Comedian Jim Davidson brings his new show ‘No Further Action’ to Exeter Corn Exchange on Wednesday 28 January.
Very few comedians could turn the worst year of their life into a resounding success. Fresh from winning the most successful ever series of Celebrity Big Brother by a landslide, Jim Davidson has done exactly that.
‘No Further Action’ will see Jim tell the story of his arrest and the nightmare 12 months that followed, the clearing of his name and winning the heart of the nation all over again.
It promises to be the most outrageous, hilarious and insightful...
South Western Ambulance Service launches its ‘festive spirit’ campaign today.
The campaign will run until Monday 5 January and aims to encourage people across the South West to drive safely this Christmas.
A poignant poster refers to people ‘having too much festive spirit’ and South Western Ambulance Service is urging people to consider the consequences before getting behind the wheel after consuming alcohol.
Alcohol is not the only factor when it comes to driving responsibly during the winter. Driving at a speed appropriate to the weather conditions, ensuring that...
The new partnership has come about as a result of the growing demand for more specialist tailored forecasts within the wind power market.
The Met Office and WindSim AS have announced a new partnership with the objective of generating more accurate Wind Resource Assessments and Wind Power forecasts to meet increasing industry demand for improved short term power forecasting and longer term power yield analysis.
Accurate short term power forecasts are becoming increasingly important as balancing costs are increasing in many countries in Europe and also with energy traders...
Year 12 students from across the region gathered at the first ever Exeter Progression Student Conference on Saturday 29 November. The Conference, held at the University of Exeter’s Streatham Campus, marked the launch of Exeter Progression, which is giving students from Devon and Cornwall the opportunity to expand their knowledge and explore Higher Education. The programme works with partner schools to offer more than 200 students a series of activities focussed on a subject of their choice. It sees participation from Axminster to Penzance, and builds on the University’s commitment to fair...
Rail Minister Claire Perry has welcomed the first major redesign of First Great Western’s mainline timetable in Devon and Cornwall for seven years by waving off the first new 0706 retimed service.
The changes launched yesterday (15 December) see an improved service for the South West, providing an earlier morning direct service from London to Plymouth and Cornwall and shaving over 30 minutes off the current quickest journey time.
Key improvements include:
The 0706 Paddington-Paignton service will now also call at Plymouth, and retimed to arrive 40 minutes
On Friday 5 December, Devon & Cornwall Business Council (DCBC) welcomed speakers from the CBI, Santander, Devon International Trade Forum, UKTI, Business West, Yeo Valley and PWC to discuss, debate, share experience and best practice related to boosting international trade by businesses across Devon & Cornwall. Taking place at Duchy College, near Callington, the event saw more than 60 senior business figures gather for the panel debate and Q&A session.
The event aimed to tackle the Chancellor’s recognition in the Autumn Statement that the UK has not performed at the...
Neil Parish, MP for Tiverton and Honiton, wore Healthy Seas socks made partly from recycled fishing nets this week in order to show support for World Animal Protections’ Sea Change campaign.
Aiming to reduce the amount of lost and discarded fishing gear that harms and entangles millions of animals, the charity asked MPs to support their move to achieve safer, cleaner oceans by raising awareness of innovative solutions such as socks from recycled fishing gear on social media.
The charity has come across many other projects that mare making products from recycled fishing gear...
Although Christmas is a time of celebration, it can also be one of the toughest times of year with bills piling up and rent payments falling into arrears.
East Devon District Council can help ease the burden by offering not only free debt advice, but also practical assistance, such as discretionary housing payments, to tenants having difficulty paying their rent.
Councillor Jill Elson, cabinet member for sustainable homes and communities, said: “It is vital that tenants don’t ignore their financial problems and try not to panic. They should come and talk to us as soon as...
A £736,000 scheme to prevent sewer flooding in Exmouth gets under way next month.
South West Water will be constructing new surface water sewers to remove surface water from the sewerage network and making other improvements to prevent internal and external sewer flooding in the town and reduce the risk of pollution to the Exe Estuary.
Work starts on Monday 5 January and will be completed by Friday 3 April 2015.
The work is centred at two locations:
Camperdown Terrace: Construction of new surface water sewers, undertaking surface water separation at 20...
Two young Shelduck were recently released back into the wild at Axe Estuary Wetlands after being nursed back to health at the RSPCA Wildlife Centre at West Hatch in Somerset.
Jo Schmidt, RSPCA wildlife assistant, said: “The ducklings were brought to us in September, as they had lost their mother and had problems with their feet and feathers. We kept them outside and monitored them until we were satisfied their essential feathers were waterproof again, and that their feet had healed.”
Steve Edmonds, East Devon District Council Countryside Team Leader said: “Axe Estuary...
