Visitors to the Dartmoor National Park Visitor Centre, Princetown can see a stunning new exhibtion by photographers Adrian Oakes and Anna Curnow.
The exhibition contains images of Dartmoor's prehistoirc heritage including burials, stone circles, stone rows, settlements and standing stones.
These relics of our ancient ancestors can be found in such numbers on the moor that the National Park is considered one of the most important areas in western Europe for prehistoric archaeology.
The wonderful images in this exhibition capture some of the best of these locations...
One of the longest serving campaigners for a visitor centre in Seaton, Donald Campbell, joined with nine-year-old Seaton Primary School pupils, Aimee Kenworthy and Taylor Lee to ‘break the ground’ for Seaton Jurassic today (Friday 26 September).
They were joined by representatives from all the funding partners, local community campaigners, volunteers and schoolchildren to celebrate the official start on site for the building of £4 million visitor centre.
Earlier in the day pupils from the school helped the contractors move plants to make way for the construction to take...
A pioneering new study has shown that water found on Earth predates the formation of the Sun – raising hopes that life could exist on exoplanets, the planets orbiting other stars in our galaxy.
The ground-breaking research set out to discover the origin of the water that was deposited on the Earth as it formed.
It found that a significant fraction of water found on Earth, and across our solar system, predates the formation of the Sun. By showing that water is ‘inherited’ from the environment when a star is born, the international team of scientists believe other...
East Devon District Council’s Leader has welcomed the offer of a woodland at Cranbrook for use by students at the new education campus where building work is about to begin as “an excellent example of promoting health and wellbeing”.
Councillor Paul Diviani gave a short address to a members’ briefing at Knowle on Wednesday, called so councillors could hear about the latest proposals from the NHS Clinical Commissioning Group that covers Eastern Devon.*
As a County Council ward member for Honiton St Paul’s, Councillor Diviani also has an interest in Devon County Council’s...
Mandy Pearse, Director of local PR and marketing firm Seashell Communications has been elected to serve on the national Council of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) it was announced last week.
Thirty eight candidates stood in the elections to the Council which is the decision making body for the insitute which serves nearly 10,000 professionals across the UK and Europe.
After a campaign lasting three weeks Mandy beat off strong competition from across the UK to secure one of the coveted seats on the CIPR Council. She is the sole representative from the...
A new bird study on Dartmoor reveals dunlin numbers have increased in response to efforts to restore the moor's famous mires.
The dunlin is a small wading bird. They breed across northern Europe, Russia and North America, but globally their most southerly breeding location is on Dartmoor. In the UK their population numbers 9,600 pairs and they are completely reliant on good quality blanket bog for breeding.
The Dartmoor Mires Project is a pilot scheme exploring the feasibility and effects of restoring degraded blanket bog on Dartmoor, and is being coordinated by Dartmoor...
2013 was pretty good. But 2014 is set to be the vintage of the decade for Devon's growing band of winemakers. " 2013 was a bumper crop, but a disappointing autumn led to pretty average ripeness on many late varieties - like the Pinots and Seyval Blanc " says Yearlstone Vineyard's Roger White. " This year everything has gone right from start to finish. " Yearlstone has already picked the early ripening muscat variety Siegerrebe and the aromotic Madeleine Angevine. " Both were at very high levels of ripeness, but with good acidity too, " says Roger....
Devon Hotels & Restaurants Association has reported a ‘perfect summer’ with bookings for many establishments seeing a healthy rise on last year’s figures thanks to the combination of two months of glorious sunshine, a renewed optimism in the economy encouraging spend and an increase in the corporate market.
All this with the careful planning and future forecasting of local hoteliers and restaurant owners has combined to safeguard the region’s highly respected tourism industry.
Mike Coombes, chair of Devon Hotels and MD of luxurious Mill End Hotel on Dartmoor commented...
Tony Rowe OBE held his audience captivated during his presentation at the latest Southernhay Breakfast Club on 19th September 2014. Over 60 people attended the event at the Southgate Hotel, despite the torrential weather getting to the venue.
A key element of his talk centred around taking an opportunity when they present themselves; a message he urged other Exeter based businesses to adopt, especially with next year’s Rugby World Cup coming to the city.
Adrian Hills from Kirk Hills commented, “We were thrilled that Tony was able to join us for this event – he’s a well...
Cutting edge technology and innovation is at the heart of an impressive 2014 shortlist for the prestigious annual Green Energy Awards, organised by Regen SW.
The shortlist was compiled from a record flood of over 100 nominations for inspiring companies, projects and people pioneering the development of sustainable energy in the south west of England. The winners will be announced at a glittering awards ceremony and dinner attended by over 300 industry leadings that is held in Bath Assembly Room on 25 November.
The shortlisted nominees (listed below) will now go through to...
