Stagecoach South West is offering one lucky passenger the chance to win a year's worth of free bus travel by finding a golden ticket hidden underneath a seat on a bus somewhere in Devon.
The competition, running throught the week, celebrates the second annual 'Catch the Bus Week' to promote sustainable travel in county.
The initiative has seen Stagecoach South West joining forces with sustainable transport group Greener Journeys and Devon County Council to encourage local people to ditch their cars in favour of taking the bus.
During the Exeter Blitz of May 1942, citizens took shelter in the Underground Passages whilst the city was heavily bombed. 160 high explosive bombs and 10,000 incendiary devices were dropped on the city. The damage inflicted changed the face of the city forever.
To commemorate the anniversary of this devastating event, there will be a rare opportunity on Bank Holiday Monday 5 May to experience the highs and lows of the air raid in the same setting.
The brick section of Exeter’s Underground Passages was licensed to shelter up to 300 people during the raids, and this document...
A chance to come and see Topsham Bowling Club. Meet some new friends and have fun. Coaches on hand to assist.
Why not learn to play a new sport.
No need to book ahead, just come along and why not bring a friend with you?
For more information call 01392 274922 and ask for Adrian.
Easy to find, the club is situated in the middle of Topsham immediately behind the main pay and display Car Park whose entrance is between the Fire Station and Matthews Hall in Fore Street.
Police and fire crews have begun investigating the cause of major blaze at an Exeter car show room. At its height around 40 firefighters tackled the fire, at Hendys Car Supermarket on the Marsh Barton Industrial Estate, which was reported to be under control by 7:45am. Crews remain at the scene and the incident is still causing major traffics delays due blocked roads on the estate. Arriving on scene at around 5:34am firefighters found smoke coming from the commercial building, which measures 20 metres by 10 metres, and was well alight. Five fire appliances, along with support from an...
Beautiful flowers will fill this historic church and the scarecrows will be parish-wide, in the theme of nursery rhymes (map provided).
A hunt the clue based around both flowers and scarecrows will keep the whole family absorbed. In the new Parish Hall next to the church will be an arts and craft exhibition, plant and cake stalls and refreshments- ploughman's lunches, cream teas cake and beverages.
With summer just around the corner, enjoy an afternoon of thrilling summer jumps racing at Newton Abbot Racecourse on Thursday 8th May.
Racing will start at 14:05, with gates opening at 12:05.
Tickets for the day can be purchased at www.newtonabbotracing.com until 5pm the day before the fixture. Tickets will be available at the gate upon arrival.
Don’t forget – children aged 16 and under and students with a valid photographic student ID / NUS card can enjoy free entry to all fixtures.
A full house of all your favourite regular vinyl and CD dealers. Tom from Exeter Local Music and Andrew from Specialist Music will be at the fair promoting local bands and their music, and Roy with his Record and CD protective covers and sleeves.
With all dealers having masses of good quality Vinyl Records, CDs and much more to choose from and following on from the success of the last fair, it should be another good event for everyone.
Doors open 9.30am, £1 entry, early entry from 8am £3.
More Scattered heavy showers and thunderstorms are likely to develop north of Exeter later from noon today, forecasters say. The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning due to the risk of surface water flooding caused by the showers but have cautioned that th location of the showers is still uncertain. Due to the uncertainty in the likely distribution of showers, Met Office forecasters are advising the public to monitor the website for possible updates. A chief forecaster at the Met Office said:”A slack area of low pressure will move eastwards across southern Britain on Thursday. “...
Newton Abbot based family run business, Pens Unlimited, has donated 1,500 custom branded pens to the charity Realblokes.
Realblokes was founded in January 2014 after one of the team member’s friends sadly lost a battle with cancer. Real Blokes raises money in association with Cancer Relief UK and aims to generate awareness of male cancers. Scott Harrington, team member of the charitable group says:
“There is a lot of talk about women’s cancers and the delicate nature of the female body but what a lot of people don’t realise or talk about, is the delicate nature of men’s...
