This is the place to be November 14th, 15th &16th this year.
Middle Coombe Farm in Devon is hosting a fabulously special one-off country house weekend ‘Apple Pressing and cider Making’ . Here is the sneak preview to our new website. Do have a little look round as it shows the accommodation.. www.coombefarmwoods.co.uk
The weekend course, with accommodation and all meals, will run at £490 pp next year but we would like to offer it to 10 to 12 people for £380pp for a weekend this November. Gorgeous food, great company, incredible surroundings, and much more at the Middle...
If you are looking to grow your business, the locally based Business Doctors invite you to find out what steps to take and how to sustain that growth.
Two free ‘Breaking Big’ seminars, from noon till 2pm on Monday 13 October at the Woodbury Park Hotel, Exeter and from 7.30am to 10am on Tuesday 4th November at Boringdon Park Golf Club, Plymouth will show you how to review where your business is right now and decide where it should be going. Then you can start taking the right steps straight away to achieve breakthrough success.
Hundreds more schoolchildren will next week be given the opportunity to learn about where their food comes from by visiting The Tesco Eat Happy Project stand, adding to the 6,400 Devon-based children who have already enjoyed a Farm to Fork Trail in a local Tesco store.
The Tesco Eat Happy Project is delighted to be attending Farm Wise in Devon, an event being organised by Devon County Council to educate schoolchildren about the journey their food goes on and its nutritional content. The event takes place at the Westpoint Arena, Exeter on Tuesday 14 October 2014.
The Met Office has issued a severe weather warning of strong wind, with gusts of up to 60mph expected along exposed parts of the coast.
Forecasters say southwesterly winds will strengthen through this evening with gales expected overnight. Gusts are likely to reach 50mph quite widely, with 60mph gusts possible across exposed coasts and headlands. There will also be squally, thundery showers. Winds will then moderate through Thursday morning.
The warning is in place from 6pm until 9am tomorrow.
Forecasters have advised the public to be aware of the potential for some...
Greg Clark, Minister of University, Science and Cities, is opening the UK's only dedicated space weather forecast centre today.
The centre is a key milestone in the protection of the UK economy and infrastructure from the real threat of severe space weather events.
The Met Office Space Weather Centre, based at the Met Office's headquarters in Exeter, is the culmination of more than three years work to combine the space weather resources and scientific expertise of the UK and USA and was made possible by £4.6 million funding from Government.
Happy Days Day Nursery in Exeter has achieved an ‘Outstanding’ rating from Ofsted, a great accomplishment for this leading South West childcare provider.
The Exeter nursery, based on Peninsular Business Park, was opened in February 2014 and follows the blueprint developed by Happy Days Childcare and Education Manager, Jo Beighton.
The Happy Days Nursery Model has been perfected following five years of research and trialling. The results of which are innovative nursery environments created to deliver the very highest quality child care, focused on maximising children’s...
Police are appealing for witnesses after burglars escaped with almost £700 worth of dog food from a store in Exeter. The offenders forced a rear door to break into Parr’s Farm Country Store at Matford sometime between 8.30pm on 29 September and 8.30am the next day. They stole 40 bags of dried dog food, valued at £695 and in distinctive green and white plastic bags containing the letters CJS in large print. The haul included 30 15kg bags of CJS adult champ dog food and 10 15kg bags of CJS mixed dog food. Police are appealing to anyone who may have seen any suspicious vehicles or individuals...
Exeter's sporting heroes Jo Pavey and Liam Tancock look set to be awarded Freedom of the City status in recognition of their achievements.
Exeter Harriers runner Jo Pavey, who trains at Exeter Arena, won the European 10,000m title in September after a thrilling final lap, while swimmer Liam Tancock has been crowned World Champion three times during his illustrious career.
Freedom of the City is an honorary position which the City Council can bestow on anyone who has, in its opinion, undertaken something which is outstanding or has helped enhance the reputation of the city...
To mark the centenary of World War One, pianist Alex Wilson will perform a musical tribute to composers whose lives were cut tragically short during the Great War at his latest concert to be held in the Mint Methodist Church, Exeter on October 18th at 7.30pm. Profits from the concert will be donated to the British Red Cross.
The concert, entitled The Banks of Green Willow, features much loved favourites by Ravel, Bridge and Ivor Gurney, a new work by James Whittle and a series of rarely heard miniatures by composers all killed in action.
Ed Davey has announced there will be a second phase of the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund (GDHIF) totalling £100m.
Applications for the new phase of the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund, designed to help people make energy saving improvements to their home, will open to applications before the end of November. The Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) are looking to improve the initiative in light of issues arising from phase 1.
Further details including terms and conditions, rates and all measures to be covered will also be announced in November. DECC are...
