The National Trust team at Killerton recently worked with four local schools as part of the ‘First World War: then and now’ programme to put on a series of community performance in the house and grounds of the National Trust estate.
Pupils from Broadclyst Community Primary School, Pinhoe CofE Primary school, Silverton CofE Primary school and the Duchy School, Bradninch visited village war memorials and talked to their own families about their First World War past. Helped by National Trust staff, they used what they’d learnt to produce a play which explored the first three weeks of...
Exeter’s award-winning museum today received a welcome financial boost with news that the Arts Council will continue to contribute crucial funding towards the Queen Street facility.
Arts Council England (ACE) announced today that they have renewed the Major Partner Museum status of a partnership between the museums in Devon’s principal cities. Comprising Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery (RAMM) and Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery, the peninsular partnership will continue to be supported under ACE’s Renaissance Major Grants Programme until 2018.
As the summer holiday trade begins in earnest, owners of furnished holiday lettings are invited to a seminar at Darts Farm in Topsham on July 16th to hear some top tips from a panel of experts.
Topics at the seminar which is jointly hosted by chartered accountants Francis Clark and property agents Stags will include an update on topical tax issues for holiday lettings including capital allowances, relief for borrowing costs and a VAT update presented by former tax writer of the year John Endacott.
The free of charge “Get more from your holiday cottage business” will take...
A search operation is underway in Topsham following concerns for a young woman.
Police officers were called to Topsham at 5.30am after a member of the public reported seeing the woman in a distressed state.
Members of the Exmouth Coast Guard are believed to be in attendance, with the agency stating they were on a 'call out' at 6.54am.
The woman is described as white, aged 20 or younger, with brown hair in a ponytail. She was wearing a black vest, black tracksuit bottoms and white trainers.
There were possible further sightings of her around Countess Wear and...
BAM Construction has been appointed to build the £50 million research centre known as the Living Systems Institute, for the University of Exeter. The construction value is £32 million.
BAM has offices in the Devon city and will use a predominately local supply chain to deliver the new building.
The centre will bring together mathematicians, scientists and engineers in a bid to revolutionise the diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of human, animal and plant diseases.
It will consist of two linked buildings on a split level site, with a tower block nine storeys...
Mitch Lees may only have been with the Exeter Chiefs for a week or so, but already the Aussie powerhouse can see the step up in standard.
Having helped former club London Welsh to regain their place in the Aviva Premiership with victory over Bristol in the RFU Championship Play-Offs, Lees moved to Sandy Park during the close season as one of seven new signings Rob Baxter has made to his squad.
For Lees, the upcoming campaign represents a first crack at English rugby's top flight and the 25-year-old admits he is "excited" at the challenge that awaits him.
Straight out of the melting pot of their home city, Kolektif Istanbul fuse brilliant brass lines with some authentic Balkan beats. Let the accordians blast and drums pound... then just wait until the sousaphone kicks in. Prepare yourself for one wild Turkish party.
The group play a wide range of instruments including the 'Gayda' (Bulgarian bagpipes), clarinet, saxophone, accordion, tuba, percussions and drums. They suggest that all these instruments make them 'a unit with a great richness of sound which combines both the Balkan fanfare dynamism and the Anatolian blues depth'....
An Exeter man has been charged with grievous bodily harm after an incident in the city.
Police were alerted by ambulance crews that a man had been stabbed at a property in Salutary Mount, Exeter just before 5am on Saturday 28th June.
Officers attended and arrested a man at the scene.
The injured man, aged 58 and from Exeter, was taken to the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital for treatment. He suffered stab wounds to his back which are not life threatening nor life changing, he has since been released from hospital.
Enjoy an afternoon at the races at Newton Abbot Racecourse on Monday 7th July.
Racing will start at 2:15pm, with gates opening at 12:15pm.
Tickets can be bought online at www.newtonabbotracing.com until 5pm the day before the fixture. Tickets will be available to buy at the gate upon arrival.
Celebrating a special occasion? Newton Abbot Racecourse have a range of group booking discounts available when booked in advance.
Remember - children aged 16 and under and students with a valid photographic student ID / NUS card can enjoy free entry.
