Devon residents can win a composting bin if they pledge online to recycle their kitchen and garden waste.
One hundred composting bins and other prizes, including a wormery, a food waste gadget kit and a gardening hamper can be won in the draw which closes on Sunday 2 April 2017.
Composting is the most effective way to reduce waste and help the planet, and at least 30% of the contents in an average household bin can be composted.
Composting at home over 12 months can reduce carbon emissions equivalent to that produced by a kettle in a year, or a washing machine over...
Exeter Scouts and Guides will be “Riding along on the crest of a wave” again this Easter, as Exeter Gang Show returns to the Barnfield Theatre, Exeter from the 5th to the 8th April 2017.
Now in its 33rd year, the show will be packed full of popular songs, expert choreography and laugh out load sketches, and has everything to keep audience members of any age entertained.
The cast of almost 70 Cubs, Brownies, Scouts, Guides, Explorer Scouts, Rangers and Leaders aged nine and over have been rehearsing intensively since the beginning of the year.
A community fun day will be held in Cranbrook on Saturday 11 March.
Devon County Council, Action East Devon and Cranbrook Town Council are planning the event to inspire as many people as possible to walk, cycle or take the bus or train to travel to work or school. The family-friendly event will be held in Hayes Square from 10:30am-4pm and will feature a range of activities including guided cycle rides and free bike hire, Active Mums cycle rides, cycle skills sessions with local cycle group Adventurecize, and Rollapaluza will bring its static bike sprint races to Devon for the first...
A community fun day will be held in Cranbrook on Saturday 11 March.
Devon County Council, Action East Devon and Cranbrook Town Council are planning the event to inspire as many people as possible to walk, cycle or take the bus or train to travel to work or school.
The family-friendly event will be held in Hayes Square from 10:30am-4pm and will feature a range of activities including guided cycle rides and free bike hire, Active Mums cycle rides, cycle skills sessions with local cycle group Adventurecize, and Rollapaluza will bring its static bike sprint races to Devon for...
Headlining Friday at the 15th Beautiful Days, the festival are delighted to welcome back Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott who will perform songs from their two Top 5 albums and classic tracks from their impressive back catalogues.
Headlining on Saturday is Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls - one of Britain’s hardest working musicians, Frank has just celebrated playing his 2,000th show.
Sunday night headliners are the festival founders Levellers who bring the weekend to a close with a special show followed by the annual firework finale.
The first survey of technology companies by Tech South West has revealed high levels of optimism for growth across the region.
Carried out by Tech South West, the survey found that 80% of technology firms in the region believe 2017 will be a better year, with greater growth, than 2016, with no business expecting this year to be worse than last. Tech South West, which has more than 500 members across the region, acts as a showcase and champion of what is the fastest-growing sector in the South West.
The survey, which featured organisations based in Bath, Bristol, Cornwall,...
The first major agricultural show of the year in the South West - the Devon County Show in May - has published its competition schedules and entries have opened.
There are more than 600 livestock classes, including beef and dairy cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, alpacas and donkeys, at the three-day Show held on May 18-20 at Westpoint, Exeter.
In the equine section there are 170 classes and nine Horse of the Year Show qualifiers, which include Ridden Arabs for the first time. Classes and special awards for horses and ponies total more than 320, including a new breed class for...
A UNIQUE taste of France is heading to Devon, via a beautiful old French camper van, which has been converted to a restaurant…seating just four people.
Award-winning restaurant La Petite Bouchée, will move from its London base to the village of Witheridge at the end of the month.
The move follows a series of break-ins and vandalism which have left the owners unable to operate. The most recent attack caused more than £5,000 worth of damage.
The unusual restaurant, which has won the Time Out award for Best Restaurant in Sydenham, serves traditional French cuisine in...
New developments have just been announced for The Bike Shed Theatre’s plans to create a new venue in Exeter’s historic Quayside.
For sixteen weeks this summer a new lease of life could be given to the historic Maclaines Warehouses on Exeter’s Quay. Most recently occupied by the Maritime Museum, the Grade II listed site has been empty for over eighteen years. Now though, a series of pop up events could turn the abandoned warehouses into a space for creativity, culture and cocktails.
The Bike Shed Theatre’s Director, David Lockwood, said: ‘This summer represents a vital stage...
