Extreme sports fanatic Ant Gange has chosen training charity St Loye’s Foundation as the beneficiary of his latest daredevil stunt.
27-year-old Ant, who is deaf, has a history of outdoor challenges including snowboarding in the French Alps, skydiving with the Army parachute Association and ‘parapenting’ or running off the side of a mountain with a parachute and looking for thermal updrafts to keep flying! Ant’s latest undertaking is a skydive to raise funds for the charity where he is currently training.
St Loye’s Foundation provide tailored training and support for people...
Tributes have been paid to Nick Milligan, the 51-year-old father killed in a tragic speedboat accident in the Camel Estuary near Padstow on Sunday (5 May).
Mr Milligan and his eight-year-old daughter died after they and four other members of their family were thrown out of the boat into the water. They are believed to have been hit by the vessel as it circled the vicinity.
Eye witness reports suggest the boat was out of control in water near to the harbour of the North Cornwall town.
A local man - named as Charlie Toogood, a water sports instructor - has been...
Exeter College art students showcase their talents this month in the city centre. The annual Foundation Degree Summer Show is open to the public, and provides an opportunity for prospective applicants to see the high standard of work produced. Exhibits include Fine Art, Graphic Communication, Photography and Digital Arts.
In partnership with Plymouth University, students can top up their Foundation Degree to a full BA with an optional third year in Plymouth.
The free show is open on weekdays for the last two weeks of May at the Centre for the Creative Industries, Victoria...
Join us for 'Telling Our Stories Finding Our Roots', an evening of rich storytelling, music and verse bringing a new multi-cultural perspective to Exeter’s history. Original stories of people from around the world, moving to, living in and affecting lives in Exeter.
Featuring true stories, traditional tales and secrets uncovered from Exeter’s past, the event will be hosted by local storyteller Sandhya Dave and local historian Lucy MacKeith. The stories will be told by members of the multi-cultural 'Telling Our Stories, Finding Our Roots', volunteer team inspired by historical...
Exeter College art students showcase their talents this month in the city centre. The annual Foundation Degree Summer Show is open to the public, and provides an opportunity for prospective applicants to see the high standard of work produced. Exhibits include Fine Art, Graphic Communication, Photography and Digital Arts.
In partnership with Plymouth University, students can top up their Foundation Degree to a full BA with an optional third year in Plymouth.
The free show is open on weekdays for the last two weeks of May at the Centre for the Creative Industries, Victoria...
According to a sleep study from 2010 at a sleep laboratory in Stockholm, Sweden, people who were sleep deprived were rated less healthy and less dishy than those who got a good night's sleep! So how many hours of sleep is best? Adults need between seven and nine hours of sleep, while teens and babies need more. During deep sleep, our skin's metabolic rate and the body's cells show higher production rates and the breakdown of proteins decrease. Proteins are the building blocks of our skin cells, so if they're chuffed and flourishing, so is our skin! If your hubby thinks...
We would like to invite you to our open evening to celebrate the re-branding of our new name 'Purity Boutique Spa' & Corporate evening on 16 May from 5-7.30pm.
This will be the perfect opportunity for you to pop in after work and join us with the chance to view our stunning spa and exquisite treatment suites. Please feel free to bring any work colleagues along with you, groups are welcome.
We are offering complimentary taster treatments to new clients who haven't been to us before, male & female. *Heavenly back massage *Skin analysis, skincare and...
Dog mess is one of the most common causes for complaints among residents when asked about issues in their community.
This month, East Devon District Council (EDDC) is launching a new campaign aimed at deterring the small but irritating band of irresponsible dog owners who allow their pets to foul pavements and public areas in East Devon.
The council’s “Pick It Up” campaign features a particularly strong message, which will be painted on the ground at hotspots around the district where dog mess is a particular problem.
Councillor Iain Chubb, EDDC’s Cabinet Member for...
The countdown has begun for the start of the Devon County Show, which runs this year from 16 to 18 May. Organic family farmers from Talaton near Honiton are sure to be cooking up a storm. Jonathan and Louise Burrough from Peradon Farm specialise in gourmet burgers, made from their home-grown Aberdeen Angus beef as well as lamb. The award-winning steak burgers will be ready to eat from their catering stand near the Mole Valley Farmers Main Arena. The 310-acre farm has been in the Burrough family for several generations and has been organic for more than a decade. In recent years they have...
The twelfth annual International Compost Awareness Week will be celebrated from Monday 6 to Sunday 12 May 2013.
In Devon, acclaimed gardening professional and BBC Gardeners' World regular, Toby Buckland is supporting the Don't let Devon go to waste's campaign of getting people composting.
This is an opportunity to get involved and help Devon to recycle or compost 60% of its waste by 2014/15.
Compost Awareness Week aims to encourage more people to realise the benefits of home composting and the great results that can be achieved by using peat-free composts containing...
