People planning a Christmas party are being urged to look before they book ahead of this year’s festivities.
Exeter City Council working in partnership with the Food Standards Agency, is urging people to check the restaurant, pub or cafe’s food hygiene ratings before making a booking.
“It’s the things you can’t see – like germs spread by bad hygiene practices - that people need to consider. There’s one easy way to set your mind at rest – check the food hygiene rating,” said Cllr Keith Owen, Lead Councillor for Environment, Health and Wellbeing.
Backing for Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education’s New Build Appeal has got off to a flying start as the charity celebrates a donation from international firm Graham-Pelton Consulting.
A team of 50-strong international fundraising consultants at Graham-Pelton Consulting – a global fundraising and non-profit management consulting firm – have awarded Exeter Deaf Academy a donation of $5,000 US Dollars (just under £3,000) towards the Academy New Build Appeal. Competing against several other charities from across the world, Exeter Deaf Academy are the first UK charity to have been...
Amy Goldup, 19, and her partner Billy-Ray Marks, 22, both of Richards Close, Dawlish pleaded guilty at Torquay Magistrates Court on 29 October to charges relating to the selling counterfeit goods via Facebook, following an investigation by Devon & Somerset Trading Standards Service.
They were charged with offences relating to selling and having in their possession for supply counterfeit goods such as Beats Headphones by Dr Dre, Ray Ban sunglasses, Rolex watches, Ice Watches, Ugg footwear, Gucci perfume, D&G perfume, Hugo Boss perfume and Ralph Lauren socks.
"Family, friends, community, excitement, creativity, quirky costumes, spectacular sets, amazing firework display, a soundtrack you would never think of, a coming together of people from all over West Devon and Exeter to enjoy a village event like no other..." The Fireshow is a uniquely creative event.
Each November, after months of writing, designing, building and costume-making, a pageant is performed on a specially prepared stage, which is then burnt at the end of the show to create a bonfire with an accompanying firework display. Tickets: £8 adult, £4 child (14 and under)....
Discover the fairy tale story of The Nutcracker through sparkling displays and decorations around the atmospheric house tucked away in the Devonshire countryside. Let your imagination run wild and spot glittering nutcrackers, giant overflowing boxes of sweets and flower garlands undulating from high ceilings. Do not miss the last chance to glimpse our Nature of Fashion exhibition before the New Year and come and meet Father Christmas in his traditional Victorian green on selected days as he visits Killerton to experience the magic of Christmas.
‘Terrors Of The Théâtre Diabolique’ is a thrilling new collection of original horror fiction from the Cygnus Alpha writers’ collective sold in aid of the mental health charity, MIND.
Cygnus Alpha is Exeter’s very own Sci-fi Fanzine that was popular in the 80’s with Rusell T Davies (Doctor Who Producer) then subscribing to it. The ‘zine was recently revived at a Sci-fi convention held at the Phoenix in 2012, PHONICON. Going from strength to strength Cygnus Alpha have published an unofficial Doctor Who Anthology called the ‘12 Doctors of Christmas’ (Still available as a Free Download...
There’s now even more reason to come to Sandy Park’s b2b@SandyPark exhibition, as you could be in with a chance of winning flights from Exeter to London City airport.
B2b@SandyPark, which takes place on Wednesday, 5 November, is Sandy Park’s flagship business exhibition with over 30 exhibitors.
Flybe, who will be exhibiting at the event, have teamed up with Sandy Park to offer 10 pairs of tickets for flights on the London City route, which was only introduced to Exeter Airport on October 27th.
To enter the competition, visit Flybe’s exhibition stand at b2b@SandyPark...
Bird populations across Europe have experienced sharp declines over the past 30 years, with the majority of losses from the most common species, say researchers from the University of Exeter, the RSPB and the Pan-European Common Bird Monitoring Scheme (PECBMS) in a new study. However numbers of some less common birds have risen.
The study, published yeseterday in the journal Ecology Letters, reveals a decrease of 421 million individual birds over 30 years. Around 90 percent of these losses were from the 36 most common and widespread species, including house sparrows, skylarks, grey...
As winter approaches, the Environment Agency is urging people across Devon to be prepared for possible flooding.
Last winter was the wettest for nearly 250 years and around 6,000 properties flooded across the country. Among the worst hit was Somerset, where, in some areas, people were evacuated from their homes and whole communities suffered major flood damage and disruption.
One in six properties in England is at risk of flooding. This figure is only going to increase with climate change. Many people think flooding will never happen to them, but it could. Now is the time...
