Rail enthusiasts are celebrating the announcement that Devon County Council has secured a grant of £49,600 from the Heritage Lottery Fund to improve access to its Railway Studies Collection.
Housed in the newly revamped Passmore Edwards Centre in Newton Abbot, the collection is the largest in the UK outside the National Railway Museum in York and is popular with researchers and historians across the world.
Containing over 80,000 items, most of them original and unique, the collection covers all aspects of Britain’s Railways and includes information on standard gauge...
A chance for young athletes from all sports to get expert advice locally.
Excelsior will be providing four workshops in the afternoon for athletes from 13-19 years old who are interested in getting better for their sport.
It will include:
Physical competency assessment.
Eating in the real world.
Agility progressions.
How to get fit in 30 minutes.
The young athlete must be injury free and currently playing more than one sport. Parents and coaches are welcome to come along and observe and ask questions.
Local charity, Exeter Citizens Advice Bureau, is today warning that more than 400 low-income households with legal problems will be affected by legal aid reform. The reforms, which start at the beginning of April 2013, will see changes to the types of legal advice that are available through legal aid. Debt advice will no longer be eligible and almost all welfare benefits advice will be removed from the scope of legal aid.
Steve Barriball, Chief Executive of Exeter Citizens Advice Bureau said:
“These reforms will hit low-income families the hardest. They come at the same...
A team from the Environment Agency is returning to the Grand Western Canal at Halberton today in a final attempt to rescue some of the remaining fish from a temporary lake that was created following last month's torrential rain.
Thousands of fish, including pike, perch, bream, tench, roach and eels, were washed out of the canal after a section of bank near Halberton gave way following torrential rain.
Water from a two-mile section of the canal flooded surrounding fields creating a temporary lake. A team of Environment Agency officers, assisted by members of...
Tenants will be enjoying Christmas in new homes at Cornerstone’s latest development of nine flats at Vicus House, Western Way, Exeter. The one bedroom flats for single people and couples are set at affordable rents, based on 80% of market rates, on five year fixed term tenancy agreements.
The unfurnished properties each have stylish kitchens and individual balconies as well as a communal secure bike store and photovoltaic solar panels generating renewable electricity. The site is in a great location close to Exeter city centre and the Quay and has good transportation links....
Detectives in Exeter have released an image of a man they would like to find following a burglary at an address in Exeter last month.
A 34-year-old-man has been charged with the offence but police would like to speak to the person pictured, whose image has been compiled with help from a witness.
Anyone who recognises the man is asked to call Crimestoppers on 0800 555111 quoting crime reference DE/12/11202
First there was ‘Mirror Mirror’. Then there was ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’. Now there is ‘Snow White –the panto’, coming soon to a stage in Exeter. So if you’ve seen the films, come and watch the show!
For their next production in early January, Pinhoe Pantomime Society will be enacting ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’ to be performed at the America Hall, complete with all the usual trimmings of ‘He’s behind you’, ‘Oh yes I did’, booing, hissing and much more!
This season’s cast includes Susie Wakely in the title role, pursued by Matt Milum as the Prince, and chased by...
An outstanding, multi-award winning mezzo-soprano from the Ukraine, Anna Starushkevych, will be the first performance of the 2013 Concerts in the West season. Accompanying her at Lower Pulworthy in Highampton near Hatherleigh in Devon, on Saturday 9th February, 7.30pm, will be gifted young pianist Justin Snyder, who is currently studying for his second masters degree in London.
Catherine Hodgson, Director of Concerts in the West said: "She may be young, but already Anna Starushkevych has gained a reputation throughout Europe for her dazzling, intense performances, superb...
Exeter Chiefs players Matt Jess and Richard Baxter will have no excuses for being late for training from now on after being presented with smart new watches by top city jeweller Michael Spiers.
The duo were awarded the time pieces for being named players of the month for September and October.
Fittingly, the TW Steel watches are oversized making them ideal for the Premiership pair.
Exeter Chiefs corporate sales executive Chris Bentley said: "We are immesely grateful to businesses such as Michael Spiers for all the support they give to the club.
