What do half a TV, a French bullet-proof vest and an unopened pack of bacon have in common? They were all cleared from our beaches during a single weekend last September and were among the 223,405 bits of litter that volunteers bagged up and removed as part of the Beachwatch Big Weekend 2013, organised by the Marine Conservation Society (MCS). The UK’s leading beach cleanup and survey has now been running for twenty years and over the two decades the amount of litter found on our beaches has been steadily increasing. The 20th anniversary clean up, which took place between 20th and 23rd...
Neil Parish, MP for Tiverton and Honiton, is supporting the People’s Millions, a partnership between the Big Lottery Fund and ITV, where the public helps to decide which local community projects received up to £50,000 of Lottery funding.
Since 2005 date the Big Lottery Fund has funded 599 projects through the programme and a total of £31.3 million. In this time over 3.3 million votes have been cast by the public and the programme continues to attract applications from groups who have not been funded by us before.
This is a great opportunity for 76 projects to receive up to...
After a very wet and windy winter with National Trust rangers pushed to their physical limits to clear fallen trees in time for re-opening, Lydford Gorge is celebrating the arrival of spring and visitors are now able to enjoy this beautiful place in a variety of ways.
A treasure hidden from view yet within the Dartmoor National Park, Lyford is a place for quiet recreation and a home to many birds and mammals such as the otter and brown trout.
Bluebells and wild garlic provide a wonderful scented backdrop for visitors as they stop and enjoy this wonderful oasis and spend...
Very pleased to be running again our highly successful Business Planning workshop on the 2nd and 3rd of July.
How difficult is it to implement all your plans for taking your business forward, you have lots of good ideas but how are you going to achieve them? Are you looking for:
* Increased profit * Organisational Growth * More customers with a greater loyalty * Better team performance * A plan to take your business onwards and upwards into 2014 and beyond
Well we have the answer for you!
Take just two days out and spend essential time working on the...
Exeter City Council has today announced plans to invest £1 million in a programme of projects at council buildings to become more energy efficent.
The projects include the installation of low energy hand driers and the phasing out of paper towel dispensers at the Civic Centre, thought to make savings of more than £10,000 a year
A heating replacement project is also underway to replace the old incumbent boilers at the Civic Centre, realising significant financial and carbon savings.
The City Council’s programme also will see photovoltaic solar panels installed at...
Organisers of one of Devon’s premier golf tournaments will be celebrating its tenth anniversary in style this summer, hoping to raise more than £100k for local charity Hospiscare.
More than 70 people have already signed up to take part in Hospiscare’s Golf Day, being held on Thursday, July 10, where they will have the chance to take home the Marnie Burgoyne Memorial Trophy.
The much-loved amateur tournament has raised around £92,000 to date and event organisers are hoping that this amount will rise to above £100,000 when they celebrate its tenth anniversary later this year...
There are ‘some significant risks’ in the way that Devon and Cornwall Police tackle domestic abuse according to a national report published today by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC).
There were 9,212 domestic abuse related crimes reported in Devon and Cornwall in the 12 months leading up to August 2013 accounting for 11% of all recorded crime in the force area. Despite the high number of cases, the report highlights weaknesses and inconsistencies in Devon and Cornwall’s response to domestic violence finding that while there were “pockets of good work” they had not...
For the second year running Stagecoach South West is sponsoring Exeter College’s Schools’ Cook Off competition which sees its challenging final take place on the opening day of the city’s prestigious Festival of South West Food & Drink.
The competition, which gives the best young chefs from schools in Exeter and beyond a chance to demonstrate their culinary skills, originated from an idea from Michelin starred chef Michael Caines. Michael is not only one of the Festival’s founders but also Governor at Exeter College and founder and mentor for the College's elite Michael Caines...
Set in 1908 in Clecklewyke in the heart of Northern England, three well-to-do West Yorkshire couples – the Parkers, Soppitts and Helliwells – married on the same day, at the same church, and by the same vicar, join to celebrate 25 years of blissful matrimony.
Disaster strikes with the shocking revelation that the vicar who married them wasn’t actually licensed – these pillars of the church and the community, aren’t as respectably married as they thought they were!
Home truths fly like confetti, an old flame returns and other uninvited guests start to call. With a...
The Teignmouth Players 50th Anniversary Production: When we are Married by J B Priestley, directed by Jenny Brittan
Set in 1908 in Clecklewyke in the heart of Northern England, three well-to-do West Yorkshire couples – the Parkers, Soppitts and Helliwells – married on the same day, at the same church, and by the same vicar, join to celebrate 25 years of blissful matrimony.
Disaster strikes with the shocking revelation that the vicar who married them wasn’t actually licensed – these pillars of the church and the community, aren’t as respectably married as they thought they...
