The Lord-Lieutenant of Devon David Fursdon has officially opened a creative cabin at the Stoke Canon Inn in Stoke Canon.
During the opening ceremony the Lord-Lieutenant also awarded its volunteers with a Queen's Award for Voluntary Service.
The cabin is to be home to a raft of local groups including arts and crafts, learn a language, history lessons, knit and natter, folk singing, book club and bingo club.
The creative cabin, which was set up to bring people together and combat social isolation, was opened with the expert help and a Community Services Fund grant...
The Exeter School community congratulates the Class of 2021 on their A Level achievement, showing great resilience during a pandemic.
This year’s cohort of young people, supported by their teachers, pastoral staff, friends, and family have tackled the challenges of learning in new ways with characteristic determination and vigour.
Exeter School Head Louise Simpson acknowledged the huge amount of hard work by pupils, which has enabled them to continue to make excellent progress over the last two academic years, preparing them for their future beyond school.
Exmouth RNLI volunteer crew launched this afternoon to rescue a 12 year old missing whilst swimming off the coastline between Orcombe Point and Sandy Bay.
At 4.46pm today Tuesday 10 August 2021 the crew of Exmouth RNLI Inshore Lifeboat D-805 George Bearman II were tasked by H.M. Coastguard to attend a report of a 12 year old boy who had gone missing whilst out swimming from Sandy Bay.
The charity’s lifeboat launched at 4.55pm, crewed by Helm, Guy Munnings and volunteer crew Sarah Pennicard and James Edge who quickly made their way to the last known position of the young man...
After being disappointed with several postponements due to the pandemic, Ottery Food & Families Festival is back on the Devon foodie calendar.
The new date is Saturday September 11 and this year for the first time the event is to be held in Alfington Road on land adjacent to Otter Garden Centres.
The new location means the festival will be all in one place, giving it a real carnival feel. A central arena with hay bales providing a picnic area will be surrounded by producer stalls and catering stands. It means that parents can relax and enjoy the atmosphere as they can...
A local family-run garden centre business is being forced to giveaway £100,000 worth of Garden Plants for FREE this weekend as they cannot recruit enough nursery staff to look after the plants if returned to their nurseries for the winter.
Team leader Matt Pollard explains “In any usual year we would return these plants to our nursery to cut them back and grow them on for future years. This year it is simply not an option as like many businesses in our sector and the region we can’t find enough staff to work at our nurseries. It is a constant battle to recruit skilled staff in...
QE A Level students received their results, at the school’s Western Road campus, this morning.
Rupert Poole, Principal at QE said; “Some welcome sunshine greeted our students this morning as they came in to school to collect their results. After a difficult and disrupted two years of their education QE students have shown tremendous resilience and adaptability. Obviously, the process to award the grades was different this year, with grades awarded on the basis of evidence that students demonstrated in their work. Our students responded well to the changes and studied hard...
PEOPLE across Exeter are being urged to enter Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life as there are just weeks left until the big weekend.
The charity’s much-loved events are returning to the city but with socially distanced measures to keep participants safe. Money raised will help scientists find new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer, saving lives as the charity fights back from the impact of the pandemic.
Organisers are encouraging people of all ages and abilities to join the 3K, 5K,10K and Pretty Muddy events which take place at Westpoint, Exeter on Saturday...
Festival-goers dodged the showers to attend Exeter’s first ever Guildfest rooftop market festival.
The free two-day event, which took over the top two floors of the Guildhall Shopping Centre Car Park, saw dozens of local food and drink brands, craft stalls, workshops and family entertainment.
The area, which has amazing far-reaching views across the city to Haldon and beyond, underwent a colourful transformation for the festival.
And although the weather didn’t co-operate, organisers say they were pleased with the event.
By the time John Spiers & Jon Boden had hung up their highly regarded hats as the Spiers & Boden duo in 2014 they had earned a place in the hearts of the folk audience that few could rival. Described by The Guardian as ‘the finest instrumental duo on the traditional scene’, Spiers & Boden first rocketed onto the music scene in 2001, quickly winning a clutch of BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and went on to become one of the best loved duos on the English folk scene and beyond. John and Jon were also founding members of the pioneering and hugely successful folk big band Bellowhead,...
