The finalists in this year’s Exeter Foundation Devon Sports Awards, in association with Active Devon have been revealed. They include sportsmen and women, clubs, coaches and volunteers from all four corners of the county. The event will once again be hosted at Sandy Park, the home of LV= Cup winning Premiership rugby team the Exeter Chiefs. The competition was open to those involved in sport throughout Devon and, unlike similar awards, all the profits will be donated to charity. This year’s host is BBC Spotlight's Jenny Walrond and the special guest will be medal winning British athlete...
Police in Exmouth are appealing for witnesses following an assault which took place in the town on Friday 11 April. At around 12.30pm in Normandy Close, a 35-year-old man was attacked while walking with a black ‘staffy’ dog. The local victim and suspect were known to each other. The victim suffered a broken nose and lacerations to his face in the assault. A 21-year-old local man was arrested on suspicion of assault and released on police bail until 10 June. Police are now appealing for anyone who may have seen the incident to please contact them. The victim is described as about 5’9” tall...
......at Boots Exeter High Street. Celebrating the launch of our fabulous new Lash Impact Mascara we are offering Wizard of Oz themed fun for all including makeovers, refreshments and prizes all week! The mascara is available at an introductory price of only £10.00 and is also included in our 342 offer for a limited time. Go from No Impact to Lash Impact with just one stroke!! We are selling out fast so don't delay. Offers subject to availability.
Queen of Nordic cooking, Signe Johansen, is set to descend on The Magdalen Chapter in Exeter to treat guests to a one-off Scandinavian afternoon tea.
The Scandilicious food writer and chef is one of the UK’s top experts on Scandinavian food with her books Secrets of Scandinavian Cooking, Scandilicious and Scandilicious Baking all proving best- sellers.
Signe will be joining The Magdalen Chapter’s Head Chef Ben Bulger on Saturday 14 June to host The Chapter’s Scandinavian Afternoon Tea Party.
On the menu will be savoury delights including Gravadlaks (dill cured...
Britain’s on the move again. And the Exeter property market is particularly buoyant with estate agents and surveyors reporting brisk business
That growing confidence, helped by the government’s Help to Buy initiative, has meant that just over one million people bought a residential property in the UK last year, according to HM Revenue and Customs.
No matter how many times you have done it before, moving is a stressful and costly experience. But doing your homework beforehand, will reap rewards in terms of a smooth and relatively stress free move.
In-toto Kitchens is celebrating 21 years in business this year and is delighted to mark this special occasion at the Exeter Festival of South West Food and Drink where it will, for the 11th year, provide the demonstration kitchen in the main cookery theatre.
A partnership established since the Festival was launched, In-toto works closely with 2 Michelin star chef, Michael Caines MBE, to design and install a highly specified demonstration kitchen incorporating top quality appliances, for this leading Festival each year – a kitchen that is enjoyed by the region’s finest chefs as they...
Scrumpstock, a cider, scrumpy, ale and music festival, is coming to Devon.
The festival, previously entertaining cider drinkers in Somerset, will be held at Bicton College over the weekend of 24-25 May.
Scrumpstock representative Jim Fry explained why the decision was made to bring this fantastic festival to Devon. He said: "Whilst looking for a more rural, pleasing environment to hold our festivities we came across the splendid grounds of Bicton College who were only too happy to have us.
"Not only because we bring extra income to the college but also because of...
Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park, the South West’s number one family attraction, is showing off their brand new ride, The Flying Machine this Easter. The new ride is part of the £1m investment in the park's 25th anniversary year.
Guests are invited to take to the sky on the brand new ride as part of the school holiday celebrations. The amazing new ride provides a spectacular aerial adventure for younger guests and those who are just young at heart. Riders of The Flying Machine will soar to new heights of fun at Devon’s Crealy Adventure Park, swinging high and swooping low and...
Police are appealing for witnesses to a collsion in Topsham after a 23-year-old from Exmouth died of his injuries
At around 3.40pm on Tuesday 15 April, police were called to a road traffic collision near to the Retreat Drive in Topsham to reports that a motorcyclist had been in collision with a car.
The vehicles involved were a Jeep and a Suzuki motorcycle.
On arrvial both the rider of the motorbike, a 46-yearold man and his pillion passenger were found to have received serious injuries in the collison . Tradgically, the 23-year-old pillion passenger, Stephen...
Chalk & Ward Advertising is celebrated a year in their new building on Southernhay last month. The move from the Quay in March 2013 has proven a very successful one, Managing Director Robert Chalk says;
“It’s hard to believe that we’ve been in Southernhay a year already. Time flies when you’re having fun, or at least when you’re busy! I’d like to think we’ve had a healthy mix of both.
It’s certainly been a crazy 12 months since we moved. We’ve taken on 5 new members of staff and won a staggering 17 new clients, including The Met Office, The Big Cake Show, Bradburys and...
