Give a bird a home

THIS half-term try learning a new skill and provide a home for birds to nest in your garden.

Join the countryside team on Wednesday, 19 February at the Axe Estuary Wetlands classroom between 10am and 1pm, and build a nest box from one of our easy-to-use kits – available for a range of common garden birds from blue tits to sparrows and starlings.

The Axe Estuary Wetlands officer and the countryside rangers will help you build your nest box and advise you on where to place it for the best results. You will be helping the conservation effort by encouraging biodiversity in your...

Bickleigh Castle Holistic Weekend

Event Date: 
22/03/2014 - 10:30am to 23/03/2014 - 4:30pm
Venue: 
Bickleigh Castle - Tiverton Devon - EX16 8RP

Two Day Holistic & Craft Fayre entrance £2.50 per day Supporting Macmillan Cancer Support

Fayres to include a wide variety of stalls - candles, books, crystals, gifts, jewellery, organic skin care, Healing & Therapy Room - Reiki, Hot Stone Massage, Accupresure, Muscle Therapy, Massage and more!

Free Workshop and talks available all weekend

Many local sought after and trusted readers offering guidance and support - mediums, tarot readers, tea leave reader, Rune Stones and much much more!!

Special Evening of mediumship followed by a medieval banquet in...

Police appeal to find Dawlish holiday park robbery suspect

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 02/03/2014 - 8:22pm

Police are appealing for help in finding a man suspected of being involved in the robbery of a Dawlish holiday park last summer.

Dean Smart (pictured) is wanted in connection with a robbery at Golden Sands Holiday Park in Dawlish Warren in the early hours of 27 August.

Three other men have been arrested and charged in connection with the incident. They remain on remand in prison, awaiting trial.

Smart, 27, who is from the Bath area, is considered dangerous, and police believe he is actively evading capture.

Officers would appreciate any information that the...

New app animates Exeter festival

Digital agency, Rokk Media, based in Exeter, have created Animated Exeter's very own FREE iPhone, Ipod and iPad app to accompany the annual Animated Exeter Festival held on February 10th to 22nd. The app provides an easy and engaging guide to events throughout the festival and beyond, but the real appeal is the smart design and the addition of animated effects to make it a fun experience to use. Susannah Shaw, Festival Director, is delighted by the massive interest the app is generating, “Having our own dedicated app gives a terrific boost to marketing our festival, specially one that is...

South West tenants get worst value for money

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 02/03/2014 - 6:05pm

Tenants in the South West of England feel they get the worst value for money from their rent than in other parts of the UK, according to a recent poll by the UK Association of Letting Agents (UKALA).

Just over half (57%) of tenants in the region rated their rent as ‘good’ or ‘very good’ when asked their opinion on whether it represented value for money. However, a third (33%) perceived their rent as ‘poor’ or ‘very poor’.

In comparison, the findings also show that tenants in Yorkshire and Humber derive the best value for money from their rent, with four in five (83%)...

Valentine coffee morning at Axhayes adoption centre

Find your soul mate this Valentine’s Day at Exeter Axhayes!!! We have lots of adorable cats and kittens looking for love! Come along to meet them at our Valentine’s Coffee morning. It will be held from 11am on Saturday 15th February at the Centre. Please come along and enjoy a cup of coffee and a Valentine's themed cakes.

We'd love volunteers to come and help. Bakers to bake their yummy cakes, and everyone else to come and support us! Please call 01395 232377 for more details or to put your name on our list of helpers.

Give a bird a home

Event Date: 
19/02/2014 - 10:00am
Venue: 
Axe Estuary Wetlands

This half-term try learning a new skill and provide a home for birds to nest in your garden.

Join the countryside team on Wednesday, 19 February at the Axe Estuary Wetlands classroom between 10am and 1pm, and build a nest box from one of our easy-to-use kits – available for a range of common garden birds from blue tits to sparrows and starlings.

The Axe Estuary Wetlands officer and the countryside rangers will help you build your nest box and advise you on where to place it for the best results. You will be helping the conservation effort by encouraging biodiversity in your...

New golf facility at University of Exeter

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 02/03/2014 - 1:13pm

Plans to construct a new short game practice golf area at the Sports Park on Streatham campus, have been unveiled by University of Exeter Sport.

Making use of the vacant space behind the University’s covered tennis courts; the 50m x 30m area will house two contoured, all-weather artificial greens and an eco-bunker. A 200m2 Pro-tour standard practice green will allow players to practice a full range of short game shots whilst a smaller 80m2 putting green gives golfers the ability to focus on short and medium range putts. The project, was ratified by the University last year...

Met Office maps Exeter's happiness

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Mon, 02/03/2014 - 11:53am

For three nights only, The Met Office plays host to Bring The Happy Live, a theatre event mapping and celebrating happiness in Exeter.

An intimate and interactive evening somewhere between a wedding and a wake, Bring The Happy Live is a spectacular culmination of a project mapping moments and memories of happiness in Exeter and across the country.

The project will begin with artists, Invisible Flock, occupying a disused shop in Exeter High Street. Armed with giant maps of Exeter and stacks of tea, they will invite passers-by to come in and share a memory – a first kiss, a...

Construction starts on £60m Exeter development

Construction is underway on the former site of the St Loye’s Foundation in Exeter, following a multi million pound investment from Renaissance Villages Ltd, a specialist developer of age exclusive villages, and Helical Bar plc, which is set to create up to 160 local jobs.

Millbrook Village will comprise a selection of luxury cottages and apartments for the over 55s, as well as a residents’ clubhouse featuring a restaurant, bar and swimming pool. The total investment, including the land purchase, professional fees, build costs and the marketing of Millbrook Village, is set to reach...

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