Talk: Wildlife Around the Exe Estuary

Event Date: 
22/03/2014 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Countess Wear Village Hall

Wildlife Around the Exe Estuary by Dave Smallshire

From the estuary’s famous Avocets to its tiny Warren Crocus and from Hairy Dragonflies to dune-loving Sand Lizards, a great variety of wildlife can be found in and around the Exe Estaury.

Go along and learn more about the astonishing species that live in this amazing place.

Tickets £5 including complementary glass of wine and nibbles.

Tickets available from Poppy’s, Topsham Road or by calling 01392 682550

Low Impact Dance Fitness Classes

Event Date: 
24/03/2014 - 6:00pm to 02/04/2014 - 11:00am
Venue: 
various

For those coming back to exercise or wanting a gentler version of zumba: Zumba Gold is the low impact dance fitness class with upbeat music and easier movements.

Come to class to get fitter, burn off calories and have fun dancing!

2 more weeks of classes before the Easter Break:

Monday evenings Tedburn Village Hall 6pm-7pm £5 per class. (Monday 24th March and Monday 31st March)

Tuesday mornings Sylvania Hall, Exeter, 10am - 10:50am. (Tuesday 25th March and Tuesday 1st April)

Wednesday mornings Ide Memorial Hall (next to the village shop). 10am - 10:...

Wine Tasting with Susy Atkins Raises Funds for Hospiscare

Authored by Hospiscare
Posted: Wed, 03/19/2014 - 12:19pm

A South American wine tasting evening at the Deer Park Hotel, Honiton has raised more than £1700 for Hospiscare. Wine expert Susy Atkins, who appears on BBC1’s Saturday Kitchen introduced the evening and explained why she had selected the wines. She explained their characteristics and why the specially chosen South American tapas complimented each wine.

Hospiscare trustee Nick Ag-Manning, Mark Godfery of Deer Park and Jane Clarke of Rock Mill Design put the event together to raise funds for the local hospice.

Nick said: ‘’ It was an excellent event in fantastic surroundings...

Record Rise of 2.58m in South West Employment Rate

Authored by Huw Oxburgh
Posted: Wed, 03/19/2014 - 12:08pm

The employment rate in the South West has increased by a record 2.58 million in three months, according to figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) this morning.

However while unemployment did fall in this three month period, the figures also show that 6,000 more people in the South West are now unemployed since last year meaning the the South West is the only region to record a rise in its unemployment during th whole year period.

Nationally the ONS figures show that the employment rate is now at 72.3%, the highest it has been since the recession began...

Going with the flow in Teignmouth

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 03/19/2014 - 12:06pm

Officers from Teignbridge District Council and the Environment Agency are taking to the waters to check water flows with the little help of a harmless fluorescent dye.

Teignbridge and the Environment Agency are carrying out detailed water movement surveys at Teignmouth Beach on 17 and 25 March in an effort to help minimise the risk from pollution.

Fluorescent dye will be put into the water from a sewage overflow discharge location and water movements followed over spring and the smallest tides. The dye is not harmful to the environment or recreational water users, and will...

Wren presents Mairi Campbell with Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll

Event Date: 
28/03/2014 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Cygnet Theatre, Friars Gate, Exeter

Devon based folk music organisation Wren Music launches a new collaboration with Exeter’s Cygnet theatre this week with the opening night in the ‘Wren Presents . . .’ season with Scottish Folk Singer and fiddle player Mairi Campbell in concert with Nick Wyke and Becki Driscoll on Friday 28th March at 7.30pm.

Prices: Tickets are £12 (full) £10 (under 18s) available from Cygnet Theatre 01392 277189, Exeter Visitor Information Centre or on-line from www.wegottickets.com

‘Wren presents . . .’ is financially supported by Exeter Arts Council.

An exciting development for folk music in Exeter

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 03/19/2014 - 11:41am

Devon based folk music organisation Wren Music launches a new collaboration with Exeter’s Cygnet theatre this week with the opening night in the ‘Wren Presents . . .’ season with Scottish Folk Singer and fiddle player Mairi Campbell in concert with Nick Wyke and Becki Driscoll on Friday 28 March at 7.30pm.

Award winning singer songwriter Mairi Campbell makes a welcome return to Devon, and she blends her distinctive vocals and skilled fiddle playing to create a haunting collection of songs and tunes for her concert. Mairi may be best remembered for her rendition of ‘Auld Lang Syne’...

Chat About the Birds

Event Date: 
17/04/2014 - 11:00am
Venue: 
RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter

Meeting and talk with local bird experts from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB). Join them for a 20 to 30 minute walk around the museum to see the wildlife on display. Discover underwater wonders around Devon’s shores, learn how bees are saving the UK millions of pounds a year, which piece of clothing inspired the RSPB’s origins and how everything from tigers to sparrows are being protected by local conservationists.

11am-4pm

www.rammuseum.org.uk

Behind the Scenes Tour

Event Date: 
17/04/2014 - 10:30am
Venue: 
RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter

Take a 40-minute behind the scenes tour. See some of the reserve collections and find out more about the conservation, display and storage of objects.

10.30am-noon

Tickets: £7.50/£5.

Tours at 10.30am and noon

www.rammuseum.org.uk

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