There’s lot’s going on at Castle Drogo this half-term – from following a nature trail to building a home for nature.
“Castle Drogo and the surrounding 700 acre estate is the perfect place to explore, get muddy, jump in a puddle and build a den,” says Visitor Services Assistant, April Braund.
Every day, from Saturday 14 to Sunday 22 February, 11am-4pm, families can follow a nature trail through the grounds to discover more about the wildlife that lives around the castle. The trail costs £1.50 and includes a prize at the end.
As we approach the general election, Dreadnought South West Association is going on the road with a new play - 'The Orchard'.
Part of the Rebellious Sounds project, which is looking at stories around women's activism across the South West, 'The Orchard' imagines a meeting between Millicent Fawcett and Emmeline Pankhurst, the moderate and the radical, and explores what happens when opposing political forces come together.
Dreadnought will host a series of unique ‘scratch’ performances of 'The Orchard' across the region. These scratch...
Love should be in the air in Exeter this weekend as we celebrate Valentine’s Day, yet new research finds old fashioned romance is under threat from 21st century living.
Michael Spiers Jewellers, renowned independent jewellers based in Exeter, polled people in the South West to gauge attitudes to love in 2015 and found that busy lifestyles and technology addictions are stunting relationships and putting a dampener on romance.* The survey revealed 42% of people think that there are too many distractions in modern society that get in the way of true love. They point the finger of...
The heat will be turned up on curry chefs in Exeter, East Devon and Teignbridge on Tuesday (17 February) in an attempt to find out who can rustle up the best balti.
Fourteen of Exeter, East Devon and Teignbridge's finest curry chefs will be putting their best dishes to the test at @34 Restaurant, Exeter College from 10am on Tuesday. At stake will be the prestigious title of Exeter East Devon & Teignbridge Curry Chef of the Year 2015.
This year, Exeter City Council and Teignbridge District Council are joining forces with East Devon District Council for an even bigger and...
A reprieve for threatened school lollipop patrols, continued support for vulnerable people on welfare and extra winter road gritting are part of a package of new spending approved by Devon County Council’s Cabinet today.
The threat to reduce the number of lollipop patrols at the county’s schools to save £100,000 had been one of the key issues through the budget consultation process.
But council leader John Hart said he had found the extra money to continue the same level of school crossing patrols for the coming year.
But he said the council would still need to talk...
These love birds at Paignton Zoo Environmental Park are doing what comes naturally, but there can be a lot of hard work behind the scenes to make sure rare species continue to breed.
Paignton Zoo curator of birds Jo Gregson holds the European Studbook for the wrinkled hornbill. “It’s my job to collect and collate information from other zoos on hatchings, matchings and dispatchings for the species and to make recommendations for pairings.” Which means that Jo gets to play cupid.
There are 140 European Studbooks; the system is run by the European Association of Zoo &...
Fancy climbing out a window to escape a date? In your average day, you see so many different faces yet no-one really talks to each other. Lots of single pringles are still waiting to find their perfect match; but human nature takes its toll with nerves kicking in on the first date and many of the UK unsure how to even start talking to someone.
So why do so many citizens bail out last-minute because we are just too scared to commit? In day-to-day life, everyone checks out some-one or other, whether it’s checking out their bum or even thinking the person is hot whilst drunk on the...
A la Ronde is open for visitors again following its winter clean, but some conservation work can still be seen taking place in this unique house.
Every Wednesday and Thursday, the in-house team of expert conservators will be carrying out their work in front of visitors so they can find out more about the specialist techniques used for cleaning ceramics, metals, beating carpets and conserving the book collection.
Laura Fox, House Steward, says: “we are delighted to be able to invite visitors to watch conservation in action at A la Ronde and meet some experts in their fields...
The £1.4 million widening scheme on the access road to Exeter International Airport is reaching its final phase and is on schedule to be completed by the end of next month.
The current temporary one-way system on the B3184, which will improve access to the airport and adjacent Airport Business Park, will come to an end on Friday 20 February.
During the last week of the one way system, the road will be closed overnight between 9pm and 5am from Monday (16 February) to Friday 20 February to enable drainage work and footpath reconstruction to be carried out safely.
