Children aged between 8 and 14 years old, cook up a selection of scrumptious spooky treats and mouth-watering scary dishes with our Fun Kitchen children's cookery classes this halloween half term.
They will be creating some tasty bakes for their breaks, baking their own lunch, plus a family dish to take home at the end of the day!
To fit around parents' busy working lives, children can be dropped off earlier, from 8.30am, and picked up later, until 5.30pm. Parents can relax for a day in the knowledge that their child is taking part in the best wide range of fun...
Free dyslexia screening will be available to adults next week at Exeter City Council's Customer Service Centre.
The screening sessions are being provided by Exeter-based company, Cinnabar, which specialises in helping adults with dyslexia throughout the South West.
Sessions will be held on 15 and 16 October during Dyslexia Awareness Week (14-20 October) at the Council's Customer Service Centre in Paris Street, Exeter. The sessions are free but by appointment only, so anyone interested needs to book a place by calling 01392 357501.
Devon and Cornwall Police have taken to Twitter to thank both sets of supporters from Saturday’s local derby clash between Exeter City and Plymouth Argyle at St James Park for their part in a day that they have described as ‘largely peaceful’.
The Police were on high-alert throughout the build up to Saturday’s game deploying six police support units, four horses, a dog support unit and air support.
Devon and Cornwall Police have praised both sets of supporters for their compliance with police instructions and for their behaviour on the day despite visitors Argyle going down...
A special exhibition will take place at Exeter Guildhall between Monday 11 November and Saturday 16 Novemer 2013.
The event will honour the members of 307 (Polish) Squadron RAF who protected the skies over Exeter during the Second World War and were described as Exeter's Guardian Angels.
Local historian, Michael Parrott, who is also a "Friend" of Higher Cemetery, was researching the history of the cemetery's two chapels when he was shown a wooden memorial to a 307 Pilot tucked away on the wall of an unused corner of one of the chapels.
On Wednesday 2 September, five Exeter College media students took part in a training exercise designed to test Plymouth City Council and the MOD’s contingency planning.
The exercise, codenamed Short Sermon, tested the reactions of these organisations and local authorities in the event of nuclear reactor accident.
During the day around 27 separate groups, including students from the College, took part in playing and responding at operational, tactical and strategic levels across Exeter, Plymouth and Truro.
The students worked alongside trained professionals as they...
Police are appealing for witnesses after a motorcyclist died following a collision near Okehampton at the weekend.
The fatal collision happened shortly after 4.20pm on Sunday 6 October on the A386 outside Lower Lodge, Merton, near Okehampton.
Police report that a 44-year-old local man, riding a Suzuki GSXR, was travelling in the direction of Torrington from Meeth with a group of other motorcyclists.
The rider is believed to have lost control of his motorcycle on a bend and impacted with a low bank. No other vehicles were involved.
A project which aims to improve the water quality and wildlife of a Westcountry river has made a splash in East Devon.
The project is a joint initiative between Devon Wildlife Trust and the Sid Vale Association. It is based on a six-mile stretch (plus tributaries) of the beautiful and popular River Sid upstream from Sidmouth.
Devon Wildlife Trust’s Scott West is leading the project: "Many people know and love the River Sid. It’s somewhere that local communities walk, play and live beside. It’s also a key component of what brings tourists to this wonderful part of the world...
Assistant Chief Constable Bill Skelly will be joining Devon and Cornwall Police from Police Scotland where he is currently working on the safety and security of the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Mr Skelly was selected after a process last week and will take up his post on November 30, 2013. Mr Skelly will replace temporary Deputy Chief Constable David Zinzan who has been with the Force since April 2012 and will be retiring when he departs his current role. Mr Skelly joined Lothian and Borders Police in 1990. He successfully completed the Command Course at Bramshill in 2004, and graduated from...
Today (7 October) the National Crime Agency has been launched to lead the UK's fight to cut serious and organised crime.
The new law enforcement agency is intended to transform the UK's response to the threat from serious and organised crime.
The NCA will use its 4,000-plus officers to harness the expertise and resources of law enforcement across the UK and abroad, to ensure a consistent and co-ordinated approach to continuously disrupt the most serious criminals and groups.
The agency will ensure that such criminals and criminal groups are prioritised and that...
If a spot of quirky fun is what you and your kids need this Halloween, then get wellied up and head for Riverford near Totnes. Their Pumpkin Day is legendary and with good reason; it’s full of busy fun, tasty food and a good dose of fresh air…and it’s free entry! Children’s activities include apple pressing, worm digging, pumpkin carving, face painting and vegetable games. When that all gets too much, they can settle down to paint spooky pictures in the creativity area or take a tractor ride around the farm to see where the team grow the veg for the farm’s vegboxes. “Our Pumpkin Day is a...
