Everyone living in East Devon is being urged to vote for a local finalist in a national competition for lottery funding.
The Sid Valley Memory Cafe for dementia sufferers will be one of seven good causes to be featured on BBC television’s The One Show this week to promote an online vote that closes in September.
At about the same time as the TV show is screened at 7pm on Wednesday (2 July), East Devon District Council’s Cabinet will be meeting. And Sidmouth Town ward member Peter Sullivan will ask councillors and members of the public to support the Memory Cafe bid....
A University of Exeter physics expert has been bestowed with a prestigious award, for his significant widening participation and outreach work.
Professor Peter Vukusic has been named as the 2014 winner of the Bragg Medal, awarded by the Institute of Physics.
The citation made reference to Professor Vukusic’s “significant and impactful contribution to widening participation in physics education and outreach”.
The prestigious award was instituted by the Council of the Institute of Physics and the Physical Society in 1965, with the first award being made in 1967. The...
Sampson Hall are very Proud Sponsors of the NatWest Venus Awards 2014.
The category we are sponsoring is "Business of the Year" and to become a winner is really very simple!
The criteria are:
• Employ 12 people or more • Be a female friendly employer • Nominate yourself or your business • Nominate a woman or business you think deserves this award
The benefits of winning an award are immense and the value to you and your organisation should not be underestimated.
We are asking all Devon Businesses to think seriously about eligable candidates,...
The Devon Waste Plan will near the final stage of preparation later this month with the start of examination hearings.
The Plan was submitted to the Government for examination in April, and an Inspector will hold a series of hearings in July to consider whether the Plan is sound.
The hearings will start on Tuesday 15 July at County Hall in Exeter, and will end on Wednesday 23 July.
The Devon Waste Plan will provide the policy for waste management proposals in the county to 2031. It aims for the county’s waste to be managed more sustainably through reduced generation...
Tickets are selling fast for the Devon Wine and Music Festival with Exeter singer/songwriter Adam Isaac headlining the September event.
As well as local bands playing there will be dozens of Devon wines to taste from six vineyards and great food from local suppliers and local crafts.
Pebblebed is hosting the event at their vineyard in Clyst St George, near Exeter, on September 13/14. Adam Isaac, who made it through to the quarter final stages of BBC's The Voice, with Sir Tom Jones as coach, will be opening the event. The event is raising funds for local charity Hospiscare...
To celebrate longer days and warmer summer evenings, Saltrock, Princesshay is hosting a free music event on Thursday 3rd July between 4-7pm. Musician Jonah Hitchens and band will be performing in store with support act, King Dynamite. Late night shoppers will receive one night only special event offers and experience live music from talented local musicians.
Samantha Pigeon, Saltrock Store Manager said: “We’re very excited to be hosting the Saltrock Summer Sessions here in Princesshay on the 3rd of July. We will be kicking the night off with a set from DJ King Dynamite, followed by...
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...
