Festive Winter Bride Wedding Fair

Festive Winter Bride Wedding Fair 18th century Georgian country house, The Deer Park Country House Hotel, is the perfect setting for Blue Fizz Event's Festive Winter Bride wedding fair on Sunday 1 February.

This fair will be beautifully styled and very ambient with candles and fire pits helping to create the dream of a festive winter wedding.

Between 1.30pm and 4pm some of the finest handpicked suppliers in the South West will be showcased. You'll also find:

Hot cocoa bar, marshmallows and blazing fires A glass of cranberry spice cider or prosecco wine on arrival...

Festive Winter Bride Wedding Fair

Event Date: 
01/02/2015 - 1:30pm
Venue: 
Deer Park Country House Hotel, near Honiton, Devon

18th century Georgian country house, The Deer Park Country House Hotel, is the perfect setting for Blue Fizz Event's Festive Winter Bride wedding fair on Sunday 1 February.

This fair will be beautifully styled and very ambient with candles and fire pits helping to create the dream of a festive winter wedding.

Between 1.30pm and 4pm some of the finest handpicked suppliers in the South West will be showcased. You'll also find:

  • Hot cocoa bar, marshmallows and blazing fires
  • A glass of cranberry spice cider or prosecco wine on arrival
  • Deer
  • ...

Toddler time at Knightshayes

Staff and volunteers are preparing for toddlers to take over the Knightshayes for its first ever Toddler Time on Thursday 12 February.

Between 11am and 3pm the National Trust property on the outskirts of Tiverton, is opening its doors to tiny explorers and their families. Each Toddler Time has a seasonal theme, with sensory activities for little ones to enjoy.

This February, the under-fives can discover the wonder of the weather, with messy play activities exploring ice, snow and muddy puddles. Children can take part in crafts, explore the gardens, listen to stories and...

An Evening of Myths and Legends

Event Date: 
21/02/2015 - 5:30pm
Venue: 
Higher Uppacott, Dartmoor

An evening of myths and legends at Higher Uppacott, Dartmoor National Park’s grade one listed medieval longhouse.

Higher Uppacott forms the backdrop for this exciting and fun evening of storytelling and songs featuring just some of the spine tingling myths and legends of Dartmoor.

A wonderful atmosphere awaits you and your family, with the house lit by oil lamps and candles. The evening begins with a quick tour of the house before settling down to see if the hairy hands will put in an appearance!

Booking is essential as places are limited and family half term events...

Pledge your support for community musical

A new community musical, which Transition Towns’ founder Rob Hopkins has referred to as the 'West Side Story of rooftop gardeners’, is set to become a huge hit with schools, amateur dramatic societies and Transition groups.

Transition Town: The Musical – the brainchild of Matt Harvey, writer and host of Radio 4’s Wondermentalist; award-winning composer Tomas Hewitt Jones; and arts and energy programme manager Chloe Uden – sets out to explore questions and issues presented by oil dependency, sustainable energy and climate change in a friendly, uplifting and inspiring way. Transition...

Man dies following collision in Exeter

A man has died following a collision on the outskirts of Exeter.

Officers, along with paramedics, were called to Exhibition Way, Pinhoe at 2.30pm today, 27th January after reports that a pedestrian was seriously injured.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene.

Enquiries are ongoing to establish the circumstances of the death but police are investigating if he was in collision with a lorry.

The man has not been formally identified and his family are currently being traced.

The road is closed at Exhibition Way and Cumberland Way.

Traffic in...

Woman dies in M5 collision

Police are appealing for witnesses to a collision on the M5 northbound near Cullompton in which a woman died.

Police and other emergency services were called to the scene of the fatal collision involving a car and a lorry just after 12.10pm on Tuesday 27 January.

The collision involving a heavy goods vehicle and a silver Vauxhall Omega happened about one mile before junction 28, Cullompton.

The car driver, a 57-year-old woman from Tiverton, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The male car passenger was not injured.

The lorry driver, a 64-year-old man...

Pedestrian seriously injured in Exeter collision

Police have been called to a serious collision on the outskirts of Exeter.

Officers, along with paramedics, were called to Exhibition Way, Pinhoe at 2.30pm today (Tuesday 27 January) after reports that a pedestrian was seriously injured.

Enquiries are ongoing to establish how the man came to be injured but he is thought to have been in collision with a lorry.

The road is closed at Exhibition Way and Cumberland Way.

Traffic in the area is already congested due to the earlier collision on the M5. Motorists are strongly advised to avoid the area.

Hospiscare chief awarded honorary degree

Authored by Hospiscare
Posted: Tue, 01/27/2015 - 3:16pm

Glynis Atherton, Hospiscare chief executive, has been awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws by the University of Exeter.

She was presented with the award by university Chancellor, Baroness Floella Benjamin at the Winter 2015 graduation ceremony.

Hospiscare which is based in Exeter enjoys long standing and excellent support from the university campus services staff and students.

Glynis said: “I’m delighted and it’s a privilege to be receiving this award on behalf of Hospiscare. It recognises the difference the charity has made in 33 years, the commitment and...

Serious collision closes section of M5 near Exeter

Police and other emergency services are at the scene of a serious collision on the M5 northbound near Cullompton.

Officers were called just after 12.10pm on Tuesday 27 January after reports of a collision between a car and a lorry, about one mile before junction 28, Cullompton.

The female car driver has been seriously injured.

The extent of injuries of the other occupants in the vehicle and the lorry driver are not yet known.

The northbound carriageway has been closed between Exeter, junction 29, and Cullompton.

The M5 is expected to be closed for...

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