A charity based in Exeter has been awarded bronze in the Access for All category at this year’s South West Tourism Excellence Awards.
Countryside Mobility was presented with the award at a black tie ceremony held at the Holiday Inn in Plymouth last week.
Run by charity Living Options Devon, the Countryside Mobility scheme helps to make some of the South West’s top tourist attractions and countryside locations accessible to people with limited mobility.
The scheme has already successfully sited all-terrain mobility scooters known as ‘Trampers’ and wheelchair...
The Prime Minster, David Cameron has said he is determined to give the public “a proper alternative service and solution” to the destroyed train line in Dawlish.
The train line which was destroyed when Tuesday night’s storm breached the Dawlish Seawall is not expected to be functionally repaired until at least the 18th March despite full scale repair works.
Many of the services between Exeter St Davids and Newton Abbot are running limited replacement bus services until this date. However rail operators have said that the service is dependent on local road conditions....
Exeter Racecourse has announced today that it will now stage an all hurdle card at its Bathwick Tyres-sponsored fixture this Sunday.
With 50 per cent of the chase course waterlogged and more rain expected, the decision has been taken to give the popular fixture the best chance of going ahead.
Clerk of the course Barry Johnson said: “We have had 32mm of rain in the last 24 hours which has left the chase course 50% waterlogged. With a forecast of at least another 30mm of rain before racing on Sunday the decision has been made to run an all hurdle card.
Silverton is honouring soldiers from the village who fought in the First World War with a specially-written musical revue which will be performed between Febuary 20-22 at Silverton Community Hall.
The unique work, titled Trenches and Wenches, tells the story of men from the mid Devon village who went to fight in France and Belgium and marks the centenary of the start of the conflict.
Although concentrating on the soldiers’ heroic efforts and sometimes tragic tales, it will also reveal what life was like for the women left behind without their menfolk through specially-...
Silverton is honouring soldiers from the village who fought in the First World War with a specially-written musical revue which will be performed between Febuary 20-22 at Silverton Community Hall.
The unique work, titled Trenches and Wenches, tells the story of men from the mid Devon village who went to fight in France and Belgium and marks the centenary of the start of the conflict.
Although concentrating on the soldiers’ heroic efforts and sometimes tragic tales, it will also reveal what life was like for the women left behind without their menfolk through specially-...
It is going to be at least March before trains will run through Dawlish again after the sea wall underneath the line was damaged by storm force winds and heavy seas.
Network Rail says around 80m of both tracks has been severely damaged by the sea, washing away ballast and the foundations on which the track is built. There is also severe damage to the sea wall and the track and platforms at Dawlish station.
It is estimated the repairs will take around six weeks.
A spokesman said: "Network Rail engineers are on site at a number of locations in the south west of...
Celebrating a new collaboration of the South West's animation courses, the New Year kicks off at THG with Degrees of Animation, part of 2014’s Animated Exeter festival.
Focusing on the work of some of the most exciting new talent to graduate from animation courses across the South West, this year's Animated Exeter exhibition gives an insight into the work involved in producing even the shortest animation. Some of the original models and drawings will be shown alongside the films.
A suspected unexploded bomb found in Exmouth has put emergency repair work on hold while bomb disposal teams approach the “mystery canister”.
Eight workers from Eastr Devon District council were on the seafront near the boating lake helping to dismantle an ice cream hut that was in danger of being washed out to sea and becoming a danger to shipping.
When the canister was spotted, Coastguard officers were called and they decided to enforce a 30-metre exclusion zone, which mean that work on the hut had to be suspended until Bomb Disposal officers from Plymouth reached the...
Before coming to our centre, poor Brian was living as a stray in the city.
When he arrived at Axhayes he was in a poor state. His once long fluffy ginger and white hair was really badly matted and scabby. It must have been very uncomfortable, maybe even painful for him. Even though his fur would have been causing him much discomfort, he has been an absolute delight! He’s been very friendly and affectionate with our girls. He was just grateful for a warm bed away from the cold winter weather, some food and of course cuddles from our CCAs.
Neil Parish, MP for Tiverton and Honiton, is chairing a public meeting in Upottery on rural broadband in Devon. The meeting has been organised by Upottery Parish Council after concerns that rural areas like Upottery will not see the benefit of the Government’s rollout of superfast broadband.
The Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) Programme is on track to deliver superfast broadband to 90% of premises across the Devon and Somerset area overall by the end of 2016, up from 64% overall when the programme began. The programme is supported by a £32 million investment from Broad Delivery...
