Powderkeg Brewery, based in Woodbury Salterton near Exeter, has gone straight to the top with its first award, having won Best Lager at The Beer Awards for its pilsner ‘Cut Loose’.
The Beer Awards are run by the world-renowned IWSC (International Wine & Spirit Competition), with the beers judged in a blind tasting by leading figures from the international beer industry. Winning ‘Best in Show’ in its category, Cut Loose was described as ‘one of the 16 best beers in the world’. Needless to say, it’s a big award for a microbrewery tucked away in a corner of the Devon countryside...
The last of the cordons have been removed today (Tuesday) from Exeter High Street following the major fire at at the Royal Clarence Hotel.
A number of businesses remain closed due to damage caused by the fire.
In an update, a spokesperson for Andrew Brownsword Hotels said: “Andrew Brownsword Hotels continues to liaise with Exeter City Council and local businesses, as they work together in the aftermath of the fire.
“Our project management team on site is working as fast as possible as we assess the works required, and to establish the most effective way of ensuring...
Devon and Cornwall Police is holding a knife amnesty this month to give people the opportunity to safely hand in potentially dangerous weapons. The amnesty will run from Tuesday 15 until Monday 21 November 2016. This initiative has been prompted by the recent legislation that now prohibits the sale or importation of ‘zombie knives’.
Police want to give people the opportunity to hand these shocking weapons in, along with any other unwanted knives, to take them out of circulation, avoiding them ending up in the wrong hands.
‘Zombie knives’ which tend to have a serrated edge...
Kick-start your Christmas shopping, or simply treat yourself at our fabulously festive Christmas Fair weekend event, which is taking place on Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 November from 10am to 4pm. The Donkey Assisted Therapy arena will be packed full of talented local traders selling wonderfully unique items. You can expect a fantastic mixture of handcrafted items, gifts and delicious edible treats.
Santa and his reindeer (donkeys!) will be here all weekend in his Grotto, so bring your little ones to meet them and they will receive a lovely gift.
On Thursday 10th November, Debenhams in Princesshay will be hosting its second annual Beauty event from 4pm to 9pm in store. The free event will be a beauty and fragrance extravaganza with make overs, beauty samples, exclusive gifts, discounts, bubbles and nibbles.
Concessions involved in the Beauty event include, Bare Minerals, Clinique, Chanel, Clarins, Dior, Lancôme, Estee Lauder, Benefit and Urban Decay. As well as beauty favourites, the Debenhams personal shoppers will be on hand to help finish the perfect party look with style advice and a showcase of their party product...
A new carving of a poppy has been completed at Exeter Cathedral in time for Remembrance Sunday. The decorated “corbel” stone will eventually be added high up on the eastern end of the Cathedral as part of a major programme of works in that area of the building that was funded by the First World War Centenary Cathedral Repairs Fund. It was carved from a block of Salcombe stone by Gary Morley who has been a member of the Cathedral’s team of masons for over 25 years. Salcombe stone was originally used in the building of the Cathedral and is still the prescribed material to be used whenever...
A major Careers Open Day is being held between 10am until 4pm on Saturday 12th November. The event is being held at Hospiscare, Searle House, Dryden Road, Exeter, EX2 5JJ.
Anyone and everyone will receive a warm welcome. However, the event should be of particular interest to those seeking positons as Senior Nurses, Community Nurse Specialists, Registered Nurses, Assistant Practitioners and/or Health Care Assistants. The session will run from 10am until 4pm in the Boxhall Room.
Hospiscare will have information packs for visitors to take away and visitors should be happy...
A Second World War veteran from Devon will be marching at the Cenotaph in London this Remembrance Sunday (13/11) with the military charity Blind Veterans UK. Ron Wyman, 90 and from Honiton, feels strongly about Remembrance Sunday because of his experiences in the Armed Forces and is thankful to Blind Veterans UK that he can now attend the national Remembrance Sunday commemoration. Ron will be marching at the Cenotaph in London with more than 100 other blind veterans supported by Blind Veterans UK, the national charity for vision impaired ex-Service men and women. Ron joined the Army in...
Residents and visitors can now pay for parking by smartphone or card payments after Teignbridge District Council invested in the latest technology across its car parks.
Customers can now use cards and smartphone payment methods as a further convenient way to pay as well as paying by phone or using cash.
Work is also taking place to install 14 new machines in 11 car parks and upgrade 48 machines in the remaining 25 pay and display car parks across the district to allow payment by card, as well as cash at the machines.
Leading local advice charity, Citizens Advice Exeter, is highlighting the success of its legal clinic scheme as part of national pro bono week which runs from 7 – 11 November 2016.
The legal clinic scheme enables Citizens Advice clients to access free legal advice from local law firms.
Citizens Advice Exeter Chief Executive Steve Barriball said: “Our legal clinic scheme has proved very popular with our clients who are otherwise unable to afford legal fees. We are very grateful to Michelmores, Veitch Penny, The Family Law Company and Cartridges Law for their support. In the...
