Environmental networking charity DEBI says it has just a few sponsorship opportunities remaining for its 2014 awards.
DEBI has already secured category sponsorship from South West Water and South Devon tyre recycler Bandvulc. The Environment Agency and green issue management specialist JP Associates are co-sponsoring this year’s Environmental Champion, won in 2013 by Gabriel Wondrausch of SunGift Energy.
DEBI’s well-regarded annual awards celebrate the best of Devon’s sustainable and green businesses, and this year a new category has been introduced to recognise initiatives...
The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) South West has judged a submission describing the work of East Devon District Council and the New Growth Point Team in creating the new community of Cranbrook as the best in one of the categories at its annual Planning Excellence Awards in Cheltenham.
The Council’s submission, ‘Cranbrook New Community’ was up against a whole range of very high quality entries and came out top in the RTPI SW category 'Other Planning Work'.
The submission document was jointly created by the members of the growth point delivery team, the council...
Produced by Exeter City Council, Unexpected triumphantly returns in August with a fabulous three day, family-friendly, Festival programme (29-31 Aug), taking performance and visual art out of venues and into exciting, unexpected, locations across the city.
With only one ticketed event throughout the three Festival days, the rest entirely free, Exeter will come alive with street theatre, circus shows, performances and workshops, that will truly amaze and delight. Building on the Festival's substantial 2013 launch, Exeter City Council, has again for the second Festival year running,...
On Wednesday 30 July, family and scout groups had a summer adventure with the ranger team at Knightshayes, the National Trust property on the outskirts of Tiverton. These visitors became National Trust rangers for the day by helping to restore a historic parkland feature to its former glory.
1st Tiverton Scouts and families had some messy fun when clearing out an overgrown parkland water feature, and even discovered some unusual creepy crawlies living in the grassland nearby. To say thank you, Knightshayes staff took these hard working volunteers to discover what lurks in their...
SynthWest's inaugural event rolls into Exeter on October 25th
On the bill are 3 of the UK's finest contemporary electronic acts, all of whom happen to be based in the West Country.
KirA, hailing from Taunton, are an electronic/synth based duo creating beautifully moody electronica ranging from ambient to dance. Fronted by Kira with her soft, yet seductively alluring vocal style, the act is backed by emotive string arrangements and rich analogue tones. KirA draws on its musical influences... from the likes of Japan and David Bowie to Massive Attack and the Boards...
Missing teeanger Michaela Paige Cheesman was located by police in St Agnes, Cornwall yesterday (3 August).
Police would like to thank the public for their assistance.
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Police are appealing for help to trace a missing 17-year-old female from Gloucestershire who may be in Devon or Cornwall.
Michaela Paige Cheesman was reported missing from her home in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, at around 6.30am yesterday (1 August) and there is concern for her safety.
It is believed she left sometime during the night....
All around the world we have a chance to meet normal, regular people. However, we may never get a chance to figure out that these people actually lead double lives and are part of certain secret societies that are present all across the world. There is no way for you to apply to get into this type of society yourself. The only way the initiation may occur is when some person you know tells you that he has been watching you and that you are invited to join a secret society he is in. In order to raise awareness on the subject of secret societies, we have decided to point out the seven most...
Exeter Axhayes Cats Protection Adoption Centre are looking for cat-loving runners to run the London Marathon next April.
Whether you're a seasoned marathon runner or you're thinking about entering your first race, this is an ideal opportunity to get involved and raise some much-needed funds for cats!
The minimum sponsorship is £1,500.
Contact Diana Miller at diana.miller@cats.org.uk for an application form.
For more information visit www.facebook.com/catsprotection for more info or call the centre on 01395 232 377
Hundreds of postcards have been written to those affected by the outbreak of the First World War from people today, as a form of memorial and recognition.
These letters are not only to the soldiers, medics and the war horses that served, but also to the millions of civilians who remained at home and contributed to the war effort.
As part of a University of Exeter engagement project, The Long Goodbye: a conversation across a century has encouraged members of the public and students to write postcards to those living at the time of the Great War. The aim is to address the...
Rising house prices have helped push up the number of households paying inheritance tax and are creating new IHT hotspots around the country, as identified by NFU Mutual, with East Devon the hotspot of the South West.
In the latest HMRC data, many constituencies saw a rise in the number of households paying IHT1and the report estimates total IHT income at £3.417bn for last tax year (up 8.6% from £3.147bn).
The North-South divide is clear, illustrated by the fact that the number of people paying IHT in Harrow and the surrounding Ruislip & Uxbridge London, is roughly the...
