Ladies’ Night at Exeter Racecourse on Tuesday, May 5 is when the glitz and glamour of racing descend on Haldon Hill. Young and old, male and female can enjoy a fantastic night out, with children aged 17 and under racing free, and fabulous prizes for the best ladies and gentlemen. Six exciting races begin at 5.50pm and feature the final of the prestigious Exeter Racecourse Intermediate Series which is the climax to ten qualifying point-to-point races held throughout Devon and Cornwall. Then a disco will reverberate across the racecourse as revellers dance the night away.
Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park is a family run attraction set in over 100 acres of beautiful Devonshire countryside, and has launched a brand new educational programme focusing on the learning development of Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 pupils.
The new educational programme will support a broad range of subjects that have been designed to be both engaging yet fun. Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park will be holding an open weekend on Saturday 9th May and Sunday 10th May for teachers and their families to experience all that the Park can offer for their pupils.
The South West has a thriving construction industry with the region predicted to exceed the projected average UK growth rate for 2015 to 2019 according to a recent CITB report.
The regional estimated average output over this period is 3.6%, considerably higher than the UK predicted rate of 2.9%.
It is this prosperous growth and promising future that has prompted the first South West Construction Summit. The Summit aims to bring together key contributors of the regional construction industry and its supply chain to support and underpin the progress already being made. The...
The four Rotary Clubs of Exeter have announced that their third Teddy Bear Parachute Jump event will take place on Cathedral Green on Saturday 2 May 2015 between 11am and 3pm, raising funds for Honeylands Children’s Charity in Exeter.
The event promises to be a fun packed day for all the family and a thrilling experience for any teddies brave enough to complete the parachute jump from the top of a 100ft high hydraulic platform provided courtesy of the Devon & Somerset Fire and Rescue Service.
On the day there will be other attractions including craft stalls, face...
Do you know of an individual, group or organisation in Devon who could benefit from a grant of up to £500?
Crimebeat grants of up to £500 are available to people who can demonstrate that their project will have a positive impact on the local community and help cut crime. Of particular relevance are projects which can influence young people who are at risk of offending.
Funding comes from money recovered from criminals via the Proceeds of Crime Act and seizure of assets.
Head of police for Devon, Chief Superintendent Paul Davies said: “I’m delighted to be able to...
Hounds First Sighthound Rescue will be holding a Family Dog Show at Westpoint in Exeter on Saturday (25 April 2015) from 10am-5pm. Showing is from11am.
The charity has been chosen as one of a small number of charities to hold an event after entering a competition to mark Westpoint’s 25th anniversary.
Paws for Thought is an event for the whole family. Entry to the event will be free, but there will be donation buckets on the gate.
There will be an entry fee of £1 per class for the dog show. All proceeds from the show going to Hounds First Sighthound Rescue, to help...
The number of Job Seeker’s Allowance (JSA) claimants in Devon decreased in line with the national trend between February and March 2015, falling by 242 claimants (5% lower than February’s figure).
The total number of claimants in March came to 4,297, or just 0.9% of the working age population of Devon. To put this into context, there has been a 34% fall in claimants between March 2013-2015 - the claimant count having more than halved since March 2013 when total claimants stood at 9,603.
Similarly all of Devon’s eight districts experienced a decrease in claimants of around a...
Devon County Council’s Library Service has reached a long awaited milestone with the transfer of its building in Topsham to the Estuary League of Friends.
The community group were keen to respond to a growing need for their services in the area by providing a modern fit for purpose community hub in a central location and approached the Council in 2013 to discuss the opportunity of working together to redevelop Topsham Library into a wider community facility.
The move means the Council no longer owns the building, but will continue to manage the library service with its...
