The Exeter office of Brewin Dolphin, one of the UK’s largest independently-owned private client wealth managers, arranged a very special day out on behalf of their charity of the year, Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) to visit Exeter City Football Club.
Children and families supported by Children’s Hospice South West were invited to watch Exeter City FC’s first team put through their paces at club’s training ground at the Cat & Fiddle and to meet the players.
Tim Walker, Head of Brewin Dolphin’s Exeter office, said: “We’re delighted to be able to arrange this day as...
Large traffic jams have formed on the M5 Southbound following a car fire near Exeter this morning.
6 Fire engines in attended the scene on M5 junctions 24 Bridgwater to 25 Taunton when a car and caravan became engulfed in flames.
The smoke from the blaze was reported to have made driving difficult due to reduced visibility.
Police initally closed M5 north and southbound J24-25 because of the fire and asked that Motorists find alternative routes due to heavy traffic building in the area.
The northbound road is now re-opened and only a single of the...
Here at Live Love Eat we thought we would let you in to our not so secret, secret recipe: Jammy Thumbprint Cookies
This is a great favourite for both children and adults a like. They can be a great holiday baking activity, a treat for a family member or something to put a smile on your colleagues faces.
Simply follow the link to find out how to make them:
Active Devon has been awarded a grant of £207,220 from Sport England to develop inclusive sporting opportunities for disabled people.
The Inclusive Sport programme is designed to increase the number of young people (aged 14 plus) and adults regularly playing sport as part of Sport England’s wider commitment to increasing regular sport participation by disabled people.
Active Devon will aim to establish over 30 Opportunity Clubs across Devon providing sport and physical activity for young people and adults with disabilities. The programme will also support and develop local...
Severe flaws in child safeguarding allowed a convicted paedophile to continue abusing two young victims, according to a report released today. The independent report, commissioned by the Devon Children Safeguarding Board covers the services repeated oversight during a five-year period of abuse and the circumstances leading up to the abuser coming into contact with his victims. The abuser, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was a known child sex offender prior to coming into contact with the family. He was jailed last year for a series of offences against his victims, including rape and...
Fly-half Gareth Steenson insists performance is key for the Exeter Chiefs this Saturday as they look to overcome rivals Sale Sharks in the Aviva Premiership (3pm).
Having returned to winning ways with last weekend's 38-33 win at lowly Worcester Warriors, Devon's finest can expect another stiff examination against the visiting Sharks.
With qualification into Europe's new-look Champions Cup very much up for grabs, the need to accrue vital Premiership points has never been more important with just three rounds of the domestic season remaining.
Otter Nurseries continues to raise funds for Charity of the Year Devon Freewheelers with a grand wheelbarrow raffle to be held at the Ottery St Mary garden centre on Easter Monday, April 21.
Not only will the lucky winner receive the contents, worth around £100, but also the wheelbarrow itself, bringing the total value of the prize to £200.
One of the Devon Freewheelers volunteer riders, complete with liveried motorbike, will be on hand to answer any questions about the service.
The last wheelbarrow raffle held on Mothering Sunday raised in excess of £300 for the...
Brother farms Shillingford Organics and West Town Farm are launching a series of Food @ the Farm events this year.
This is your chance to come out to the farm, see how good food is produced and also eat some of our delicious produce all cooked up and prepared for you by a professional chef!
The Bluebell Brunch is our first Food @ the Farm event, we thought as the bluebells started to pop out that it would be nice to give everyone a chance to see them on a guided walk and you can't beat a good brunch on a Sunday morning so the two should be combined.
For the third summer in a row the amazing Illyria are back at West Town Farm to perform another terrific children's classic!
Their production of The Twits in 2012 sold out, Babe The Sheep-Pig charmed the audience in 2013 and now they're back with Roald Dahl's most glorious classic "George's Marvellous Medicine".
It's the first day of half-term, Grandma has written to say she is coming to stay, and George is going to have to give up his bedroom for her. It wouldn't be so bad if Grandma were a nice Grandma. But George's Grandma is...
Do you enjoy your meat? Enjoy rare breed pork, but would like to do a little bit more with it?
West Town Farm have joined forces with local artisan charcuterie makers Good Game, the farm are providing the pork, Good Game are providing the skills and knowledge for a fabulous day on the farm learning to do more with meat.
This course is aimed at the home hobbyist and any lover of good food who might want to make their own bacon or have a go at curing a Chorizo or two. This is a great way to get an appreciation of what goes into curing and what you need to do it at home....
