A Tribute to the Decades Academy of Music and Sound Charity Gig
Music students performing to raise money for local charity 'Magic Carpet'
'The Academy of Music and Sound' 1st year foundation degree students are organising an event at Centre Spot (Exeter city Football club) on the 11th of december. The purpose of the event being to raise money for the local charity 'Magic Carpet’. The charity work with people who have impeding difficulties with their mental health. The night will consist 8 academy bands covering their own decade, performing songs of...
Devon is in the top three performing counties in the country when it comes to recycling its waste, thanks to many of you who make the effort on a daily basis. With a recycling rate of 55%, it remains slightly behind Oxfordshire and Leicestershire in the recycling league tables.
Residents in West Devon have the best recycling rate in the county at 57%, followed closely by Teignbridge (56%) and South Hams (54%) Devon residents are doing very well when it comes to recycling, however householders still produce more waste on average per person when compared to other counties.
On Friday 29 November, between 11am and 3pm, Devon born author Jani Tully Chaplin will be promoting her Manor House Stories in the heart of Widecombe-in-the-Moor.
Jani will be reading Lady Davina Dove ‘A Christmas Story’ to local children in the idyllic setting of Sexton’s Cottage, now a National Trust shop. This is the first in Jani’s twelve book series to be released; and everyone is welcome to come along, meet Jani and pick up a signed copy.
The stories were written by Jani some 25 years ago for her children when she was living in Devon. They remained undiscovered until...
Enjoy the talents of Shooting Fish, a four piece rock band, who will be performing on Thursday 28th November in aid of Tissue and organ donation at Mama Stones.
Shooting Fish perform tracks by artists such as The Foo Fighters, Green Day and many more.
As well as musical performances, those who visit Mama Stones on Thursday night will also be treated to some comic performances.
Doors open at 6pm with a £4 door fee required. 75% of profits raised from entry will go to the cause
St John’s Chambers is pleased to welcome Ben Handy as a new member of our personal injury and clinical negligence practice groups.
Originally from Bristol, Ben was a tenant at 7 Harrington Street Chambers in Liverpool from 2008 where he completed his pupillage. Since being called to the Bar he has built a successful practice in the field of personal injury. He has regularly acted in a wide range of medium to high-value cases with an emphasis on employers’ liability and cases involving allegations of fraud. Ben has appeared in the Court of Appeal and has a personal interest in the...
A campaign has been launched to reduce anti social driving and the number of young people killed or seriously injured on the roads.
Representatives from Devon County Council’s Safe and Sustainable Travel Team, Devon and Cornwall Police, Devon and Somerset Fire & Rescue Service, Teignbridge District Council and Exeter Airport launched the 'The Honest Truth' road safety campaign at Exeter Airport.
The idea of the campaign is to raise awareness of the dangers of drink-driving and fatigue to airport passengers arriving at Exeter before beginning their onward journey home...
A homeless man in Exeter’s city centre has been attracting some attention for his imaginative approach to job hunting.
Ken Jones, 44, accompanied by his German Shepherd Bailey is refusing to take any cash from charitable passers-by and is instead looking for employment.
Holding a sign reading “Have you any work 4 me? Farm-Labour, Industrial Cleaning, Re-Cycling, Demolition, Builders Prep, will do Night watch”
Ken said: “I’d like to get a place on a farm for the winter. Get work and a place to stay. I’m from a farming background originally, from Wales.
A former senior partner of leading South West lawyers, Stephens Scown LLP, recently celebrated 60 years of legal expertise with the firm.
Ian Waite, 83, has spent his entire legal career with the firm and helped it become the success it is today within the region and beyond.
Joining Stephens Scown in Cornwall in 1953 as an articled clerk, Ian moved from London to learn the ropes and become a qualified solicitor. His father paid the princely sum of £300 so that he received this training – a concept very different from the one experienced by today’s trainees.
South West Water has been ordered to pay £60,300 in fines and costs for polluting two beaches at Salcombe in South Devon. The case was brought by the Environment Agency.
Sewage spills occurred in August 2012 during the Salcombe annual regatta.
On August 6 the Agency responded to reports of pollution at South Sands. It found sewage leaking from a corroded inspection hatch and flowing down the beach.
South Hams District Council responded to the pollution by erecting a sign at the entrance to the beach advising people not to bathe at South Sands. South West Water...
