A major upgrade to the car parks at the Devon County Show is under way, following the situation at this year’s show, when heavy rain made the car parks unusable, so forcing the cancellation of the third day.
The work is being led and co-ordinated by the Devon County Agricultural Association and supported by the Environment Agency, Devon County Council, South West Highways and Mole Valley Farmers.
Geological surveys, subsoiling, infilling, levelling, harrowing and seeding have been carried out and the ground is already looking much better.
Local charity Exeter Citizens Advice Bureau has announced a change to its Adviceline telephone number.
The new number is 03444 111 444. The service is available each weekday between 10am and 4pm and is an opportunity for those who are unable to visit their local CAB office to get the help they need from fully trained and qualified CAB volunteers.
Steve Barriball, the charity’s Chief Executive said: “This is an important development as it helps to cut the cost of calling the CAB service.
"Calls now cost the same as 01 and 02 numbers, and are included as part of a...
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Exeter School Sixth Formers got a taste of the real world last Saturday when they experienced the first in a series of practice interviews.
The Upper Sixth Formers were interviewed by local and national professionals and Exeter School alumni at Gilbert Stephens LLP Solicitors in Exeter.
Every year, during late September and early October, Exeter School’s Upper Sixth pupils are given the chance to experience a general interview away from school.
Every effort is made to match the pupil to an interviewer with similar interests, for example potential medical students...
A substantial donation from Betfair means paralysed jockey Sarah Gaisford, who broke her back in a race riding fall at Exeter in 2007, looks set to smash the £20,000 target she set herself to raise for the Injured Jockeys’ Fund at the racecourse this Thursday.
Sarah will ride a circuit of the racecourse where she had her tragic accident, and racegoers are being given free entry if they donate £15 to the IJF and take part in a two mile sponsored walk around the service track while Sarah rides on the course.
Betfair sponsored the race when she had her life-changing fall eight...
Can you believe it?! Otton's Haberdashery turns ONE on Saturday 11th October!
Pop in and see us in the shop for fun, have-a-go workshops running all day. Try your hand at scrappy fabric bunting, a washi tape flag garland, and button heart decorations! And of course, plenty of cake for all...
We're open 10am to 5.30pm as usual - see you there!
Hospiscare nurses and doctors looked after 624 people and their families, living with a terminal illness in the Exeter area, during the past year.
The local charity which offers free expert help and support to local people and their families is joining 100 other hospices across the UK this week raising awareness of their work; it is Hospiscare Week during 6 October to 12 October.
Teams of Hospiscare nurses and doctors, specialising in end of life care, visit people in their own homes, in hospitals, in care homes and give 24-hour support at the Hospiscare Exeter hospice, as...
Exeter politicians from all parties are braving a challenge to live for a whole day without electricity to help get people thinking about their energy use.
The Pull the Plug challenge is being organised by Exeter Community Energy (ECOE) and will see local councillors Rosie Denham and Adrian Fullam and parliamentary candidates Diana Moore and Dom Morris go a full day with no phone, car, TV, laptop – or indeed anything else with a current.
The challenge lasts for the whole of Sunday 12 October and ECOE want as many people as possible to take part.
An Exeter fugitive has been arrested in Spain and returned to prison following a lengthy investigation to locate him. Scott Kelly, 33, was convicted of a violent assault in March 2005 after stabbing a man in the back during a dispute in a bar in Exeter. He was sentenced to seven years in prison with an extended five year licence. Kelly was released in October 2013 but he failed to abide by the conditions of his licence and fled to Spain. The disappearance prompted a multi-agency investigation to establish his whereabouts, which saw Devon and Cornwall Police work in collaboration with...
