Professor Sir Steve Smith left the UK on Sunday 30 June, accompanying Prime Minister David Cameron and a delegation of business leaders on an intensive two-day trip to Kazakhstan designed to promote the UK’s expertise in the energy and mining sectors.
Kazakhstan is a huge country the size of Western Europe, with vast mineral resources and enormous economic potential. It is amongst the 20 largest oil producers in the world. It is rich in natural resources, including minerals, gas, and heavy rare earth metals (HRE).
The Vice-Chancellor is representing the world renowned...
These are no ordinary pair of boots, and not for the reasons you may think.
The fact that they are blue makes them stand out from most footwear of a similar nature, for sure.
But what is quite extraordinary about this pair of boots is the woman who wears them.
Robyn Steward has a condition called prosapagnosia which means she does not recognise faces, but recognises people by their shoes!
Because of Robyn’s physical disabilities, she needs to wear boots, and her visual impairment makes bright colors easier to see, hence her bright shiny blue boots.
Are you a Devon-based singer, musician or part of a band?
Do you fancy being part of a music festival in October featuring up to 120 acts, all in aid of raising funds for Oxfam?
If so we would love to hear from you!
Oxjam Exeter 2013 is part of a national music festival taking place in up to 60 towns and cities across the UK.
The main event during the festival will be the Oxjam Exeter Takeover 2013, featuring up to 120 acts performing at multi-venues across Exeter on 19 and 20 October.
If you fancy taking part then please drop Josh, Production...
Exmouth Beach Rescue Club were officially handed the keys to their new lifeguard hut at Orcombe Point at the weekend.
On Sunday Councillor Tom Wright, EDDC’s Deputy Portfolio Holder for the Environment, handed over one of the former Council Lifeguard huts for the club to use during the summer season at Orcombe Point. The club has had to put quite a bit of work into making the hut usable again as it has been standing idle for several years.
Despite the work required to get it up to scratch, the Beach Rescue Club will find that the hut fulfils a very important role for them....
Always use organic produce for a really healthy meal. Varying the organic vegetables will not stop this dish from tasting amazing, it will be a sizzler!
Lightly fry some leeks, onions and spring onions in a little butter/olive oil, mix in one jar of organic Thai Green curry paste, then place into a slow cooker. Add one tin of coconut milk.
Peel, remove seeds and chop/slice; carrots, parsnip, turnip, swede, spinach, harlequin squash (remove skin), purple sprouting broccoli, one red pepper, spinach and a medium potato.
Another great meal made with all Shillingford Organics vegetables. Organic chicken breast cooked on a bed of onions in organic butter, boiled potatoes, broad beans, pointed hispi cabbage, topped off with spinach and cauliflower cheese, made with gluten and wheat free flour.
Visitors to Countrywide in Broadclyst, formerly ‘Countrywide Town and Country’, should be impressed by its new look, layout and wider range of products - along with a brand new offer especially for Exeter’s equine enthusiasts.
Following extensive feedback, the store has been redesigned and refitted to take customers’ needs more fully into account - offering a wider choice of products, services and staff expertise.
Devon is a growing trading area for Countrywide, with Exeter now home to one of the leading rural retailer’s flagship stores, stocking as many as 4,000 new lines...
The best one day agricultural show in the west! The Mid Devon Show offers a fun day out for all the family - visit www.middevonshow.co.uk to view the full line up, which includes farm demonstrations, arts, rural crafts, food & drink and entertainment.
In 2013 we are celebrating our 20th year! Come along and support this special rural event, celebrating the best of Mid Devon.
Tickets are £11.00 per adult, £4.00 per child (aged 4-16) and £9.00 per Senoir Citizen.
Back to Broadway is a show that is a celebration of all that is best about Musical Theatre, from the heartbreaking beauty and power of Memory, Music of the Night and Don’t Cry for Me Argentina, to the feel good energy of Summer Nights and Footloose.
Let this mesmerising show take you through the world of musicals, its drama, its beauty and its sheer joy. In Back to Broadway, 30 of the best loved tunes from Cats, Phantom of the Opera, Chicago, Les Miserables, Grease, Lion King, West Side Story and many, many more are performed live on stage by some of the best singers and dancers...
