Our students will be taking over Route 2 in Topsham on Thursday 28th November.
After the fun and success of last year’s British Sign Language (BSL) appearances at Café Lingua, which takes place on Thursdays at Route 2 in Topsham, we are set to put on another great event this November.
Students will be running the café’s kitchen and encouraging attendees and staff to communicate and order using BSL.
Whether you are new to BSL or a seasoned expert, the event is a relaxed, informal and friendly place to learn more, practice and meet others who are interested in the...
Shoppers in Exeter are to get an early Christmas present with the announcement of special offers in City-Council run Pay & Display car parks in the run up to Christmas.
Starting tomorrow (Thursday 21 November) parking will be free in all City Council-run Pay & Display car parks after 5pm. And those paying for three hours in Pay & Displays on Sundays will be able to get the rest of the day's parking thrown in for free.
On top of that and as part of Small Business Saturday on 7 December, the City Council is issuing small independent traders in Exeter with special...
A man from Plymouth who has been stopping other road users for traffic offences has been arrested for impersonating a police officer.
An unnamed 37 years-old man had bought a flashing blue light and siren for his car had been stopping road users for offences such as speeding.
One motorist the man attempted to stop was an off-duty police officer. The off-duty officer refused to stop for the man when they realised that the car was not an official vehicle.
A woman stopped and reprimanded by the man asked for his Police ID card. He refused and left the scene shortly...
Police in Exeter are growing increasingly concerned about a 78-year-old woman who has not been seen since 9.30pm on Friday 15 November. Joan Russell was last seen at her home address in the Emmanuel Close area of Exeter. Because of her age and her condition she is considered vulnerable and police are concerned for her welfare. Joan has limited mobility and walks with the aid of a walking stick. The stick was left behind as well as her money, medication, bus pass and other personal belongings. She is believed to be wearing a grey skirt and a green light weight jacket. She is about 5ft 4ins...
On Friday 22nd November 2013, at the Centre Spot Bar, Exeter City Football Club, a number of Devon's finest amateur choirs will go head to head before a panel of local judges to win the opportunity to perform at Exeter Racecourse on 19 December 2013.
Our panel of judges include former Exeter Chief, Chris Bentley, Bruce Henderson of Exeter City FC, Director of Music at Exeter Cathedral Choir, Andrew Millington and Deputy Head of the Media and Performing Arts Faculty at Exeter College, Andrew Mcilvain.
A team of four Ashfords' trainees have organised the choir sing-...
East Devon District Council has introduced a new service for residents who like to carry out transactions on their mobile phone.
The East Devon App enables people to access various council services on their smartphone, with both i-Phone and Android systems supported.
Since the App is EDDC’s free gift to residents for Christmas and the New Year, there’s a festive theme to the promotional campaign, using cards wishing people an “Appy New Year”.
Promotional events for the new application will be taking place in each town across East Devon in the run-up to Christmas, at...
A RSPCA has launched a new campaign to change the law on how labels on meat show how an animal was killed
The campaign began in response to a proposal in the European Parliament which on labelling that will indicate if an animal was stunned before death
The society is calling for its supporters to contact MEPs to add their signature of support for the proposal. The RSPCA believes that if method of slaughter labelling becomes a requirement within the EU, it will provide consumers with clearer information about how animals are treated at the end of their life. “We would...
People in Devon are being encouraged to take HIV tests as part of National HIV testing week which starts this Friday (22 November).
Tests can be taken at the GU Medicine and Sexual Health Clinic in Sidwell Street, Exeter which featured on the BBC Three documentary Unsafe Sex in the City last month. Similar clinics are run in Exmouth, Tiverton, Barnstaple, Ilfracombe and Bideford, as well as contraception clinics in Okehampton, Holsworthy and Torrington. The clinics are run by the Devon Healthcare NHS trust. Councillor Andrea Davis, Devon County Council’s Cabinet Member for Health...
