Update: A 45-year-old woman from Axminister has died after being involved in a serious road traffic collision at 7:45 am this morning.
A second woman aged, 56, is in 'critical condition' after their two cars crashed on the B3261 between the A35 and Axminster
The 45-year-old woman from Axminster who died was the driver and sole occupant of the silver Ford Focus. Her next of kin has been informed and formal identification will take place in due course. The 56-year-old woman from Axminster was taken by air ambulance to Frenchay Hospital in Bristol, where she remains in a...
Exeter MP Ben Bradshaw, is one of many who have joined an online campaign this week, to celebrate British Sign Language (BSL).
The BSL Celebration Week Campaign run by Exeter Deaf Academy, SignUp BSL and Deafinite Interpreters hopes to get as many people as possible filming themselves signing their name.
The organisations have created a video guide to allow everyone to take part and all footage is shared over Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. The week’s events can be followed using the hashtag #loveBSL
The campaign has made the local radio news and other high-profile...
Husband and wife Anthony and Katey Pimblett celebrate the birth of their baby daughter Lauren at their new home purchased under the ‘Help to Buy’ scheme at Fern Green based in Langport. The Somerset development built by award-winning independent builders C G Fry & Son has to-date sold five of its 30 private houses under this scheme.
The *‘Help to Buy’ Equity Loan scheme helps first time buyers and those looking to move up the property ladder to purchase a new-build home. The government-backed initiative was set up to help new and existing home owners to purchase a property...
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.
Teams of golf enthusiasts are being called to putt their best swing forward at the Hospiscare Golf Day, taking place at the Exeter Golf and Country Club on July 10.
Spaces are available for 50 teams of four to sign up for the amateur competition and be in with a chance of taking home the coveted Marnie Burgoyne Memorial Trophy.
Since its launch in 2004, the golf event has seen more than...
Eliza Gilkyson is a politically minded, poetically gifted singer-songwriter who has become one of the most respected musicians in Folk and Americana music circles. The daughter of songwriter Terry Gilkyson, whose songs were recorded by artists as diverse as Johnny Cash, the White Stripes, and Dean Martin, Eliza was headed for a career in music at an early age.
She has appeared on NPR, Austin City Limits, Mountain Stage, Etown, Sirius/XM, Air America Radio and has toured with Richard Thompson, Patty Griffin and Mary Chapin Carpenter. She has been inducted into the Austin Music Hall...
Jim Moray is one of the most consistently inventive musicians working in English traditional music today. Winner of five BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, after five ground-breaking albums he now finds himself at the forefront of a new folk revival in the UK, and hailed as a pivotal influence by a new generation of folk musicians. In 2013 he celebrated both 10 years since his landmark debut album Sweet England and the success of his 2012 career best Skulk. Now he brings material from his forthcoming album of traditional ballads out on the road for an evening of storytelling music at its best....
Kimmie Rhodes - kimmierhodes.com/ @kimmie_rhodes Thurs April 3rd £10.00
Singer-songwriter Kimmie Rhodes is a native Texan who calls Austin home. Kimmie’s multi-platinum selling songs have been recorded by such stellar acts as Willie Nelson, Wynonna Judd, Trisha Yearwood, Amy Grant, CeCe Winans, Joe Ely, John Farnham, Waylon Jennings, Peter Frampton, Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris. A creative and prolific artist, she has recorded and released a total of fifteen solo CDs, written and produced three musical plays and a catalogue of hundreds of songs, and published a book. Kimmie is...
Celebrating their passion for using the best, locally sourced ingredients, the award-winning The Venus Company is delighted to have joined forces with chef and TV presenter James Strawbridge to create two truly scrumptious new gourmet pasties. These utterly delicious Venus Strawbridge gourmet pasties will feature on The Venus Company’s new summer menu, which will be available in their popular cafés and takeaways in Devon and Cornwall from April.
These mouth-watering, handmade additions to Venus’ menu will be available in two sublime varieties - ‘Triple Cheese and Onion’ and ‘Minted...
A newly-built £27.5 million health education and research centre is now open, streamlining the process from discovery to patient care. The state-of-the-art Research, Innovation, Learning and Development (RILD) building is a partnership between the University of Exeter Medical School and the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust (RD&E).
Part-funded by the Wellcome-Wolfson Foundation, the building is innovative in every way – it will enhance collaboration between the two organisations, and has already been nominated in two categories of the Michelmores Western Morning News...
