A menagerie of creatures great and very small will scuttle into Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park on Friday 28 March for the official opening of the brand new attraction, Bugz Unlimited.
The new attractions represent part of a £1 million investment in the Park’s 25th anniversary year and will officially be opened by TV Wildlife Presenter, Nick Baker.
Guests can explore a world of interesting creepy crawlies in Bugz Unlimited, with a Leaf Cutter Ant display and other fascinating creatures including a giant African land snail, Chilean Rose Tarantula, Jungle Nymph Stick...
Catching a flight to and from the South West could be about to get easier as the Stagecoach group announce a new daily transport link to Exeter Airport.
The new link, from Stagecoach’s megabusplus services, will see all four of its routes to and from the Honiton rail hub stop at Exeter Airport from this week.
The group say that the new service will provide a ‘seamless link’ between London and the West Country by using a combination of their megabus.com buses as well as the rail links at Honiton.
Managing Director of Stagecoach UK Coach, Elizabeth Esnouf said: “...
Grumpy Old Women and I'm a Celeb star Jenny Eclair is to bring her comedy show 'Eclairious’ to Devon this April.
Jenny, who has made audiences laugh on many a TV show including Loose Women, Celebrity Weakest Link and Splash, is performing across the UK as she brings back her hilarious ' Eclarious' tour.
Tales of incontinence, badly placed tampons and boobs falling out of bras are all subjects on offer when Jenny comes to Tiverton Community Arts Theatre in April.
The stand up comic will perfom on Saturday 5th April at 8.20pm. Tickets cost £17.50 plus a 50p booking...
Bridgwater College students Karl Trunks and Liam Hedaux recently attended a British Colleges’ National training camp after both being selected to represent the national hockey team.
As part of the training camp, the duo represented England in games against Lincoln University and Birmingham University, in preparation for fixtures against the home nations.
Karl is studying the Level 3 Engineering Apprenticeship and plays hockey at Taunton Vale Club, whilst Liam is studying Level 3 Sport and Exercise Science and plays hockey at ISCA club in Exeter.
A Devon conservation charity has found a rare African frog after a painstaking search lasting three years.
The Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust, which runs Paignton Zoo, Living Coasts in Torquay and Newquay Zoo in Cornwall, carries out fieldwork with rare amphibians in the mountains of Eastern Tanzania.
The work is funded by zoo visitors and supporters and carried out with the charity’s partners, Manchester Metropolitan University and Museo delle Scienze, Trento, Italy.
The two Kihanga reed frogs – one male and one female – were found and photographed by Elena...
The third annual Xpression FM Charity football match is taking place on Sunday 23 March. The match is being held on the Rubber Crumb at the University of Exeter Sports Park and will feature a team of pundits from the University’s radio station taking on a team of Student Guild Staff and Athletics Union Sports Team Members.
The event will raise money for the Adam Stansfield Foundation, a local charity set up in honour of the former Exeter City striker who tragically died of bowel cancer in 2010. Last year the event raised over £2,000 for the foundation and the organisers hope to...
The third annual Xpression FM Charity football match is taking place on Sunday 23 March.
The match is being held on the Rubber Crumb at the University of Exeter Sports Park and will feature a team of pundits from the University’s radio station taking on a team of Student Guild Staff and Athletics Union Sports Team Members.
The event will raise money for the Adam Stansfield Foundation, a local charity set up in honour of the former Exeter City striker who tragically died of bowel cancer in 2010. Last year the event raised over £2,000 for the foundation and the organisers...
In this video local expert Robin Adams from West Country Osteopaths gives us advice on how to avoid back and neck pain whilst at work.
Robin explains the key points to consider to help you avoid pain at work and what you need to do if you do suffer from pain “Sit at your desk with your spine upright. Avoid 'computer hump' by keeping your chin tucked in, ensure your knees are slightly lower than your hips, which will help you to keep your spine upright. Make sure your shoulders are held in line with your spine, and not stretched forward to reach the keyboard or mouse.”
South West Water has today announced plans which could see household bills fall by 13% in real terms by 2020. South West Water has already confirmed a price freeze on its standard tariff and standing charges to April 2015 and previously proposed to keep average bill rises below inflation to 2020. In addition, bills already include a £50 annual reduction from Government to 2020. South West Water submitted its 2015-20 business plan to Ofwat in December last year, following its biggest ever consultation, a public approval rating of 84 per cent and the support of the independently-chaired...
