Sportshall Indoor Athletics

Event Date: 
08/02/2014 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Venue: 
Riverside Leisure Centre

Two hours of athletics fun for 4-14 year olds using bright, specially adapted equipment. Children can try out as many different activities as they like with fully trained athletics coaches.

Drunk Driver four times the limit at 11am

Authored by Huw Oxburgh
Posted: Fri, 01/24/2014 - 11:31am

Over 160 drivers, including a man who four times the legal limit at 11am, were arrested during Devon and Cornwall Police’s Christmas drink driving campaign.

According to figures released today police officers gave 1,326 breath tests of which 167 were positive, refused or failed to provide.

One man stopped in Devon was found to be more than four times the legal limit at 11am while another stop also in Devon found a 28-year-old woman four times the limit at 4:30pm/

In Plymouth, two readings of over 3½ times the legal limit were provided, one by a 33 year-old woman and...

Work starts soon on Honiton’s new skate park

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 01/24/2014 - 11:10am

Work will start soon on building a fabulous new £90,000 skate park in Honiton – designed by the users. The existing park will close on 17 February for around 10 weeks while the work is carried out.

East Devon District Council (EDDC), and young people from Honiton Youth Centre and Honiton Community College have been working together since July 2013 to design the improvements to the facility in Allhallows Field that skate park users have asked for.

The £90,000 has come from EDDC’s main budget and is being spent on Honiton skate park as it was judged to be the most in need of...

Friends take on the Channel Swim in local pool

Authored by Hospiscare
Posted: Fri, 01/24/2014 - 10:59am

Two friends from Exeter, Suzanne Lovelace and Sadie Evans, landlady at The Royal Oak, St Thomas, are taking on the ‘Channel Challenge’ throughout February to raise money for local charity, Hospiscare.

The English Channel stretches 21 miles between Dover and Calais and the friends will be swimming the equivalent distance at local pool The Riverside, covering 1,408 lengths each.

Suzanne and Sadie, who met whilst swimming at The Riverside, struck up a friendship and when Suzanne asked Sadie if she wanted to join her challenge, she couldn’t say no.

Suzanne decided she...

Lord Mayor Backs Launch of Mount Pleasant Independent Traders Association

Businesses and shops in Exeter's Mount Pleasant have come together to launch a traders association to co-ordinate raising the profile of their businesses, work together to bring forward improvements to the area and create a forum under which to liaise with the city and county council and others.

The creation and subsequent launch of the Mount Pleasant Independent Traders Association has been supported by the Lord Mayor of Exeter, Cllr Rachel Lyons who will be touring member businesses in Mount Pleasant, Pinhoe Road and Polsloe Road on Saturday (25 February 2014). The Lord...

Marmite 'unfit for sale' in Canada

Authored by Huw Oxburgh
Posted: Fri, 01/24/2014 - 10:36am

Bad news for Canadian anglophiles as the Canadian government suddenly declares several popular British foods unfit for sale. Products such as Marmite, Lucozade, Penguin Bars, Bovril and Ovaltine are all apparently enriched with too many vitamins and minerals, while other products, such as beef stock and canned soup, contain too much animal product. The move has affected speciality stores across the Great White North many which rely on the products to make a living. Tony Badger, an owner of a British speciality store in central Saskatchewan, Canada told the Star-Phoenix newspaper of his...

Seth Lakeman to perform at HMV in Exeter

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 01/24/2014 - 10:28am

Mercury Music Prize nominee and Devon born Folk singer/songwriter Seth Lakeman will be visiting HMV in Exeter on Friday 7 February to celebrate the release of his new album Word of Mouth.

Recorded in a Cornish Church, Word of Mouth showcases Seth's skill as a storyteller while the dramatic and melodic sound cements his status as a figurehead of contemporary British Folk.

Making a name for himself in the UK Folk scene and beyond since his teens, Seth has been honoured with both the best album and singer of the year at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.

Seth's third album...

Ashfords welcome a new starter for the Equity Release Team

Authored by Ashfords LLP
Posted: Fri, 01/24/2014 - 10:11am

Darren Heard has recently joined our Exeter based Equity Release Team as a Chartered Legal Executive.

Darren has significant experience acting for clients, providing expert advise in relation to equity release mortgages and securing these mortgages against their properties. Darren's experience also extends to working with a number of different stakeholders including financial advisors and mortgage lenders.

The Equity Release Team comprises of experienced, knowledgeable professionals that work coherently to deliver a leading Equity Release service.

By joining...

South West Communications Group launches webinar series

South West Communications Group has launched a webinar series to offer its customers and prospects a more efficient means of keeping up-to-date with changes in business technology.

The telephone system, data centre and business connectivity expert aims to hold a webinar every month tailored to either a marketing vertical or a communications solution.

Its first webinar on telephony technology is due to be held next week and is aimed at GP surgeries and the health sector.

Sarah Flowers, South West Communication Group’s sales director, said: “Businesses don’t always...

Exeter Library opening date revealed

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 01/24/2014 - 8:05am

Visitors are expected to flock to Exeter Library on Thursday 22 May, when Devon County Council’s multi-million pound refurbishment is finally revealed.

The opening date is announced this week in a special report to Councillors of the Exeter Board ahead of its meeting on Monday 27 January.

The County Council report follows public consultation on Exeter Library, as well as Pinhoe, St Thomas and Topsham libraries, which drew 555 responses.

As a result, St Thomas library will open for longer while the £4.1 million refurbished Exeter Library will open 58 hours per week,...

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