height, stocky build,...

Enquiries are continuing after a suspicious device was found at a property in Exeter.

Police were called at 4.45pm on Tuesday 28 April after reports of a suspicious device in the rear garden of a property in Bramley Avenue, Whipton.

A 50m cordon was put in place with properties evacuated in Bramley Avenue and Laxton Avenue.

The Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit attended to make the device safe.

The cordon was reduced to the rear gardens of Bramley Avenue shortly after 10.30pm and residents were allowed to return to their properties.

Ottery St Mary Town Council and East Devon District Council have worked together to get the brand new sports activity wall that Ottery St Mary residents wanted. The idea was first put forward by 12-year-old Jack Hatswell.

The £15,000 sports wall is due to be put into Winters Lane recreation field by the end of June. It will be free to use and have markings and a goal for sports such as five a side football, basketball / netball and cricket.

The funding for this project (Section 106 money) is available as a result of a number of housing developments in the Ottery St Mary...

A housing officer at East Devon District Council has successfully completed the London Marathon, raising over £4,000 for Mencap to honour her disabled younger sister.

Amy Gilbert, Support Services Manager, had never before run a full marathon. She entered the race to honour her younger sister Alice, who has severe mental and physical disabilities.

Hoping to collect at least £3,000 in sponsorship before she joined the other 40,000 runners on Sunday, Amy managed to secure over £4,000 in pledges before the race.

She described the race as a surreal experience, adding: “...

Eight business people from around Exeter took part in the Kirk Hills Omelette Challenge, the second year that it’s run at the Exeter Festival of South West Food and Drink.

The Challenge was judged by Michael Caines MBE who showed the contestants how it should be done with a time of 28 seconds. Paul Nero from Radio Exe was compere for the event.

Keith Biggs from OTB Eveling was defending champion and looked like he would win again this year with the best time in the initial round. However there was an ‘egg off’ between Keith and the second fastest Chris Bentley from Exeter...