The Ashburton Food & Drink Festival is a celebration of the fantastic local food producers and traders that are found in and around our historic Dartmoor town. Last year's food & drink festival was widely hailed as a great success for the quality of the producers, the friendly atmosphere and cookery theatre with many people saying it was their favourite food festival of the year. The Ashburton Festival Association in partnership with the Ashburton Cookery School will once again transform St.Lawrence Lane in the heart of Ashburton with over 50 stallholders lining the street offering...
Volunteers from the Research and Knowledge Transfer department at the University of Exeter will be helping host a 1950s Fun Day at Cadogan Court Care Home, Barley lane, Exeter for the residents and their friends and families.
All are welcome at the event which will take place on Tuesday 3 September between 11am and 3pm.
Staff will be dressed in 1950s fancy dress to make the most of the day’s activities and there will be prizes for the best costume.
Activities will include Lucky Dip, Hoopla, Bric a Brac, Roll a Penny, tea, coffee and cake stall, and a prize draw.
Exeter Chiefs have received their ticket allocation for their opening Aviva Premiership game of the season at Northampton Saints.
Rob Baxter’s side will kick-off their 2013/14 top flight campaign on Saturday, September 7 at Franklin’s Gardens (3pm).
The Chiefs have received an allocation of 200 tickets, which including standing and seating options.
Terrace: Adult £28 Seating – Church’s Stand Block R: Adults £40 South West Corner Block Q: Adults £32 If there are any Chiefs supporters who wish to purchase concessions or junior tickets, they are asked to contact the...
Popular television series Antiques Roadshow will be filmed on Exeter Cathedral Green on Thursday September 12. Presenter Fiona Bruce said: "Presenting the Antiques Roadshow is, for me, one of those rare and very lucky coincidences in television when you get to work on a show that you already love to watch. Exploring the human story behind every object is what makes Antiques Roadshow so fascinating. And everyone loves the agony and ecstasy of the 'what's it worth?' moment. The Antiques Roadshow isn't just about antiques – it's history, beauty and drama all wrapped up in one."
A new treatment is being offered at the Nuffield Health Exeter Hospital to help people who suffer from the need to go to the toilet urgently. The treatment is nurse-lead but overseen by a consultant for both urinary and faecal incontinence.
Needing to go to the toilet too often is a problem for up to 20% of the population, and many people find it hard to talk to their GP about it.
A radical new treatment – the percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation – now gives patient a new, easier option.
Consultant Urologist Mark Stott said: “This can be real problem for people....
Adam Hills, host of TV’s The Last Leg is bringing his much awaited new tour, Happyism, to Exeter Corn Exchange.
Fresh from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Adam is ready to embark on his 35 date tour of the UK and Ireland in September and visits the Corn Exchange on Tuesday 19 November.
Happyism will see everyone's favourite Antipodean comedian take to the stage for a first-class evening of comedy with the usual anecdotes and audience participation all delivered in his refreshingly unique, laid-back style.
Adam became a household name in the UK after his part in the...
Back to school means getting into a routine so that your skin looks its best. Sure, it will take some work but you can't expect to eat junk and suddenly wake up to a ravishing complexion! Here are a few tips to keep in mind while you embark on your studies. 1. Wash your face with an acne-fighting cleanser twice in the morning and twice in the evening and each time you sweat, such as after the gym. Just be sure to follow with a moisturiser since removing too much oil can result in your skin overproducing oil to compensate breaking you out further! A moisturiser specifically geared...
Princesshay Shopping Centre in Exeter is the latest group to join a police scheme to tackle antisocial behaviour. The centre security team is undertaking a training and accreditation process under the Community Safety Accreditation Scheme (CSAS). The scheme allows Devon and Cornwall Police to accredit certain minor police powers to staff or organisations who are committed to working with communities and police in tackling crime and disorder. The CSAS programme has been rolled out successfully in other shopping centres and businesses across the region, and enables trained staff to share...
East Devon District Council is inviting all Honiton’s residents, voluntary and community groups and other organisations to send their ideas to Honiton Town Council on how the cash can be spent on sport in the area.
All the funds available have been out aside by East Devon District Council from recent housing developments in the parish of Honiton (Section 106 money). The district council has a nationally acclaimed policy of involving residents in how this money is spent.
Honiton Town Council is urging individuals as well as voluntary and community groups and other...
Twenty-seven basking sharks have been tagged in the second year of a project to find out more about their life cycle.
The work, which uses small tags attached to the sharks to track their movements, was carried out around the islands of Tiree and Coll by a team of scientists from Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and the University of Exeter, came to an end in early August.
The movements of 15 of the sharks can be followed live online. So far most have stayed around the Inner Hebrides, one has ventured to the Outer Hebrides and back again, and two headed to the north coast of...
