SLEEP has never been so appealing – probably because I now no longer decide when I will put my head down, or how long it will last. That decision has been deferred to our six-week-old baby, whose idea of a lie in appears to be approximately 3.15am. And once she’s awake, we’re all awake! One minute she’s a slumbering bundle of sweetness and light, the next a screaming blur of arms and legs. She can also go from silent to an ear-piercing 130 decibels (the same as a military jet taking off from an aircraft carrier) in 0.2 seconds. My partner is breast-feeding our little one and has been since...
Local charity Hospiscare is reminding women to enrol for the Hospiscare Ladies Walk which this year is for one night only on Saturday 11th May, in Exmouth.
The walk this year has an earlier start time of 8pm, and a new 12K route along the seafront and through the Exmouth countryside incorporating the cycle path to Budleigh.
All participants will then be offered refreshments back in the marquee, with live music to enjoy. Judi Spiers from BBC Radio Devon and John Humphreys, the Mayor of Exmouth, are both supporting the walk, and we hope you can too!
Exeter residents are invited to put forward questions to Members of the joint County and City Councils' Exeter Board, at their next meeting on 16 April.
The Board allocates 15 minutes for their "open forum", with three minutes per speaker, with a maximum of 3–4 speakers to allow time for discussion.
Previously, residents have prompted debate about issues including street lighting, homelessness and waste collection.
Residents wishing to speak are requested to submit any questions or a brief outline of any points they may wish to make by noon on Friday 12 April to Mr...
Four years since plans were first approved, and with a design that has challenged archaeologists and conservationists alike, Devon County Council's Grand Western Canal visitor centre has now officially opened.
The Chairman of Devon County Council, Cllr Jerry Brook was joined by local Olympic athlete, Jo Pavey, who regularly trains on the canal's towpath.
The new visitors’ centre includes high-tech interactive touchscreen displays with information, film and photographs celebrating the canal's history and local wildlife.
Killerton National Trust estate near Exeter has been declared ‘the perfect place for Nordic walking’ by Nordic Walking Devon.
Nordic walking is a full body exercise with specially designed poles that propel you forward as you walk. It’s a form of outdoor fitness that is easy on the joints because the poles take the weight off the knees and lower body joints which make you feel lighter on your feet. You work the entire major muscles in the body burning 20% - 40% more calories, yet strangely it feels easier than ordinary walking.
While most young people have been thinking of Easter eggs and Easter bunnies, students at the Centre for the Creative Industries at Exeter College have been welcoming their special Easter gift – that of a life-sized Gorilla sculpture.
The Easter arrival is Exeter College’s support for Paignton Zoo’s celebration of 90 years of conservation, aimed at engaging communities with a mass exhibition of public art to raise awareness and funds to help the Cross River Gorillas of Nigeria –t he world’s most threatened species of gorilla and in danger of extinction, and marks the culmination of...
Looking for an event that's out of the ordinary? Exeter Corn Exchange welcomes back the fabulous Kinky & Quirky with their ‘Spring Fling’ event on Saturday 13 April.
There are no set rules at a Kinky & Quirky event, on previous occasions there have been dancing girls, chanson singers, comedians, circus performers, mime artistes and striptease artistes selected for their quality work and entertainment.
The event is billed as 'a great way to shake off those winter blues with some hot rockin’ music, and a great excuse to dress up (if you ever needed one!), ‘Spring...
Police are appealing for witnesses to a single-vehicle collision in Torquay, which left a man seriously injured. A Citroen Saxo was in collision with a stone gatepost on Lower Warberry Road at 12.35am on Saturday (6 April). The driver, who was the only person in the car, sustained serious chest and spinal injuries and was taken to Torbay Hospital. The 47-year-old man from Torquay was later transferred to Derriford Hospital where he remains in a serious condition. Officers from the Serious Collisions Investigation Unit are appealing for witnesses to the collision and would like to hear from...
On Sunday 21 April, Exeter Corn Exchange will host a 90-minute acoustic performance by Graham Gouldman and his 10cc band mates; Rick Fenn, Mick Wilson and Mike Stevens supported by Garron Firth.
The show will feature classic hits from 10cc, one the country’s leading bands in the 1970s and 80s, with classics such as I'm Not In Love and Dreadlock Holiday ; pre-10cc Gouldman hits such as Bus Stop and Look Through Any Window (written for The Hollies), Heart Full of Soul and For Your Love (The Yardbirds) and No Milk Today (Herman's Hermits); as well as songs from his highly acclaimed...
