40th Honiton Hill Rally 2013

Event Date: 
25/08/2013 - 9:00am to 26/08/2013 - 5:00pm
Venue: 
Honiton

This year's rally promises to be bigger and better than ever with something for all the family.

A selection of farming machinery, steam engines, commercial vehicle and motorcycles from yesteryear will be on show, as well as children's entertainment to include Scotty's circus workshop, and a free children's treasure hunt

The usual auction will take place at 10am on Monday with viewing on Sunday.

Open 9am - 6pm Sunday and Monday, free parking.

Admission: £7 adults, £6 seniors, £1 children 5-16 years, under fives free.

More information: www....

Show of Hands

Event Date: 
15/10/2013 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth

Sidmouth Hospiscare presents Show of Hands

This award winnig band with it's acoustic music and throught provoking lyrics, can stir, amuse and inspire like no other.

Prepare for an evening of truly original entertainment!

Show starts 7.30pm

Ticket Prices £18/£16 and £10

Box office: 01395 514413.

Stepping Out by Richard Harris

Event Date: 
19/09/2013 - 8:00pm to 27/09/2013 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth

Paul Taylor Mills presents Stepping Out by Richard Harris

This feel good night out enjoyed a hugely successful West End run and won an Evening Standard Best Comedy Award in 1984.

It follows the lives of a group of women (and one man) attending a tap- dance class.Will any of them be worthy of a chorus line?

Show starts 8pm.

Ticket Prices £14 /£13

Box office: 01395 514413

Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward

Event Date: 
12/09/2013 - 8:00pm to 18/09/2013 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth

Paul Taylor Mills presents Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward

A joyous theatrical classic from the pen of a quintessential English wit.

A seance, held by the eccentric Madame Arcati, leads to the most unusual menage a trois in the history of the stage.

Performance starts at 8pm.

Ticket Prices £14 /£13

Box office: 01395 514413.

Deathtrap by Ira Levin

Event Date: 
05/09/2013 - 8:00pm to 11/09/2013 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth

Paul Taylor Mills presents Deathtrap by Ira Levin

This classic play within a play holds the record as the longest running comedy - thriller on Broadway and was recently revived in the West End. It provides twists and turns in such abundance that audiences will be held spellbound until the very last moment.

Performance starts at 8pm.

Ticket Prices £14 /£13

Box office: 01395 514413

Devon County Antiques Fair

Event Date: 
05/10/2013 - 9:00am
Venue: 
The Matford Centre, Matford, Exeter

Devon County Antiques Fairs are holding their next antiques and collectors fair at The Matford Centre on Saturday 5 October.

There will be a huge selection of quality antiques of all sorts, silver, jewellery, furniture of all periods, retro items, vintage clothing, collectables of every sort, home furnishings, books, postcards, pictures, prints, coins, medals, toys on offer.

Admission: 9am-10am £4, 10am-4.30pm £3. Accompanied children under 16 free.

Business Network South West - Summer Business Lunch

70 decision makers from the local business community attended the summer Business Networking (SW) lunch held at Sandy Park, Exeter.

Guests were welcomed with a glass of wine and enjoyed a two-course sit-down lunch followed by a presentation from Spencer B. Hodgetts on Nature’s Brilliance in Business.

There was also a free pre-lunch seminar on ‘Sales through Service’ hosted by Guy Arnold.

http://www.business-networksw.co.uk/

Antiques and Collectors Fair

Event Date: 
17/08/2013 - 9:00am
Venue: 
The Matford Centre, Matford, Exeter

Devon County Antiques Fairs are holding their next antiques and collectors fair at The Matford Centre, Marsh Barton on Saturday 17 August.

There will be a huge selection of quality antiques of all sorts, silver, jewellery, furniture of all periods, retro items, vintage clothing, collectables of every sort, home furnishings, books, postcards, pictures, prints, coins, medals, toys on offer.

Admission: 9am-10am £4, 10am-4.30pm £3. Accompanied children under 16 free.

Fire and ambulance crews attend two-car collision on A382 in Wray Barton

Update 13 August 9pm: The A382 has now reopened following an earlier incident (see below).

13 August 1.05pm: The A382 in Wray Barton, Dartmoor is currently closed with reports of delays in both directions near the Pepperdon Hall Lane junction due to an earlier accident involving two vehicles.

The Fire Service reports that it was called to a report of a road traffic collision outside Wray Barton Manor on the A382 with somebody still believed to be inside a vehicle involved suffering from chest pains.

Fire Engines from Chagford and Moretonhampstead were sent to the...

Lib Dems announce Euro 2014 candidate list

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 08/13/2013 - 3:05pm

South West Liberal Democrats have announced their candidate list for the 2014 European elections.

Lib Dems in the South West region have overwhelmingly voted to select sitting MEP, Sir Graham Watson to lead the party’s list in a ballot of party members.

The UK will vote for its Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) on 22 May 2014 - the same day it goes to the polls for local council elections.

Six MEPs are elected, under a party list system of proportional representation, to represent the South West constituency which is made up of Devon, Cornwall, Somerset,...

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