The Donkey Sanctuary is holding its annual Summer Fete this Sunday 10th August 2014 from 10am to 4pm.
Jam-packed with fantastic games and activities it's a fun day out for the whole family topped off by the chance to meet the adorable adoption donkeys and their grooms.
The Summer Fete offers donkey grooming and a donkey agility course as well as a riot of family games and sports and countryside fun! The day includes face painting, Punch and Judy, a bouncy castle, an array of amazing crafts and stalls as well as fabulous entertainment from guitarist Roger Styles and the...
The Exeter Picturehouse cinema is screening the feature-length first episode of the new series of Doctor Who on the big screen at the same time as the BBC broadcast.
It will take place on Saturday 23 August at 7.35.
Following the screening, there will be an exclusive satellite Q&A with special guests live from Leicester Square, as well as ten minutes of behind-the-scenes footage from the episode.
Tickets for this very special event are now on sale.
Book by: calling 0871 9025730, going online at www.picturehouses.co.uk or in person at the cinema. For...
The rising cost of farmland in the South West, which has reached record highs, has been partly attributed to a rising demand for residential, ‘lifestyle’ farms.
The average price for farmland in England and Wales, which in 2012 stood at £6,783 per acre, has now risen to £8,607 an acre, according to the latest RICS/RAU Rural Land Market Survey.
This represents a rise of nearly 27 percent in two years, with land prices 8.4% higher than this time a year ago.
Farmland now costs nearly four times the amount as when RICS first began recording regional rural land market...
One of Exeter’s busiest and liveliest networking clubs is extending a helping hand to fledgling businesses with a free membership offer.
Exeter Business Club, renowned for its mutual support and shared knowledge in its regular meetings and seminars, has decided to take on five new start-ups, waiving the membership joining fee for a year.
The club operates a one member one sector policy to ensure no competition between members and this rule would be applied to start-ups applying to join.
"It occurred to us recently that our members have a huge amount of combined...
The star of Springwatch Unsprung and renowned naturalist Nick Baker is coming to Exeter to give a special talk about his passion for bugs.
‘For the Love of Bugs’ will take place at Southernhay’s United Reform Church, Exeter at 7.30 pm. Nick promises a talk that will be entertaining, informative and humorous – so how can you resist.
Tickets: RSPB members £6, non-members £8.
Click here to book tickets and for more information.
Nick collected and observed bugs from a young age even hiding them in his bedroom from his...
Devon and Cornwall Police and the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) have been in negotiations with the three recognised trade unions in relation to a new grading and pay proposal for all police staff. This morning (Thursday 7 August), the Force and OPCC have sent a personal letter to all members of staff detailing the implications of the proposal, should it be accepted by union members. Having fully considered the offer, the trade unions (Unison, GMB and Unite) have decided to ballot their members on the proposal with the recommendation to accept. If the proposal is...
Police are warning motorists of potential congestion on the A30 in the Okehampton area this summer. The temporary closure of Sourton Service Station for refurbishment is likely to cause congestion at Belstone Services in the coming weeks. Traffic signs are in place warning motorists to slow down, including one at Whiddon Down, the junction prior to Belstone Services. Inspector Mark Sloman, Sector Inspector for West Devon, said: “We are concerned the increased traffic at Belstone Services will create dangerous queues westbound on the A30 at the Okehampton junction. “The junction is on the...
The people at Ashfords are taking up bee keeping in a bid to help the national initiative to protect bees and boost their population
As part of Ashfords' Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme, it is hoped the new Ashfords' bee colony will thrive, and help pollinate flowers and shrubs in the area around the Sowton Industrial Estate.
Ashfords is currently trialling the "bee initiative" at its headquarters in Exeter, with the aim of expanding this idea to its other offices across the country. .
Everys Solicitors’ agriculture and rural affairs team were on hand to welcome existing and potential clients to the Honiton Show.
The firm set up its base amid the Honiton & District Agricultural Association’s 140-acre site in the heart of the East Devon countryside.
Invited guests were treated to a buffet lunch and afternoon tea, while glasses of Pimms, Otter ale and hot beverages were available throughout the day, along with face painting for children.
Everys’ investment management team also had a pitch and were serving up Pimms and canapés along with...
Two major projects to bury overhead power cables and enhance the landscape of the Dartmoor National Park have been completed in a joint project between Western Power Distribution, the South West Protected Landscapes Forum, and Dartmoor National Park Authority.
The two schemes on Holne Moor and Walkhampton Common have removed nearly 6km of overhead lines between them from open moorland.
Work on the Holne scheme started in November with the 1km or so of underground works now completed. Archaeologists were on site throughout the trenching works but disappointingly, nothing of...
