Police in Devon are appealing for information following a spate of burglaries targeting commercial properties. The burglaries occurred at commercial premises in both Mid and East Devon between Thursday 16th January and Friday 31st January and it is suspected that a stolen vehicle on false number plates was used during the raids. The vehicle, a Toyota 4x4 Hilux was stolen from a driveway of a property in Chevithorne near Tiverton on Monday 13th January.
This vehicle was recovered by Police in Avon & Somerset on.13th February having been abandoned in the Yeovil area. The first...
The following is a blog piece written by Police and Crime Comissioner Tony Hogg.
People will know that I have had some wide and contrasting experiences in life. Thirty years in the Royal Navy took me into many unpleasant situations, and, in the years that followed, I worked with many disadvantaged and disabled youngsters through a Cornish charity.
Since being elected as Police and Crime Commissioner I have joined police and officers and staff at the ‘sharp end’ on numerous occasions, and my latest foray onto the streets has had a profound effect on me.
The overwhelming response to help farmers affected by floods in Somerset has left the South West NFU with more supplies than it can keep.
People from across the UK delivered forage and bedding to Sedgemoor livestock market tohelp keep the animals displaced by flooding on the Somerset Levels.
The South West NFU has thanked everyone who helped but has asked for no more deliveries as they simply cannot find room for any more at the current time.
“What we need now are pledges of fodder and straw or financial donations rather than actual deliveries, so that we can call...
Skeptics in the Pub in Devon are extremely excited to be welcoming Robin Ince down to Exeter and Plymouth SITP!
He likely needs no introduction, but just in case, Robin is presenter of Radio 4's Infinite Monkey Cage, irreverent host of the Utter Shambles podcast, stand up comedian, writer and angry ranty funnyman of the rationalist community.
Event details:
Exeter, Monday 24th February 7pm, Bar Casablanca, basement of Casa Maroc, the Old Malthouse, Bartholemew St East, Exeter, EX4 3BG
£3 donation on the door, free with £8 spent at the restaurant (25% student...
Bringing colour back to Mondays is from a photo on the website of Exeter's unique community singing group Forever Young Sing for Fun - http://singforfun.yolasite.com - Have a look and see why people spend two hours in a darkened room on a Monday evening.
Come along to St Sidwell's School at 7pm and ask those who enjoy a sing-for-fun session (£3.50 pay-on-the-door).
Can a community singing group survive if it does not depend on a leader, is not a choir and does not rehearse, nor give public performances or have auditions or have any expectations that you can read...
Finzi Ceremonial Ode to St Cecilia Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music Shostakovich Festive Overture
Tickets available from www.exeterschool.org.uk
Prices for the concert are £16 (in the main body of the nave), £11 (towards the back of the nave) and £8 (unreserved side seats). These unreserved tickets offer good sound, although vision can be restricted. There are reductions for children.
People with special access requirements are asked to contact the Box Office on (01392) 458934.
In recognition of the World War One centenary, Exeter University Choral Society is performing Karl Jenkins' highly acclaimed work The Armed Man (together with a chamber orchestra)
Tickets (£12 front nave, £10 rear nave, £8 side aisles) from euchoraltickets@gmail.com or buy online by clicking here
About the work
The Mass begins with a marching army and the beat of military drums, the orchestra gradually building to the choir’s entrance, singing the 15th-century theme tune – The Armed Man. After the scene is set, the style and pace changes and we are prepared for...
Three East Devon Dsitrict Council employees got up early to help promote blood and organ donation in Axminster.
The trio from EDDC’s StreetScene team were helping Jo Seddon from NHS Blood and Transplant with a new campaign.
Dave Seal, Graham Trude and Jerry Preston were in the town centre at 6am hanging woollen blood drops in a tree.
Anyone wanting more information can visit www.blood.co.uk or go along to the church in the centre of Axminster to see the tree in all its glory and get more information from a stall in the square.
The Rotary Club of Exmouth & District is delighted to announce that a “Last Night of the Rotary Proms” concert at Exeter Cathedral to celebrate the Centenary of Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland will be held on the evening of March 1st 2014.
Monies from the event will be going to three charities, the Childrens Hospice South West, at Little Bridge House, Barnstaple; Devon Air Ambulance Trust and the End Polio Now initiative from the Rotary Foundation, Rotary’s own charity.
Entertainment for the evening will be provided by the Military Wives choirs from...
