Caroline Wetton, from Coventry, is appealing for help in locating the rightful owner of over 1,000 photographs believed to belong to someone in Devon.
Caroline was given a bagfull of photographs after they had been found in an old cupboard. Rather than dispose of the photographs she believes they should be returned to their rightful owner.
The photographs date from the early 1900s, through the First World War and to about 1993.
Caroline is so passionate about finding the rightful owner to these historic photographs that she has even begun researching their history...
A small earthquake reported in North Devon has been confirmed by the British Geographical Survey.
The small quake is thought to have taken place in the Bristol channel off the at around 1.21pm today.
The quake is reported to have lasted around 3 seconds.
The quake is reported to have been felt as far away as North Wales by users of the social media site twitter.
People responding to the BGS have reported feeling the quake in Dartmoor, Bristol, Taunton, Swansea, Llanelli, Exmouth, Barnstable, Gloucester, South Molton.
Have you always wanted to explore behind the scenes of a theatre? Poke around in the dressing rooms and hear tales from some of the people who work here? The Exeter Northcott Theatre Open Day is the perfect opportunity to find out. If you’re aged 11 and over come along and join us as we throw our doors open on Saturday 22 February.
The day will include a backstage tour around the building so you can follow in the footsteps of the famous actors that have graced our theatre and reveal the secrets that bring shows to the stage. The tour will also include make up and costume...
Flybe is looking to raise up to £150 million though a share issue to invest in the group in a move announced today. The offer for 141,501,920 new ordinary shares, costing 110p per share is hoped to raise money for a new investment to improve the company’s customer services and infrastructure. The offer price is a discount on the closing mid-market share price on February 19 which stood at of 118.5p.per ordinary share. Flybe said that, funding raised by the share issue would be spent to improve the airline’s flexibility, strengthen its balance sheet and improve its product range and brand...
An evening of song and laughter will take place in Exmouth later this month, when more than 70 choir members take to the stage in aid of Hospiscare’s East Devon Day Hospice Appeal.
The La La Choirs and Budleigh Salterton’s Ukulele Strumming Club will come together to provide the music at the fundraising concert being held on Saturday 22 February at Exmouth Community College.
Local charity Hospiscare announced its plan to open a new day hospice for the East Devon community in 2013, later launching its appeal to raise the £250k still needed to complete and run the facility...
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Devon law firm Kitsons has announced the appointment of insolvency specialist Andrew Pay as its new Head of Insolvency.
Andrew replaces Emma Davy as Head of Insolvency in the firm’s Exeter office with the role of leading Kitsons’ Insolvency Team, building on existing valuable contacts, driving expansion and developing relationships with new clients across the South West.
Formerly an Associate Solicitor with Ashfords LLP, Andrew has more than 10 years experience dealing with personal and corporate insolvency matters, as well as advising construction teams on issues such as...
SWH (South West Highways Ltd) will be hosting two career taster days on 27 February and 4 March. The taster days will offer under-represented groups, in particular organisations that support people with physical or mental health issues, a chance to gain an insight into a career within the construction industry.
The taster days will take place at the company’s head office at Rockbeare and will involve a site induction, followed by outdoor activities such as block paving and finally a Q&A session. Each participant will also receive an SWH/NSFCA (National Skills for Contraction...
Scrum-half Haydn Thomas and back-row forward Kai Horstmann are the latest to put pen to paper on new contracts that will keep both players at Sandy Park until at least the summer of 2015.
Having already retained the services of Ian Whitten, Dave Ewers, Tom Johnson, Damian Welch, Jack Yeandle and skipper Dean Mumm in recent times, the news that both Thomas and Horstmann are hanging about is yet another boost for the Chiefs leader.
“First and foremost we’re really pleased with how both guys are playing,” said Baxter. “The other part of it is we’re really pleased with the kind...
UPDATE: Young campaigners against the cuts to the Council’s Youth Service have been denied the chance to speak at today’s full council meeting to set the next year’s budget. Campaigners had asked for three minutes to address the council before a decision was made on the future of several major services including the youth service. However Council chairman, Bernard Hughes had said that standing orders prevented parties from speaking in the council. Cllrs Claire Wright and Frank Biederman moved that standing orders be suspended in order to allow the campaigners a chance of address. Bernard...
