Every autumn the orchards at Killerton National Trust estate, near Exeter, become a hive of activity with staff, volunteers and the local community helping to harvest tonnes of apples for pressing into Killerton’s award-winning cider and apple juice.
On Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 October, months of cider-making on the Killerton estate culminates in a weekend celebration. This is Killerton’s annual family festival to mark National Apple Day. The orchard is festooned with bunting and stalls are scattered between the apple trees selling local food, drink, crafts and plants.
From 26 September to 9 October, A la Ronde, the National Trust property at Summer Lane, Exmouth, hosts an art exhibition by members of the Exe Artists painting group.
The locally-based group is self led by its members who, through a shared love of art, come together to practice their craft weekly throughout the year. The variety of styles reflects the individual approach of each member and results in an intriguing and diverse display.
A la Ronde is a unique and quirky sixteen sided house, built under the instructions of the two cousins Jane and Mary Parminter in the...
Devon County Council is seeking opinions from residents of Exeter on proposals for part-night street lighting in residential areas.
The Council has already sought views of local councillors and Police before seeking the views of the wider community. Information on the proposals is available online and at several exhibitions which open around Exeter today (23 September) where feedback can also be given. There will also be four public meetings where residents can talk directly to the officers involved with the plan. The reduction in street lighting is part of an on-going programme...
The ASK Italian Grand Tour came to Exeter last night. The programme, pioneered by the national Italian restaurant chain last October, consists of a series of fundraising events in order to raise £250,000 for Great Ormond Street Hospital.
This year's Grand Tour began on Sunday 8 September and will end this Friday. Last night members of the public attended a Food Night as a part of the tour hosted by acclaimed chef Theo Randall. Randall was signing copies of the ASK Italian Cookbook, which was published in support of Great Ormond Street, and cooked for the restaurant's...
England selectors have named a 17-man squad for the Ashes Test series in Australia including three players uncapped at Test level – Yorkshire batsman Gary Ballance, Warwickshire pace bowler Boyd Rankin and Durham all rounder Ben Stokes.
In total six players are included in the squad named on Monday (23 September) who did not feature in an XI during the recent 3-0 Investec Ashes series victory. Alongside the uncapped Test trio, Michael Carberry, Monty Panesar and Chris Tremlett have all been recalled.
Carberry has been capped once at Test level, making his debut in...
Police are appealing for information after a £2,000 glass ornament was stolen from a gallery in East Devon. Last Thursday (19 September) between 2.45pm and 3.20pm two men entered The Steam Gallery in Beer and stole a glass ornament valued at £1995.
A witness believes that they spoke with an Essex accent. The first suspect is described as white, stocky build, around 5’10 – 11ft in height with mid-length, brown hair. He was wearing beige trousers with a blue jumper. The second was described as white, shorter than the first male, short cropped hear wearing a blue waterproof jacket. He...
Exeter may never be seen in quite the same light again, according to a new local history project. It seems that this most ‘English’ of cities isn’t quite so English after all, according to a new chapter in the city’s history which has been produced by a mixed group of local volunteer researchers, over half of them from Exeter’s Black and Ethnic Minority community.
In what’s thought to be the most comprehensive local history project of its kind nationally, Telling Our Stories, Finding Our Roots , has taken 12 months to produce but really, the story has been 2,000 years in the making...
Torquay-based creative design and marketing company, Frankman Design, have been working closely with Cheddar Gorge over the past few weeks to create a new Cheddar Gorge mascot and Cave family.
Located in Somerset, Cheddar Gorge approached Frankman Design to work on their new character sets after Maureen McAllister, Head of Operations and Marketing at Cheddar Gorge, spotted some of Frankman Design’s illustration work.
Frankman Design’s Creative Director, Mark Vallance said “Initially we were asked to design a new mascot, his name is Cheddar George! Following the success of...
Exeter School welcomed BBC Radio 3’s Stephen Johnson to its annual Speech Day event last week (19 September). Johnson gave a speech on the power of music at the event discussing its use in treatment in cases of depression and Alzheimer’s before presenting prizes to both Junior and Senior School pupils. Mr Johnson then spent the following Friday afternoon in school, meeting pupils before opening the newly refurbished and extended Music Department at the Discovering Music event on 20 September. He there gave a talk on a modernistic quartet movement by Webern and a movement from a Brahms...
Sir Eric Dancer KCVO CBE JP, the Lord Lieutenant of Devon, visited the Nuffield Health Exeter Hospital in Wonford Exeter on Friday 20 September to help celebrate the hospital’s 50th anniversary.
Sir Eric met members of staff and was given a tour of the hospital by Matron Paula Winter.
He spoke to staff about the changes they had seen over the years and how treatments and medical procedures had advanced.
He spent time with students from Exeter Junior School who had helped with a project to fill a time capsule that will be opened in 50 years’ time, when the hospital...
