2013

Dawlish Air Show

Event Date: 
23/08/2013 - 10:00am to 24/08/2013 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Dawlish

Each year this event attracts tens of thousands of people to watch an array of aircraft take to the sky at this award winning air show.

This year the fun runs over two days.

The Family Fun Day takes place on The Lawn in Dawlish on Friday where you will find sideshows, stalls, and ground displays offering something for everyone.

The main flying display takes place on Saturday and is scheduled to begin at 11.30am. The Red Arrows are expected to arrive over Dawlish at around midday. Also displaying will be the likes of Typhoon, Falcons, RV8tors and, towards the close...

Exeter Craft Festival: celebrating the West Country's finest crafts

Authored by RosieSymes
Posted: Fri, 07/05/2013 - 3:29pm

An annual craft festival is currently being held on Exeter's Cathedral Green with tents as far as the eye can see, stalls selling everything from handbags to garden plants there's something for everyone at the fair.

A variety of live music is played on the Green giving the fair its own soundtrack as people browse the stalls. There's a good old fashioned Punch and Judy show, a magician and a face-painting stall for the kids - for once they won't be moaning about wanting to go home.

When you're tired of shopping, there's a chance to sit on Cathedral Green to enjoy the...

IoD South West applauds Budget

Reacting to George Osborne’s Budget, Richard Ayre, chairman of the Institute of Directors in the South West, said: “We applaud the Budget; it offers the South West still more positivity coming as it does so quickly after the Hinckley Point planning approval announcement.

“As a national policy, deficit reduction is a necessity, George Osborne has stuck to his guns and it’s just what we wanted to see.

“Businesses will be glad that the downward pressure on Corporation Tax will continue. Britain must become the most competitive place to do business, and this will undoubtedly...

Shilhay wins Exeter Housing Charity of the Year 2013

Exeter Shilhay Community are the winners of Exeter Housing Charity of the Year 2013.

This award has been created to recognise the contribution made by the many not for profit organisations in the City who help people on a daily basis with their housing-related support needs.

Cllr Rob Hannaford, Lead Councillor for Housing and Community Involvement said: “Exeter City Council's Housing Service recognises that much of the work we do would not be as effective without the help and advice available through the many organisations in the City helping people with their housing-...

A New Year will see a brand new me (well mostly)

For my final blog of 2012 I was going to do a review of the year. I mean, no one else does that do they? However I’ve been worn down by the endless stream of reviews so that’s a no go, writes blogger Ali.

So what to write about? 2012 has been a huge year of change for me. And I guess along the way I’ve learnt a few things. Only a few mind – I still don’t have any basic plumbing skills, and frankly technology is a baffling world of acronyms, none of which make any sense to me at all. But there are a few things I’ve learnt. And I guess that’s the hook on which I will hang my blog...

PM's 2013 message

Authored by Marc Astley
Posted: Sun, 12/30/2012 - 9:32am

The Prime Minister has admitted 2012 had been a tough year for many families but said the country was “heading in the right direction” on all the big issues.

In his new year message, David Cameron said “real progress” was being made on cutting the deficit, reforming welfare and improving school standards.

The PM added: “This is my message to the country at the start of 2013. We can look to the future with realism and optimism.

“Realism, because you can’t cure problems that were decades in the making overnight. There are no quick fixes and I wouldn’t claim otherwise...

Tour de France 2013 route revealed

Authored by JAMIII
Posted: Wed, 10/24/2012 - 3:43pm

(NewsPoint) –The Tour de France route for 2013 has finally been revealed. It will begin on the French island of Corsica on 29th June and will be the 100th race, marking the centenary of the famous race.

2012 has been a good year to profile cycling with huge interest in the Tour de France and the 2012 Olympic Games, but Lance Armstrong's recent shenanigans and the United States Anti-doping Authorities’ 1,000-page dossier left a bitter taste in the mouths of most in the cycling world.

The Tour de France will be hoping to take away the negative press and bring cycling to the...

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