Local RSPCA Little Valley Animal Shelter based just outside Exeter are desperately seeking a new home for a very special pair of dogs currently in their care.
Meet Molly and Ginger, a beautiful pair of 4 and 5 year old Rhodesian Ridgeback crossbreeds. Molly is Ginger’s mum and they have an incredibly close bond – they sleep together, play together and have very much relied on each other to help them through their difficult time in kennels.
These lovely, bubbly ladies are firm favourites at the Shelter due to their kind and affectionate nature. They give such an excitable...
A new study led by the Universities of Exeter and York has shown that female killer whales survive after menopause because they help their family members find food during hard times. This research provides insights into why women continue to live long after they can no longer have children. Menopause is one of nature’s greatest mysteries. Most animals die around the same time they stop reproducing. Killer whales are one of just three species – alongside humans and another type of whale – where females continue to live for many years after giving birth to their last baby. Female killer...
Help Dartmoor National Park Rangers and Archaeologists carry out vital archaeological conservation work on Thursday 12 March at Holne Moor.
A number of important prehistoric burial cairns have become covered by gorse and bracken which threatens their long term condition. These impressive monuments, thought to be around 3,500 to 4,000 years old form an important part of the internationally regarded archaeological landscape of Holne Moor. We need your help to clear these sites of invasive vegetation and ensure that they are preserved for future generations.
Beaford Arts and China Plate present The Common. Spring 2014, five writers went to North Devon to explore what the rural environment means to its people. They got to know old farming families, incomers and returnees. They met rural life in mugs of tea at farmhouse kitchen tables, on windswept hills, under rusting barn roofs and from ‘backies’ on a farmer's quad bike.
These encounters and conversations fed the writing of The Common, a performance work of five dialogues about life and land. Two performers (Charlotte Melia and Martin Hyder) play ten characters examining their...
Been to Exeter, visited the Museum...... got the t-shirt?
Visitors to Exeter's Royal Albert Memorial Museum might soon be able to boast just that as the City Council, who run the award-winning attraction are looking at the possibility of installing a gift shop inside.
The Museum in Queen Street hasn't had a shop for years - RAMM had one before the refurbishment but since reopening, browsing and buying opportunities have been limited to items such as guide books, badges, pencils soft toys and postcards sold from wheeled stands in the garden entrance reception area.
The widening gap between house prices and wages means that first time buyers living in the South West of England are having to pay almost £63,000 more for a home, new research from Shelter reveals today.
The charity’s analysis shows that if the average income of a first time buyer and average house prices had remained in line in the region, those lucky enough to get a foot on the property ladder would be paying almost £63,000 – or 37% – less for their first home.
With average house prices in the South West now ten times the average wage, compared to just six times fifteen...
Flybe, Europe's largest regional airline, has today announced it is to open a new base at Cardiff Airport.
The airline will serve 11 destinations in the UK and Europe this summer and base two of its existing Embraer E195 aircraft at the Airport. One of these 118-seat aircraft will arrive at Cardiff in June and the second in September 2015.
This announcement will result in the creation of 50 jobs, including flight crew and ground handling staff.
Flybe will offer flights to Belfast, Cork, Dublin, Düsseldorf, Edinburgh, Faro, Glasgow, Jersey, Munich, Milan Malpensa,...
Following its hugely successful debut back in October 2014, The Rogues Gallery returns to The Barnfield Theatre, Exeter with its award winning comedy, burlesque, music and magic. Saturday 7th March 7.30pm. Box Office: 01392 271808 Tickets only £12.50 The Rogues Gallery brings a modern twist and a hint of darkness to the Victorian vaudeville variety genre with eleven acts, a fast moving show which is fun, quirky and sometimes rather naughty, in keeping with the traditional format while remaining current.
Starring: Cerys Nelmes: Award winning comedian & compere. Angelique...
Pints in hand - The Dawdling Dads might not look busy but really they’re hard at work in their Silverton local planning their fundraising for a charity walk.
The group of new dads are taking part in the 12k Hospiscare FUGBY12 men’s walk on Saturday March 21.
Group organiser Richard Osborne said: “It's not the most arduous of challenges it's true, but it's an important charity nevertheless, and local to us here.
"My partner’s uncle recently passed away, and at the end of his life he was in a lot of pain, but luckily there were people there to support him and be with...
