Hedgehog numbers are on the decline in Britain, partly due to loses of suitable habitats, but students on the National Citizen Service (NCS) Government scheme are working in partnership with Petroc College, Tiverton and Knightshayes to help boost the local hedgehog population.
On Wednesday 16 July, from 10am onwards, students will share their newly gained hedgehog knowledge and expertise to help the visitors at Knightshayes learn how to encourage hedgehogs into their gardens. They will also be working with the rangers to create a hedgehog-friendly habitat by placing hedgehog box...
To tie in with the musical The Day We Played Brazil, Exeter City Football Club's unique history is celebrated in an exhibition at the theatre, which commemorates their match against the Brasileiros XI in June 1914.
The official exhibition is accompanied by a stunning display of artwork created by young people from the Clyst Vale Learning Community and is on view until Saturday 2 August.
You can view the exhibition between 10am and 6pm Monday to Saturday and Sunday an hour before the show starts.
The Day We Played Brazil celebrates the 100th anniversary of the...
With the school summer holidays almost upon us, and more drivers using its roads, the Highways Agency is urging road users in the South West to check and maintain their vehicles this summer – as figures reveal that 1,014 incidents on the region’s roads last summer were potentially preventable. It is also using data from previous years to analyse popular routes and times in the South West – allowing drivers to better plan their journeys.
Agency figures show that out of 5,006 incidents in the South West last year during the summer months, 1014 of them were potentially preventable –...
Children across Devon will have the chance to get involved in an exciting reading challenge in their local library this summer holiday, in conjunction with Devon County Council and the Reading Agency.
This year’s Summer Reading Challenge, entitled the ‘Mythical Maze’ also aims to improve children’s health and wellbeing and promote physical activity.
Over 9,000 children took part in the library service's Summer Reading Challenge last year - a record number of challengers.
This year the council is hoping for more, and is encouraging children to read six books or more...
Twenty teams of ladies from all over Devon took part in another extremely popular and successful golf day at beautiful Stover Golf Club on Thursday 3 July.
Some ladies have taken part in all previous 11 years in support of Dream-A-Way and for some it was their first visit, with many promises to return next year for our very lucky 13th golf day on Thursday 2 July 2015.
The course was in beautiful condition, the amazing Stover team looked after our every need and the buffet even excelled the wonderful ones we have previously enjoyed. To add to all this the sun shone...
The UK’s leading marine charity, the Marine Conservation Society (MCS), says recent figures showing the highest amounts of litter on British beaches in 20 years have prompted it to launch a mass beach participation event The Great British Beach Clean.
The charity is looking for volunteers to put their names forward, ready to make this the biggest event of its kind in September.
Plastic bottles and carrier bags, condoms, nappies, balloons, and tiny plastic pieces can be found on almost every beach in the UK – either washed up, blown there or dropped. Our beaches have never...
According to recent research, we spend more than 100,000 hours of our lives at work.
This is why we need to work in spaces that stimulate creativity and districts that excite us, with teams that support our ideas and bosses that inspire us.
Employees and business leaders in Exeter are being asked to nominate their office location in a unique search that will identify the very best business district and locations in the UK.
Can Exeter compete with the likes of London’s Shoreditch, Manchester’s prime business district Spinningfields or in Edinburgh’s New Town, which...
Three East Devon schools are launching an exciting educational partnership to enhance their pupils’ learning. The governors of Farway Primary School have decided to join the successful Jubilee Federation which currently consists of Broadhembury and Branscombe primary schools, which have been working together since 2011. The three schools say the partnership will help to maintain high standards in teaching and learning and enhance pupils’ overall educational experience as well as strengthening their financial position. It will be a unique and specialist partnership as all three schools are...
This Sunday (13th July) will see Active Devon co-host a Sport and Well Being Fun Day at Exeter Quay & Piazza from 11am-4pm to encourage everyone to get active for life.
All ages and abilities are welcome to come and sample sports and healthy lifestyle activity.
The day will offer taster sports from a range of organisations including Haven Banks Outdoor Education Centre, South West Athletics Academy, Exwick Tennis Club and Exeter Martial Arts club.
The event is being held in partnership with Exeter City Council and St Lukes Science and Sports College who will...
Landlords who rent homes privately are invited to a free event which can help them run tenancies more effectively.
Teignbridge District Council is putting on another Landlord Open Evening which brings experts together under one roof so local landlords have information and help to run, manage or end tenancies.
The free landlords open evening is on Monday 14 July from 5pm until 9pm in Old Forde House, Brunel Road, Newton Abbot.
The event, held last year with great success, is specifically designed for landlords and those thinking of letting a property. Landlords will...
