The acclaimed Vienna Festival Ballet will be performing one of the great classics of world ballet, Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker, at Exeter Corn Exchange on Sunday 12 October.
The Vienna Festival Ballet, which was formed in 1980, regularly tours the UK under artistic director Peter Mallek and provides the opportunity to see the art and skills of the ballet at close quarters.
The enchanting tale of The Nutcracker is one of the best-loved ballets and centres around Clara and her nutcracker doll, which magically transforms into a princely soldier. Their adventures see the...
The Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust has won a national award for outstanding efficiency and improvement in developing community services.
The Trust’s stroke therapy team added to its growing trophy collection with victory at the HSJ Value in Healthcare Awards on Tuesday night (23 September).
The team beat seven other finalists in the Value and Improvement in Community Health Service Redesign category.
The nomination related to the ongoing success of the team’s early supported discharge (ESD) and VISTA projects.
Early Met Office figures show this is set to be the driest September across the UK since records began in 1910, with exceptionally low rainfall for many parts of the country.
It is also likely to finish in the top five warmest, with UK mean temperatures significantly above the monthly average.
Using figures from 1-28 September, the UK as a whole has received 19.4 mm of rain, which is just 20 % of the normal amount of rainfall we'd expect for the month. Prior to this, the driest September on record was 1959 with 23.8mm.
A worrying new survey has revealed that 12% of three year olds have tooth decay.
The reserach, published by Public Health England (PHE), found that those children affected had an average of 3 decayed teeth due to the disease.
There was a dramatic variation of tooth decay prevalence ranging from 2% to 34% across the country. However the large majority of children (88%) in this age group have no decay at all. This reflects trends of significant improvements in dental health since the introduction of fluoride toothpaste in 1976.
East Devon District Council’s Home Safeguard service is one of the highest performing in the country – and that’s official!
Following a rigorous annual inspection by the Telecare Services Association (TSA), Home Safeguard was given a clean bill of health for the fourth year running.
TSA is the largest industry body for telecare services and the largest industry specific network in Europe. They provide an external inspection to telecare services to ensure services are running up to standard and to certify the well-being of customers using the service.
An Exeter Junior School pupil shared one of the most amazing artefacts seen to date in the Junior School.
Dominic Manning brought in a copy of the memoirs of Queen Victoria, signed by the Queen herself in 1879!
Dominic's history teacher, Giles Ashman, said: "Not only was the signature absolutely remarkable but the children quite enjoyed hearing about Queen Victoria's travels around the country!"
Teignbridge District Council has been given £100,000 to help self-builders get their projects off the ground.
Teignbridge is one of only 11 areas to have been named by the Department for Communities and Local Government as a Right to Build vanguard which will help prospective self-builders secure a plot of land.
The money will allow Teignbridge to continue its great work in bringing shovel-ready sites and help people secure a suitable plot of land so they can design and build their own home.
Cllr John Goodey, Teignbridge District Council’s Executive spokesman for...
Celebrated scenes and extracts from the great composer's operas. This will provide a great evening for those who love opera, but also to people looking for an introduction to opera with a fantastic selection of music for all the family.
Event Dates
Aeolian Court, Chudleigh 3 & 5th October
Tickets £30 and include glass of wine and canapes
Book tickets here - http://www.dartington.org/spektrix/event?Id=67397
The Great Hall, Dartington 9th October
Tickets £25
Book tickets here - http://www.dartington.org/spektrix/event?Id=67399
Just wanted to share with you this amazing picture. I was walking across the wooden bridge on the Quay on my way home and saw the swans gathered as usual. The sun was glinting on the water and the scene looked amazing so I quickly took a snap with my phone. The result was better than I expected, and I love the fact that a swan is about to bite another on the neck and he has no idea what's about to happen!
YVONNE EVERETT
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A Community Health Check is being held in Exeter city centre on Saturday, 11 October.
The public are invited to “know your numbers” as such values as BMI, blood pressure, blood sugar, and cholesterol are measured.
The event will take place at St Stephen’s Church, High Street, Exeter from 10am-4pm on 11 October, and it is free. There is no need to book, just turn up on the day.
The event is organized and staffed by volunteers from the Seventh-day Adventist Churches in Devon & Cornwall, including medical professionals, to offer a service to the public. At last...
