Location, location, location is otter bliss

Authored by Paigntonzoo
Posted: Tue, 07/02/2013 - 12:36pm

A new seaside pad with a million pound price tag has been snapped up - by a family of otters. The prime site at Living Coasts, Torquay’s coastal zoo and aquarium, overlooks Beacon Cove and Tor Bay.

Bradley’s Estate Agents Area Manager Darren Hole commented: “This is a prime location with stunning panoramic views, convenient for the harbour and for town centre shops. The grounds are perfect for al fresco dining - and there’s lots of local wildlife!”

The single-storey accommodation includes a bedroom and lounge area with a porch. The grounds feature two swimming pools, lawns...

Take That 2

Event Date: 
26/07/2013 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Corn Exchange, Exeter

Take That 2 are the UK's number one tribute act, and for one night only they will be performing at the Exeter Corn Exchange on Friday 26th July to help staff at Tesco Exeter Vale raise money for Diabetes UK; which is the Tesco Charity Partner 2013

Tickets are available to purchase at either the Tesco Exeter Vale customer service desk, or via the corn exchange website

Tickets are £20 each all proceeds will go towards Diabetes UK Tables of 10-12 can be reserved for you and your friends, and individual tickets are also available. Doors open 8pm

Call Debbie/Paula...

My Darling Clementine

Event Date: 
18/07/2013 - 6:00pm
Venue: 
Mill House, The Green, Budleigh Salterton

This atsonishing husband and wife duo sees Michael Weston King, former leader of cult 90's band The Good Sons, paired with one of the UK's finest female singers Lou Dalgleish in a musical partnership reminiscent of the classic country duos of Cash and Carter, or Jones and Wynette. Performing from their highly critically acclaimed album, "How do you Plead?", they sing of betrayal, regret, anger, guilt, revenge and hurt in songs that sound "like lost classics" (The Guardian).

King is widely regarded as one of Britain's finest singer songwriters, with 10 albums and countless tours,...

First Flight at RAMM

Event Date: 
31/07/2013 - 10:30am to 3:30pm
Venue: 
Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter

Come along, investigate birds and their habitats. Make a bird of your choice and its nest or special home environment. Afternoon tours will be held by members of the RSPB.

Call in when you like and stay as long as you like. All children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult. Accompanying adults can watch/supervise for free. Some activities are messy so do wear clothes that can get dirty. If an activity is busy there may be a short wait.

Held in the RAMM courtyard. £2.50 admission fee.

www.rammuseum.org.uk

Dartmoor Art at RAMM

Event Date: 
30/07/2013 - 10:30am to 3:30pm
Venue: 
Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter

Find out about some of the animals that live on Dartmoor. Get creative, paint or make your own view of the moor – it could be a bird’s eye view or perhaps that of a mouse.

Call in when you like and stay as long as you like. All children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult. Accompanying adults can watch/supervise for free. Some activities are messy so do wear clothes that can get dirty. If an activity is busy there may be a short wait.

A £2.50 entry fee is required. Held in RAMM Meeting Room A.

www.rammuseum.org.uk

Devon Wildlife Trust event: Bee Aware

Event Date: 
06/07/2013 - 2:00pm
Venue: 
Combe Farm, Axmouth

We're all familiar with the common bee, right? But there's more than meets the eye to these small insects. Led by beekeeper Ann Pengelly and naturalist Marjorie Waters; come and explore the importance, needs and life cycles of honey bees, bumble bees and solitary bees. Try to identify as many as possible in the orchard, community woodland orchard, and the garden which will be shortly followed by cream tea.

Suggested donation £6 to include tea. Please book by 4 July and meet at grid reference SY 263910. Part of DWT’s Bumblebee Campaign to help the bees keep on buzzing.

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Le Weekend Francais

Event Date: 
13/07/2013 - 11:45am to 15/07/2013 - 3:00pm
Venue: 
Otterton Mill House, The Green, Otterton, Budleigh Salterton

Head Chef Franck Favereaux celebrates his homeland's Bastille Day with a special long weekend of French cuisine in Otternton Mill restaurant.

A lunchtime menu will be running featuring a variety of typical French dishes prepared by Franck and his team. Lunchtime service runs from 11.45am to 3pm. You can book a table by calling 01395 567041.

Prices vary depending on the dish.

"Franck has been our Head Chef since February 2012. Many of you will remember Franck from his days as proprietor of the highly acclaimed The Seafood Restaurant in Exmouth, which he ran for 10...

The Joy of The Exe

Event Date: 
11/07/2013 - 6:30pm
Venue: 
Cricklepit Mill, Exeter

An informal evening 'Exe-pedition’ (pun intended) River Exe and canal, exploring wildlife between the DWT Headquarters at Cricklepit Mill to the amazing wetland at the Old Sludge Beds DWT nature reserve further down the river.

The whole round trip is six miles long so please bring torches and bat detectors for the dusk return leg and binoculars if you have them.

Organiser: Exeter DWT Local Group

Contact: Stephen Carroll

Contact Phone Number: 07972 175340 (after 7pm)

www.devonwildlifetrust.org

New footbridge for Dawlish’s Manor Gardens

Residents and visitors to Dawlish are benefiting from a new footbridge built by a team of engineers, designers and surveyors from Teignbridge District Council.

The new 10-metre timber bridge, which passes over Dawlish Water to link to Manor Gardens, replaces a dilapidated and unsafe bridge which was closed 12 months ago because rotting timbers and corroded steel beam supports meant it was too dangerous to keep open.

Dawlish Town Council and Teignbridge have been working together to solve the problem and provide a new much-needed link.

A 30-strong team of men and...

Adding life to years and years to life – by Dr Rob Turner, GP at Topsham Surgery

Authored by NEWDevonCCG
Posted: Tue, 07/02/2013 - 9:51am

This July, Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group is holding another health summit in Exeter for people to have their say on the future of healthcare services in the city and surrounding area.

The event takes place at St Luke’s Science and Sports College, Harts Lane, Exeter, EX1 3RD on Thursday 18 July, from 6-8pm. It follows a similar event that takes place on 3 July.

You may have heard of Yuichiro Miura’s remarkable achievement in the news recently.

Despite being 80 years old and having had four heart operations – the last one being...

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