To celebrate Action for Brain Injury Week, local charity Headway Devon will be touring the county with an exhibition of client artwork and coffee morning.
Having made stops in Torquay, Tiverton, Exmouth and Honiton, this "roadshow" will be making it's final stop in Exeter's St Stephen's Church on Saturday 18th May.
The event will be running from 10am-1.30pn and as well as an exhibition of artwork, there will be information stands, delicious homemade cakes, children's activities, space to enjoy a cup of tea or coffee, and a range of stalls to browse.
Hooker Neil Clark says Exeter Chiefs will forever hold a special place in his heart after it was confirmed this week he will leave the Aviva Premiership club at the end of the season. The 31-year-old forward, who has just agreed a two-year deal with newly-promoted French side Oyonnax, will bring the curtain down on his career with the Devon club following Exeter’s final game of the season against Gloucester at Sandy Park on May 4. In two spells with the Chiefs, Clark – who was this season awarded a testimonial year by the club – has to date amassed 187 appearances in all competitions,...
The Vibes Dance Party is finally here and what a party we have lined up for you!
Whatever your favourite style of dancing we have it all, from a ballroom workshop to the best of Zumba with a taste of the Far East and Latin vibes and all the best of Swagga which will have you singing and dancing and going mad plus a taster of Bokwa! More importantly there is a bar! So let your hair down and party with us!
Tickets are £6 and available on the door. Friends and children, boyfriends and husbands are more than welcome to join the fun.
Police in Devon are warning motorcyclists and drivers to take extra care following three collisons in the county involving high powered machines in the space of six hours.
A force spokesman ecouraged riders to seek training in an effort to reduce the number of casualties.
Investigations are underway into the recent crashes and all three riders are said to be in a poorly condition.
The spokesman added that in recent years there had been a resurgence in the number of people returning to motorcycling in later years but there were also many youngsters on high-powered...
Lloyds Banking Group's sale of more than 600 branches to the Co-operative Group has collapsed.
Europe had been forcing Lloyds to sell the branches after its taxpayer bailout during the 2008 financial crisis.
But it is understood the Co-op has struggled to plug a £1billion gap needed to complete its takeover.
Lloyds chief executive Antonio Horta-Osorio said he was 'disappointed' that the Co-op could not complete the purchase, which was mooted to be worth around £750 million.
Peter Marks, chief executive of The Co-operative Group, said: "After detailed and...
The woman who died as a result of a road traffic collision on Thursday 18 April has now been formally identified as Naomi Rose White, aged 22, from Sidford. Her family have provided the following tribute and photograph (attached): “My daughter’s heart stopped beating today; whilst we all stood together to say our goodbyes she slipped away peacefully to meet people waiting for her the other side. They obviously needed an angel to stand by their side. We are all in pieces as you can understand. We all love her dearly and just don’t understand. Our loss is unbearable and we don’t know what to...
In the past year nearly 45,000 hours of volunteer time have been devoted to looking after National Trust owned property on Exmoor.
The latest figures for volunteering on just the National Trust properties inside the Exmoor National Park show that 748 volunteers contributed an astonishing 44,470 volunteer hours in the twelve month period to March 2013.
It is the first time that the volunteer data has been compiled in this way to include every NT property within the National Park boundary - Dunster Castle, West Exmoor, Exmoor Bunkhouse and the Holnicote Estate.
Thousands gathered in Paris' Place Baudoyer on Tuesday evening to celebrate the passing of the equal marriage bill in France.
The bill met some of the strongest opposition seen in Europe, with hundreds of thousands taking to the streets of towns and cities across the country in recent months.
The bill, which also legalises adoption by same-sex couples, was passed by 321 votes to 225 in the French parliament. (NewsPoint)
Victims of racism in the South West will increasingly have to seek their own justice because of cuts to the region's race equality councils, Equality South West has warned. Despite there being more than 2,600 race hate crimes reported in the South West in 2012, local authorities are withdrawing funding from race equality councils, forcing them to survive on a shoestring budget or, in some cases, close altogether. The cuts mean the RECs are no longer able to adequately provide advice and support to victims of racial attacks, abuse and harassment. Brenda Weston from ESW said: "The situation...
