Chilcotts Auctioneers’ January 10 sale includes an important collection of hunting and fishing books and memorabilia from the library of Dr Roy Neville Craig that encapsulates this eminent psychiatrist’s love of country pursuits.
Dr Craig lived for many years in The Lodge in Alphington, Exeter, before moving in retirement to Beaufort in County Kerry. A psychiatrist with consulting rooms in Dix’s Field, Dr Craig was progressive in his outlook and highly regarded within his profession.
The Craig family were upstanding members of the community and patriots, and gave over their...
Provisional full year figures for 2014 show it is the UK's warmest and fourth wettest year in records dating back to 1910.
It is also the warmest year on record in the Central England Temperature series, which dates back to 1659 and is the world's longest running instrumental temperature series.
The UK's mean temperature for the year is 9.9 °C, which is 1.1 °C above the long-term (1981-2010) average and beats the previous record of 9.7 °C set in 2006.
This year's record means that eight of the UK's top ten warmest years have happened since 2002.
Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership and First Great Western are working together to improve Exeter St Thomas station and are looking for local residents to join in this improvement drive.
The Friends of Exeter St Thomas Station will help plan murals for the station platform walls and some greenery on the platforms and get involved in planting and watering.
The first meeting of the new Friends group will be on Tuesday 13 January at the Riverside Christian Centre, 13-14 Okehampton Street, Exeter, EX4 1DU. Coffee and cakes will be available from 4pm, and the meeting will start...
The Venus Awards National Final takes place on the 23 January.
The Devon Regional winners will compete against more than a hundred other Venus Award Winners from around the country. This sold out event is being held at the Audleys Wood HandPicked Hotel in Basingstoke.
Established in 2009 as the Langtry Manor Business women awards to reward local hard working women, they quickly expanded and rebranded as the Venus Awards and have recognised tens of thousands of inspirational women across the country.
Spearheaded locally by Celia Delaney of Speaking Success, the...
A temporary one-way system has started today (5 January) on the access road to Exeter International Airport, to enable the next phase of improvements work to be carried out safely.
Work on the £1.4 million widening scheme on the B3184 is progressing well and the next stage requires a one way system, inbound towards the airport and Business Park, which will be in place until Friday 20 February.
For traffic looking to leave the area, a diversion route is signed via the B3184 to the A3052, before turning left for the A30 Eastbound (Honiton, Axminster and Dorchester) or right...
A planning application could be submitted in the summer for a section of the Teign Estuary Trail from Kingsteignton to Bishopsteignton.
Early discussions have been held between Devon County Council and landowners along the 2.5 mile section of the route and, subject to satisfactory negotiations, the County Council is planning to put forward proposals next year.
Work is underway on preliminary designs and site visits will be arranged in the coming months.
Councillor Stuart Hughes, Devon County Council Cabinet Member with responsibility for cycling, said: “We have set...
Haydn Thomas insists there will be no panic within the ranks despite Exeter Chiefs slipping to a third successive Aviva Premiership defeat on Saturday.
In what was Thomas' 200th appearance for the Devon outfit, it was former club Gloucester who took the spoils 26-25 in a highly entertaining encounter at a packed Sandy Park.
After back-to-back losses away to Sale Sharks and Bath Rugby, Rob Baxter's side were hoping a return to familiar home surroundings would provide the ideal catalyst for them to rediscover their winning formula.
A fascinating and unusual new artwork has been added to the University of Exeter’s Streatham Campus, in the form of a sculpture wound around the branch of a tree and suspended in mid-air. The sculpture, entitled White Entwined, was created by Devon artist Deborah Duffin. Organic in shape, it hangs from the tree like huge exotic flower, fading from pink to white and is made from a multitude of wire collected over many years. Duffin often uses recycled materials in her work and observes the natural world to inform her creative process. The explanation for her interest in creating a sculpture...
South West Water is urging customers not to steal water from its public supply network or they could run the risk of prosecution. A standpipe hire service is available instead.
The advice follows the prosecution of several businesses earlier this year:
Keily Bros Ltd, a road surfacing company from Birmingham, contravened the Water Industry Act 1991 section 174 after using an unauthorised standpipe to access the water supply via a hydrant at Red Ball, near Wellington, on 21 May 2014 without permission of South West Water.
Thousands of rent or mortgage payers across the South West might be facing a not-so-happy new year, as new research reveals one in nine are worried they will be unable to make payments this January.
Research from Shelter and YouGov paints a bleak picture for many this winter, with 65% of rent or mortgage payers in the South West revealing they are already struggling to keep up with their housing costs.
Shelter is warning that ignoring money worries rather than seeking advice could lead to people’s home being put at risk. Worryingly, over a quarter (27%) of people in the...
