David Telles, 38, from California, USA, has been sentenced to six years in jail after appearing at Exeter Crown Court yeserday (6 November). Telles pleaded guilty to meeting a child following sexual grooming, abducting a child, three offences of sexual activity with a child, and engaging in a sexual act in the presence of a child at a hearing held at Exeter Crown Court in October.
Telles flew to the UK in June 2014 to meet the 14-year-old after exchanging messages online. He took her from Cornwall to a hotel near Exeter. Senior Investigating Officer Detective Inspector Andrea...
Nursery-age children should be given lessons in how to brush their teeth to try and stop the worsening dental health crisis in the UK.
The Exeter Dental Centre, located in the heart of the city, are backing experts at The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) which is urging local authorities to target children from the age of three – 12 per cent of whom are already eating too much sugar and showing signs of tooth decay – by going into schools to demonstrate how to brush teeth.
Owner and principal dentist, Mike Hesekth, said: “At The Exeter Dental Centre...
Feathers will be flying and tiny hooves will be dashing on Devon Day at Exeter Racecourse on Sunday, November 23 with the racing Clydesdales making a return and the racecourse staging the first ever race for ponies from Dartmoor.
The pint-sized ponies will come under starters’ orders at 12pm and their wee little hooves will come tearing down the track as they demonstrate their versatility as tough, hardy and fast children’s ponies.
Charlotte Faulkner of the Friends of the Dartmoor Hill Ponies, which supports and promotes all the ponies on Dartmoor, said: “This is a...
Sportshall, the popular and successful program of indoor athletics which teaches and improves children core sporting skills is back in Exeter.
Running at Clifton Hill Sports Centre on selected Sunday afternoons between October 2014 and March 2015, children and their families can enjoy throwing nerf howlers and light up glitter shot balls, trying their hand at long jump and triple jump, or joining in the fun of relays and hurdles.
Award winning Exeter based South West Athletics Academy will be running sessions on Sunday 2 November 2.30 – 4pm, Sunday 7 December 2.30 – 4pm,...
An exciting evening was had by all at Echoes Childcare when it was officially opened by Alex Brown from Exeter Chiefs.
The children's day nursery and holiday club opened it's doors on the 1st of September and is owned by Jo Cook and Michele Stevens, two childcare professionals who had a dream to open their own nursery over 24years ago.
Echoes (Every Child has the Opportunity for an Excellent Start ) is situated at the old Broadclyst station and was formerly the Hungry Fox public house.
The building has had extensive remodelling and an extension added to it...
exetreme imagination 2014 - a festival of writing for and by young people. Exeter’s literature festival being held from 25th October - 1 November in various locations around the city.
exetreme imagination is a unique, city-wide, multi-media, interactive festival for children of all ages. It’s about much more than books, but when it comes to authors we have a stellar guest-list.
For younger fans, we have four genuine superstars at the Northcott; we have the wonderful illustrator Petr Horacek; and for older readers a quartet of young adult writers who between them have won...
Visitor registration is now open at www.childcareshow.co.uk for this new event. It will be a unique forum for educators and child carers in the southwest to discover more about the hot topics and issues in early years education and childcare.
The South West Childcare & Education Show is an essential two-day free exhibition for teachers, head teachers, senior leaders, child minders, nursery owners/managers, childcare workers and parents, in fact anyone involved in early years education and childcare. It will be the perfect forum to meet experts and peers from the region, with an...
From pumpkins to apples and bats to spooky stories, there will be plenty going on this October Half term at A la Ronde’s popular Apple Day and Hallowe’en Spooktacular events.
Let your kids go ‘batty’ with a free quiz trail from Saturday 25 October until Sunday 2 November. Find the clues around the perimeter walk to solve the anagram and spot the bats hidden along the route. There will also be a spooky house trail all week (normal admission to the house applies).
On Saturday 25 October join in the A la Ronde Apple Day, where we will have an apple press for you to press your...
Michael Morpurgo, Andy Stanton, Francesca Simon and Darren Shan will be amongst the line up of top children’s authors taking part in Exeter’s festival of writing for and by young people during the October half term.
exetreme imagination takes place from 25 October to 1 November with a packed programme of author events, creative workshops, exhibitions and performances at venues across the city.
Andy Stanton, award-winning author of the Mr Gum series, will be sharing stories, jokes and true-life tales about being a writer. Babette Cole, author of over 70 books, including...
This Autumn half term from Tuesday 28th October to Saturday 1st November, The Bike Shed Theatre, in Exeter’s Fore Street, will be transformed into a kitchen, dining room, and story-world for the arrival of Tortoise & Hare- as they make a meal of storytelling. The perfect show for children ages 5 and up (and their parents) it includes a three-course meal crafted from fine local produce, as literature and cuisine combine. Just one catch, you’re the cook! Early bird tickets are available for £5 until the end of September and can be purchased here: http://www.bikeshedtheatre.co.uk/whats-on...
