Lower-income householders across Devon can benefit from free energy efficiency improvements to their home worth thousands of pounds.
Devon County Council has formed a partnership with other councils in the region to offer homeowners and tenants the chance to save on energy bills and lower the emissions of their property.
More than 40 per cent per cent of Devon’s carbon emissions are caused by the buildings we live and work in.
Now the Green Homes Grants Scheme, funded by Government, is available to Devon residents such as pensioners, who have an annual household...
A recent survey has found that the UK's favourite Christmas decoration for 2021 are lights. Christmas craft and clipart resource Design Bundles conducted an analysis of Google searches over a 12 month period and discovered that Christmas lights had been googled an average of 67,000 times each month.
The story of Christmas lights goes back quite a long way. Traditionally, candles were placed on Christmas trees to brighten up the room and highlight the decorations on the branches. The candles were also used to represent the 'light of Jesus'. As time went on and electric lights...
London, New York, San Francisco – what do these places have in common? At first glance, not much, but if you’ve followed the news in recent months, it’s evident that all three cities have seen a decrease in population and a drop in rental prices. As the ongoing pandemic allows more employees to ‘work from home’, or anywhere really, people continue to trade their expensive 1-bedroom apartments in the city for more affordable places elsewhere . Let’s have a look at some amazing alternatives to move to in the United Kingdom.
The country's foremost bingo experience is back to close out the year with a festive bang in their own inimitable style.
Expect next level Christmas themes, bigger-than-ever prizes and unforgettable New Year Eve experiences as well as all the usual thrills and spills the brand has become so well known for and you will not be left disappointed.
Since returning in summer, the sensory-stimulating Bingo Loco shows have hosted unforgettable parties all over the world. Each one is famed for its over the top sense of drama and spectacle as venues are transformed with craziness...
Music Venue Trust (MVT), which represents hundreds of grassroots music venues, has announced The National Lottery’s Revive Live Tour will return in January 2022 with tours by a diverse range of artists including KEG, The Wytches, Cultdreams, Ferris & Sylvester, The Kut, Good Karma Club, BLOCS, Strange Bones, Calva Louise and LibraLibra.
Of these, four dates will be taking place at Cavern in Exeter, which has been host to thousands of up and coming artists since it opened back in 1991. Of these artists, many went on to become huge names, such as Muse, Biffy Clyro, La Roux,...
Exeter's biggest comedy night returns on Friday 11th February from 7pm.
Comedians are to be confirmed, but working with the Comedy Surgery we are guaranteed a line-up of five top comics to keep you laughing all night.
Tickets for this fantastic Comedy night start from £10 or £18 with Beef Chilli, Rice, Sour Cream and Tortilla Chips (vegetarian option available - please specify when booking your tickets).
To get your tickets now, please go to the Sandy Park website !
Newton Abbot-based Thrive® has secured a contract with Surrey County Council as it sets out a new provision of training for Early Years settings which focuses on helping to prevent children’s mental health issues in the future.
A total of 40 places on Thrive’s Early Years Licensed Practitioner® course have been funded for nursery and pre-school staff across the county with an emphasis on early identification and support before children start school. As well as helping to support young children during the Covid-19 pandemic, prioritising mental wellbeing at an early age means that...
Six of the Westcountry's top sports stars will make up the teams for the return of our Question of Sport event, at Sandy Park on Thursday 27th January.
Based around the same successful workings of the hit BBC show, the stars will have their sporting knowledge tested during a series of fun-filled rounds that will be overseen by quizmaster Mark Tyler.
This time around we're going to be welcoming some past favourites as well as some new stars to the panel!
From the Exeter Chiefs, we've got Joe Simmonds, outside half & play maker who led the Club to their famous...
Two Exeter graduates are on the road to becoming successful entrepreneurs after launching a ride-sharing app exclusively for students that gives them a cheaper – and greener – way of travelling home for Christmas.
Recent graduates James Campion and William Line launched STAXY this term and their free app has already amassed 3,000 student users at the University of Exeter.
The app allows student car owners to post the journeys they are making so students travelling to the same destination can join as a passenger and pay using Apple or Google Pay.
This Sunday, two University of Exeter graduates in Extreme Medicine will head off to tackle a 3,000 mile row across the Atlantic as the first ever married couple to race in the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge (TWAC). In light of emerging evidence that females can outperform males over extreme distances, the pair aim to harness their own bodies for research to shed light on the changes in physiology and psychology between males and females in ultra-endurance events.
“Emergensea Duo” Charlie Fleury and Adam Baker, both emergency medicine doctors in Devon, are racing for the...
