Dust off the Speedos – the call is out for people to take to the water for the annual Topsham-Turf swim organised by the Estuary League of Friends.
This year’s event takes place on Saturday 17 August and covers the traditional mile-and-a-half course from Topsham Sailing Club to the Turf Hotel.
It is now eight years since the swim – a long-standing event in Topsham – was revived by Topsham ferryman Mike Stevens. Since 2005 it has been organised by Estuary League of Friends and now has support from Michelmores Solicitors.
Exeter School’s U15 Cricket Team have added to their recent trophy haul by becoming West Of England Cricket Champions at the Final held in Sherborne on Wednesday 3 July. And the cherry on the cake is that it has just been announced that Exeter School pupil Ben Green has been named Captain of the South and West U15 cricket team for the Bunbury Festival, taking place at Durham University on 21-26th July 2013. After being named Devon Cricket Champions in June, the team took on Millfield and Mounts Bay in the South West Play Off. Exeter School beat Millfield comfortably by 8 wickets and Mounts...
Devon’s churches are getting greener. Eighty churches from all over the South West took part in a pioneering conference to look at heating their buildings more effectively. Churches are encouraged to carry out energy audits or benchmarking to determine both the use of their buildings and also energy demands, with a view to making more efficiencies in the future. The new national energy- measuring scheme aims to grade our churches like fridges and to improve each year from F towards A ratings. The conference was held at the recently re-ordered St. Stephen’s church in Exeter High Street,...
A new apprenticeship in Clinical Healthcare is reaping rewards for both the apprentice and employer, Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
Chelsea Crossman, 17, from Zeal Monachorum, is celebrating after being awarded the Apprentice of the Year award from the Faculty of Healthcare, Childcare and Public Services at Exeter College. She was one of two students taken on by the Trust last year and is proving that gaining on-the-job experience alongside studying can be valuable to both the learner and the employer.
Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust has employed more than 140...
Award-winning Chartered Accountants Haines Watts continue to buck the trend in the current economic climate as the Exeter office makes a number of new appointments.
The Southernhay-based firm welcomes Chris Thorpe as the new Tax Director and announces the promotions of Patrick Tigwell as general practice Equity Partner and Lisa Crockford to Associate Partner for the Forensics Department. This follows the recent merger with Crediton accountancy practice Ocean Consultancy Limited run by founder David Park who is now an Equity Partner of Haines Watts Exeter.
Exeter City will be hosting Swansea City in a pre-season friendly at St James Park on Sunday 21 July (kick-off 3pm). It is one of two friendlies currently scheduled at St James Park, and follows another home fixture against Queens Park Rangers on Thursday 11 July. Ticketing prices and arrangements will follow in due course.
Of all the events we do here at West Town Farm our annual Barn Dance is the highlight of everyone's year!
Start the evening off gently with some children's entertainment or a quiet pint of local cider in the orchard and progress to a frenzied swirl of fun on the dance floor with Devon-based band Red Shed and their caller.
This year we've added an extra bit of excitement with the hire of Boris the Bucking Bull, so if you've ever fancied rodeo now is your chance.
To book tickets please call the office on 01392 811 257, email hello@westtownfarm.co.uk or visit the farm...
MEP Trevor Colman was the guest at the second meeting of an innovative business group serving South Devon.
He spoke and gave an impromptu surgery at a 4Networking business breakfast at the Ten Tors Inn in Exeter Road, Kingsteignton.
More than 30 organisations were represented at the event, including its chosen charity, the C-Group, which aims to encourage businesses to support Royal Marines in need, particularly those entering civilian life after an injury.
The meeting was chaired by Gerry Bolt, a business development manager for Bartercard, who said: “We aim to...
Come and enjoy a diverse mix of music and participation events at this community music event held at the Exeter Business Park.
Our Big Gig 2013 will see the whole country come together, celebrate and enjoy music together during a weekend of musical merriment. For all those suffering Glastonbury withdrawal symptoms or who have missed out on live music this summer, help is just around the corner!
Community, Equality, Disability Action (CEDA) are hosting Exeter’s contribution to the national music event ‘Our Big Gig’. Taking place thanks to funding secured from the Department...
Reservations have already been made for properties in Exeter’s new luxury retirement village, Millbrook Village – with the first taking place within minutes of the doors opening, reports Exeter property agency Wilkinson Grant & Co.
Around 200 people attended a busy three-day launch event from 27-29 June, with a queue of cars waiting to enter the car park on the morning of the launch.
22 properties from phase one – a mixture of two- and three-bedroom cottages and apartments – were available for reservation for the first time and with hundreds of enquiries having been...
