Reg and Margaret Nott celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary on 30 April.
Eighty-nine year old Reg and Margaret, 84, were married at St Mary’s Church in Morchard Bishop and farmed at East Worlington until 1990 when they moved to Crediton.
Reg is a keen gardener and grows flowers and vegetables.
Both love quiz programmes, their favourite being Countdown. Their Countdown-themed anniversary cake even had the word “anniversary” on it with the letters jumbled up, just like the TV quiz.
Reg and Margaret said when they met it was love at first sight, although it...
A guided walk around Exeter Higher Cemetery for anyone interested in its bird life. Meet near the chapel and bring binoculars if you have a pair. The charge for Friends of Higher Cemetery members is £1-50, visitors £3 and accompanied children, under 16yrs, £1. For enquiries please contact the Friends of Higher Cemetery on fohcexeter@gmail.com
The Dartmoor cuckoos which were tagged and tracked last year on the long journey to their African wintering grounds are now heading home.
The Dartmoor cuckoo project which began with the tagging of four Dartmoor birds last year is still waiting for the two birds who survived the arduous migration to Africa to make it back to our shores.
In 2013 Dartmoor National Park Authority (DNPA), in partnership with Devon Birds, took part in a ground-breaking national satellite tagging project run by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) to learn about the migration of Dartmoor's...
Devon’s ‘newest school’ - covering Exeter and the whole of south Devon – has appointed its first Principal in advance of opening in September 2015.
The University of Exeter-backed South Devon University Technical College (UTC) will offer a new way of learning for up to 600 young people aged 14 to 18, recruiting from Exeter as well as Teignbridge, Torbay, , Plymouth and the South Hams.
Ian Crews, age 51, currently Vice-Principal of Bodmin College Academy in Cornwall, will take up the post on 1st September 2014 following two successful careers in education and engineering....
Leading UK law firm, Ashfords LLP, are pleased to announce they will be the Match Ball Sponsors for the Exeter Chiefs v Harlequins match on Sunday (4 May), with kick-off at 2pm.
As well as being the Match Ball Sponsors, Ashfords are also delighted to be sponsoring the following players:
• Henry Slade • Rob Coote • Sam Blanchett • Justin Blanchett
The Chiefs need a victory to maintain their position for a European play-off spot, with this match also being the last appearance of Hoani Tui who, after five years with Exeter, will be leaving for Lyon at the end of the...
The election of the new Bishop of Exeter was confirmed in a special service at Lambeth Palace on Wednesday night.
The Right Reverend Robert Atwell’s election as the 71st Bishop of Exeter was confirmed in a service led by the Most Reverend Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury.
The confirmation of election service bestows the legal title as Bishop of Exeter to Bishop Robert, although he will not start his public ministry until he has met the Queen and taken an oath of allegiance.
He will be installed in a special service in Exeter Cathedral in July, but intends to...
Last Friday, guests enjoyed a great event hosted by Kirk Hills, at the 11th Exeter Food Festival – and even the sun made an appearance!
The highlight of the event involved an omelette challenge, similar to that on BBC’s Saturday Kitchen. Celebrity Chef and organiser of the festival, Michael Caines, demonstrated how it should be done and even ‘slowed down’ for his audience to set his time – at 26 seconds - still the fastest of the evening!
For the challenge itself, eight contestants took part: Sarah Chamberlain (Kirk Hills) – 38 seconds Damian Cook (Stratton Creber) – 39...
The Fire Service is urging people to take care today (Friday) and throughout the weekend as firefighters prepare for a fresh round of strike action. While firefighters will continue to respond to 999 calls sue to a reduced workforce, Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service have asked that people check their fire alarms and take extra care with fire safety. Due to a long-running pensions dispute with the government, the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) will be staging two separate five hour strike actions today between noon and 5pm and on Sunday May 4 between 10am and 3pm. On Saturday FBU...
We seem to pride ourselves on our democracy – that we have occasional opportunities to influence the choice of our leaders, yet we are surely a long way from Abraham Lincoln’s definition of “government of the people, by the people, for the people.” At best we live in a representative democracy whereby we elect politicians at different levels and lend them our permission or power for a few years to represent our concerns at centres of governance, whether Town Hall, Whitehall or Strasbourg. But this is a limited political process and does not open itself readily to the more participative...
Exeter chartered accountancy firm Simpkins Edwards is delighted to announce two of the top auction prizes at their 11th annual Really Big Quiz – a rugby ball and shirt signed by winners of the pivotal LV= cup final on 16 March this year, which clinched the Chiefs’ first major trophy in their 143-year history.
Taking place at the Corn Exchange on Wednesday 7 May from 6.30pm, the annual Really Big Quiz is an opportunity for local firms to compete for the title of Exeter’s brainiest business, and help raise funds for the Lord Mayor’s nominated charity, Ataxia UK – which funds research...
