Exeter Cookery School, the new culinary hotspot that opened on the city’s picturesque quayside this summer, is opening its doors to the public on Sunday 20th November for a free event to herald the start of British Game Week (21st-27th November).
The Game Awareness Day, which runs from 10am to 4pm, is aimed at promoting the use of game such as wild rabbit, pheasant, partridge and duck on the menus of local restaurants and equally with home cooks.
Hosted in collaboration with Taste of Game, the event will feature an exciting line up of cookery demonstrations and tasters as...
Newton Abbot resident and Chancellor of Middlesex University London, Dame Janet Ritterman, has been awarded one of the highest honours in Austria for her significant contribution to science and the arts. Frank Sinatra received the same honour in 1984, as did Placido Domingo in 1992.
An eminent pianist, accompanist and academic, Dame Janet received the “Ehrenkreuz für Wissenschaft und Kunst 1 Klasse” (Austrian Cross for Science and Art, 1st Class) at a ceremony in Vienna yesterday (15 November 2016). The award was presented by Austria’s State Secretary for Science, Research and...
Joma West, 30, has been shortlisted for the literary Novella Award run by Manchester Metropolitan University for her short novel Wild.
Launched in 2014, The Novella Award aims to find the best up-and-coming writer of a short novel. It is awarded to a previously unpublished work of fiction, between 20,000-40,000 words in length.
On being shortlisted, the University of Glasgow graduate said: “I felt amazed, thrilled, and just really proud that what I've written has been selected.
“I primarily write science fiction and I'm always interested in how writing about another...
Police are appealing for witnesses to a fatal collision at Chudleigh yesterday (Wednesday 16 November) in which a 60-year-old local woman died.
Emergency services were called at 3.40pm after the collision between a Ford Fusion and a Mitsubishi L200 Trojan at Milestone Cross.
The Ford was heading along Milestone Lane from Chudleigh and the Mitsubishi was travelling from the direction of the Whiteway Estate when the collision happened at the crosswords.
The Ford driver, a 60-year-old woman from Chudleigh, sustained serious injuries and was pronounced deceased at the...
Leading West Country Independent Estate Agents, Wilkinson Grant & Co have launched their annual campaign to raise awareness and help the homeless community in Exeter.
The agency has pledged to donate gifts to homeless individuals for each property they list for sale, or to let, before Christmas.
This year they have added a further dimension to the campaign by also pledging to make an additional donation to YMCA Exeter for each property sold or let in that time.
Last year the agency collected items such as toiletries, jumpers, blankets and undergarments, and,...
Dartmoor National Park has had a golden 2015/16 with top awards going to a number of Dartmoor based tourism businesses.
In an award ceremony held last week Dartmoor National Park Visitor Centres were awarded Gold in the 2015/16 Devon Tourism Awards. The Centres at Princetown, Postbridge and Haytor scooped the Golden Award in the Tourism Information category.
But it wasn’t just the National Park Visitor Centres receiving a golden accolade - it was great night for Dartmoor in general with Bovey Castle, Ilsington Hotel, Home Farm café, Glazebrook House Hotel and Canonteign...
Skate Warehouse has been crowned the winner of the Sidewalk Store Wars competition in association with Mountain Dew.
Rolling to success, Devon based Skate Warehouse beat 34 shops across the country after creating a series of skate videos securing 1.7 million views winning a total of £6,250. Starting in an actual bedroom, Skate Warehouse has grown in the last 14 years to be one of the most popular skate shops in the South West region. From humble beginnings, the store has had a huge influence on the skate scene supporting amateur skaters from the local area. The winning video <...
Start-up businesses and community groups will no longer be able to use the Owen Building on the former Rolle College site in Exmouth from the end of November 2016.
After that, the long association that Rolle Exmouth Ltd (REL) has had with the site will end, as new owners Exeter Deaf Academy take full possession of the grounds and buildings, which they have bought from Plymouth University. But the concept of the REL community enterprise is still very much alive – and those fighting to preserve the spirit of Rolle are ready for the new challenge that they face. The REL Board will...
A leading city councillor has welcomed progress on the multi-million pound redevelopment of Exeter Bus Station.
And the authority has pledged that everything will be done to ensure that disruption is kept to a minimum while the work is being carried out.
It comes as members of the Exeter Highways and Traffic Orders Committee (HATOC) backed highways works needed to create a temporary bus station in the city centre at a meeting on Monday.
More details of the temporary arrangements that will be in place when the current bus station closes next spring have now been...
The Mayor of Exeter Peter Holland cut the ribbon to officially open a new state-of-the-art Thomson store complete with digital facilities to provide a modern, improved and exciting holiday booking experience for customers in Exeter. Thomson’s new-look store – which re-opened on Friday 11th – boasts a touch screen interactive map which offers in-depth information on exotic destinations and videos of resorts and hotels, plus dedicated booking booths with screens to bring holidays to life in the booking process. It is also home to an Advice Bar with a dedicated self-service computer for...
