Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) is hosting a Christmas event to help raise funds for the charity – which is the chosen charity of Princesshay for 2017 – with a host of fun events and entertainment on Friday 15 December.
Shoppers can enjoy some fantastic festive entertainment including:
11am-1pm – CHSW’s own Little Bridge House Choir 1pm-2pm – Singing sensation Yazzy 2pm-3pm – Kingsmen choir – an enthusiastic choir featuring men from all over Devon
There will also be clothing from a pop-up shop from CHSW’s Sidwell Street shop in Exeter, mince pies, Christmas...
Doctors and Nurses from the Emergency Department (ED) at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital are appealing for your help with donations for a new campaign to bring a little extra comfort to patients who need it.
The Comfort Exeter campaign aims to provide emergency clothing and essential personal items for patients who may be vulnerable or in need of some extra support when they are well enough to leave the Emergency Department.
The initiative includes the introduction of a clothing bank with a supply of emergency items for patients whose own clothes may have needed to be...
This month sees Boo to a Goose Theatre return to Devon Libraries for the second time this year, with their fantastically festive children’s show ‘Christmas Past and Present’.
Interactive and engaging from start to finish, the audience are greeted on arrival with the scent of gingerbread and spices, evoking the spirit of the season.
Such multi-sensory experiences are a trademark ingredient of Boo To A Goose Theatre’s shows, and were made all the merrier by the accompanying BSL signing from Catherine Hall.
There is plenty of interactivity between cast and children....
Police in Devon, Cornwall and Dorset will be patrolling key locations and events over the festive period and the New Year with support from armed officers.
Officers will be visibly carrying long-armed weapons to help offer further security and reassurance during this busy time of the year, as well as having support from our dog unit.
Head of Alliance Operations, Chief Superintendent Jim Nye, said: “I want to reassure the public there is no increase in the threat level, nor is this in reaction to any specific threat within Devon, Cornwall and Dorset. This decision is to help...
Launched just in time for Christmas, the new Devon Cook Book offers a mouth-watering celebration of the county’s truly bountiful food and drink scene.
Produced by Meze Publishing, and created in collaboration with Food & Drink Devon, it showcases the fantastic culinary community which calls Devon home and features over 40 regionally-sourced recipes. Priced at just £14.95, and available to order online now with a free gift wrapping service, it is the perfect Christmas gift.
The Devon Cook Book, just like its eponymous county, is brimming with creative recipe suggestions...
Freemasons Donate £600,000 to Support Hospices Incredible Contribution to the Community.
Seven Hospices within Devon have been chosen to receive a grant totalling nearly £10,000 from the Devonshire Freemasons. This grant comes through the Masonic Charitable Foundation and will be used to enable the hospices to continue their fantastic work.
The amounts donated to each hospice will be:-
Children’s Hospice SW (Little Bridge House Barnstaple) £1,083
Business activity in the South West lost growth momentum in November, according to the latest Lloyds Bank Regional Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI®).
The South West PMI recorded 52.8 in November, down from 54.0 in October. A reading above 50 signals growth in business activity. The rate of expansion was the second-weakest out of the 12 monitored UK regions, with only Scotland posting a slower rise in private sector output.
Despite client demand also rising at a slower rate, businesses in the region continued to create new jobs.
Special police officers from British Transport Police and Devon and Cornwall Police joined forces for a level crossing and driving offences operation at Exeter St David’s railway station on Friday (8 December).
The operation was entirely planned and organised by Special Constables from both British Transport Police and Devon and Cornwall Police, who support their community by volunteering.
They worked alongside officers from the Devon and Cornwall Polie and Dorset Police Alliance Roads Policing Team.
Special Constables and regular officers from both forces,...
Tributes have been paid to teenagers Aaron Reilly and Joshua Brock who both tragically died after collapsing in Pryzm nightclub in Plymouth.
Police were informed by ambulance at around 1.40am on Saturday 9 December of two men unconscious at Pryzm nightclub in Plymouth. Aaron and Josh, both 19-years-old later died at hospital.
The family of Aaron Reilly, said: “Aaron was a much loved son, brother, grandson and boyfriend. He loved to skate, play computer games. Like most teenage lads he liked a night out with his friends and was respected by them as a non-drug user.
Literature Works is delighted to announce the line-up for the first ‘Word on Tour’ event, kicking off a 26-venue live literature tour of local libraries in the South West.
On 10th January, Bideford Library will host acclaimed novelist Jane Feaver and folk singer and song-writer Jim Causley.
Jane Feaver is a prize-winning Devon-based novelist and short story writer, who lectures in Creative Writing at the University of Exeter. Jim Causley is well known for setting the work of much-loved Cornish poet Charles Causley to music, forming an exciting pairing at this unique event...
