The UK will become one of a small number of countries to forecast the weather in space.
A £4.6M investment in this innovative system by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) will help protect the technologies our day-to-day lives rely on.
Severe solar flares, space storms and solar wind can disrupt satellites, GPS, power grids and radio communications.
Space weather forecasts, running all day, every day from spring 2014, will allow government and businesses to take swift action to ensure services are maintained.
New Year’s Day on Haldon Hill is a great Devon tradition and folk from far and wide gather at the racecourse to toast the first day of the year.
It’s the perfect day out for anyone who is new to racing with a great atmosphere guaranteed.
The first race is at 12.40pm.
Admission Tickets:
Haldon Premier Badge: £20 (advanced ticket price) Grandstand and Paddock Badge: £15 Grandstand and Paddock Badge group ticket (10+): £10 Children 17 and under: Free.
Tickets are available from the online box office or by calling 08445 793005.
Exeter City got back to winning ways with a 3-1 win against Torquay United at Plainmoor, and in doing so keeping up the perfect record in West County derbies this season.
It felt like a must-win fixture for the Grecians and that’s precisely what happened – leaving their neighbours from Torquay in the relegation zone going into 2014 and allowing the Grecians to put the play-off spots back into the crosshairs again for the New Year.
The Grecians, however, were let off early on as Karl Hawley saw his spot-kick saved by Artur Krysiak after Billy Bodin drew a foul just...
Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter is hopeful the injury sustained by prop Brett Sturgess in the last minute of Saturday’s Big Game 6 clash with Harlequins will not be too serious.
The loosehead was carted from the Twickenham turf with a serious-looking knee injury during his side’s 22-6 Aviva Premiership defeat.
Sturgess was assessed immediately on site at English Rugby HQ and whilst there was no fracture of any kind, Baxter will not know until later this week the full extent of the problem.
“It doesn’t look like he has broken anything,” said Baxter.
Dr Sam Bridgewater, Pebblebeds Heaths Nature Conservation Officer, worked for many years in Belize for the Natural History Museum and has written a natural history of Belize. He came to Devon in 2012 from NW Scotland where he was co-ordinating a scheme for conserving the natural and cultural heritage of WesterRoss.
Watch local history come alive at Devon Wildlife Trust's headquarters.
Volunteer millers will be on hand to show you the traditional way of grinding grain for flour using the historic watermill. If you feel inspired to get baking, the stone-ground wholemeal flour is available to buy.
Free admission and there is no need to book in advance except for groups and schools. To enquire please call 01392 279244 or visit www.devonwildlifetrust.org
