Thousands of people across Devon sat with their neighbours for the sixth annual Big Lunch yesterday (Sunday). They joined an estimated four million people across the UK.
The Big Lunch, which is funded by the Big Lottery Fund and led by the Eden Project, encourages people across the UK to have lunch with their neighbours once a year, for a few hours of community, friendship and fun. Organisers behind the initiative say that the simple act of chatting to neighbours can make a real difference in communities and can help tackle isolation.
East Devon District Council’s Countryside team and staff from the Norman Lockyer Observatory in Sidmouth are joining forces in a ‘Nightjars and Stars’ walk at Trinity Hill Local Nature Reserve on Thursday 12 June and again on Tuesday 1 July between 9pm and 11pm.
Nightjars arrive to breed in southern Britain from Africa around late April, coinciding with the time of the moth population explosion. The birds are difficult to spot during their day due to their amazing camouflage, but at dawn and dusk when they are out hunting for flying insects, they often perch in prominent positions...
This year Hospiscare celebrates its 10th anniversary of Open Gardens. Hospiscare’s Open Gardens Programme runs from the start of May through to October 2014.
Members of the public open their gardens for others to enjoy, as they sit back and relax, or take tips for their own gardens. Some serve homemade refreshments, offer plant and book stalls and even entertainment. Entry and donations to the gardens raise funds for local end of life care charity, Hospiscare.
Among those taking part is Sharon Rehbock from Budleigh Salterton.
Our Autumn Wedding Fair, the first in the newly redeveloped building, promises to be a one-stop shop for anyone planning a wedding.
Between 11am - 3pm our Exeter Suite will be showcasing an extensive range of local wedding suppliers from photographers and decoration to jewellery and musical entertainment.
We also invite you to visit our Chiefs Suite set up for a Civil Ceremony and Wedding Breakfast. Our dedicated Events Team will be on hand to assist you with every detail of your big day and for you to find out more about Sandy Park's unique wedding & event packages....
A rare vintage car stolen from Ottery St Mary has been found burned out and destroyed in Somerset.
The 1968 MKII Austin Mini Cooper was taken from a car park at Otter Mills Switch Gear on Mill Street around 11pm on Thursday 29 May.
Police and the fire service found the £6,500 classic car well alight in a side road off Welshmill Lane in Frome around 1am on Saturday 31 May. It was completely destroyed by fire.
Officers are now appealing for anyone who may have seen the distinctive car in the area during the 24 hours after it was stolen.
'Unforgettable' is a first class production that highlights the musical icons including favourite musical legends such as Elvis Presley, Nat King Cole, Frankie Valli, Aretha Franklin, Dusty Springfield, Dionne Warwick, The Carpenters, The Beatles and many more… featuring two former members of The Drifters Maurice Cannon and Steve V King and the highly acclaimed Soul Diva Jennifer Wallace, plus special guests.
The show features rock 'n' roll through to Motown music providing an authentic feel to the glamour of these decades including the high energy and much love pop sounds of these...
Steve Laister is a multi award winning comedian – National Winner of the Encore Comedian of the year and Norman Wisdom comedy award.
Steve’s mind is a dictionary of comedy as there is no subject he doesn’t know a joke about.
No two shows are the same with Steve as he can adapt his show to suit his audience and has performed across the country, in major hotels, theatres and corporate events plus some of the major cruise lines.
ndustry professionals have likened him to the likes of Bob Monkhouse, Peter Sellers and Ronnie Barker with his ability to perform a selection...
Take a step back into 1920 & '30s New York City and through the doors of Harlem's hottest nightclub, the fabulous 'Cotton Club'!
‘Swinging at The Cotton Club’ is the action-packed show celebrating the music, dance, and songs of the Cotton Club – New York City’s famous nightclub of the 1920s and ‘30s.
Performances by Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald and Fats Waller would have had the club swinging, whilst dancers such as Bojangles Robinson and the Nicholas Brothers lit-up the stage with their breathtaking routines.
Acker Bilk's Paramount Jazz Band are appearing at the Exmouth Pavilion to perform their last concert together in tribute to the music of Mr Acker Bilk MBE. Featured on clarinet is David Horniblow.
One of the UK's finest clarinet players, David has played and recorded with the likes of Chris Barber, George Benson, Jools Holland, Jamie Cullum and Kenny Ball.
The concert will feature Acker's hits, including his worldwide smash-hit 'Stranger on the Shore', alongside a selection of his favourite numbers - in what is sure to be fitting farewell to one of Britain's jazz greats....
All the highest rolling gamblers are in town and they're all relying on Nathan Detroit to set up this week's venue for "The Oldest Established Permanent Floating Crap Game In New York."
The only problem is that Detroit needs one thousand dollars to pay for the place.
Throw in Sarah Brown (who's short on sinners at the mission she runs), Sky Masterson (who accepts Nathan's one thousand dollar bet that he can't get Sarah Brown to go with him to Havana), Miss Adelaide (who wants Nathan to marry her after being engaged for fourteen years) and the brilliant music/lyrics of Frank...
