Scott Marshall was inspired to take up mushroom growing when he discovered the health benefits of mushrooms. Now an expert grower supplying some of Devon and Cornwall’s top restaurants, he is all set to take his mushrooms to the streets for the Nourish Festival in Bovey Tracey this weekend. Visitors will have the opportunity to try the flavoursome fungi that Scott grows when he joins some of the region’s top food producers taking part in Nourish. Scott said: “Nourish is a great opportunity for us to meet the public. I’m chuffed that we have the chance to show people the whole process...
Free, specialist Information and support about cancer is coming to Devon from Tuesday 6 September to Thursday 8 September.
Macmillan Cancer Support’s mobile service will be visiting the area, with cancer information specialists on hand to answer questions and provide information. The team encourages anyone with worries or concerns relating to cancer to stop by, whether you’re living with or beyond cancer, or are a carer or loved one of someone who is.
Details of the visit:
Tuesday 6 September Cullompton, Tesco, Station Road, EX15 1BQ 10am to 4pm
Devon is a fantastic place to live, but how many local residents look up to the hilly bit in the middle of the county and admit that they don’t really know much about Dartmoor National Park?
Well, now is the perfect time to explore ‘Dartmoor on your doorstep’ as the Dartmoor Walking Festival 2016 has begun.
The 9 day festival, organised by the Moorland Guides, is packed with a variety of walks to suit all abilities – there are even a couple of walks with a Dartmoor Ranger.
The action packed programme of events also includes some taster sessions for other activities...
Police are appealing for information relating to a burglary which happened at a rural home near Spreyton, Devon, whilst the occupiers were away on holiday.
The burglary is believed to have taken place between Thursday 14 July and Saturday 16 July 2016.
The intruders forced their way into the house through the patio doors and took £70 cash, a Hewlett Packard laptop, a Compact laptop, power tools, and jewellery of significant and sentimental value as well as some unique antiques [pictured].
Detective Constable Gavin Jordan said: “I would urge anyone who has...
As summer draws to a close Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) are calling for 200 people, community groups, schools and local businesses across the UK to run their own beach cleans during the week of the 24th – 30th of October.
Together these inspiring ‘Autumn Beach Clean Series ‘Lead Volunteers’ provide their coastal community with the opportunity to protect their favourite beaches and to join a growing national movement calling for dramatic action to halt the marine litter crisis. Set to be the biggest Autumn Beach Clean Series ever, SAS expect over 4500 volunteers to join their local...
East Devon District Council will be introducing a Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) from Thursday (September 1) as a way of securing money from developers towards providing infrastructure such as school places, open space, new roads, and sports pitches.
The levy partially replaces the current Section 106 agreements which are a legal contract between the council and a developer to secure money towards the infrastructure of a development. Section 106 agreements will now be used primarily to secure infrastructure that the developer is providing themselves on the development and...
Pipity is a fledgling range of ‘portable packable play-pals’, to inspire and encourage imagina;ve and crea;ve play, on-the-go and at home.
It is the brainchild of Kate a Mum of 3, who launched Pipity in 2015, aHer designing all the products at her kitchen table in Topsham, Devon.
The liKle range has come along way in the last year, today winning a Junior Design Award, Loved by Parents award on top of a Right Start Best Toy award received just a few weeks ago.
Kate says, "The ideas behind Pipity sprang from a desire to find things for my own children that would spark...
Starting Saturday 10 September, visitor’s to Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery can explore changing Southwest landscapes in an exhibition featuring works by J.M.W. Turner, one of Britain’s greatest landscape painters, and contemporary British artist Kurt Jackson.
Kurt Jackson visited 12 locations in Devon and Cornwall depicted in Turner’s work. From Land’s End to Exeter he investigated and recorded the profound changes that have occurred between the 19th century and the present. The exhibition, Kurt Jackson: Revisiting Turner’s Tourism, showcases his diverse...
Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK) is celebrating the opening of its new Exeter restaurant with a big burger giveaway.
Spreading the burger joy from its brand new location at Queen St Dining, in the Guildhall Shopping Centre, GBK Exeter will be giving away 100 cheeseburgers from midday on opening day – 12th September. Be sure to arrive early so you don’t miss out.
Proud of serving gourmet burgers since 2001, GBK kick-started the premium burger trend and was the first to introduce gourmet burgers to the London market. Setting itself apart from the rest with a huge range of...
Did you ever think about how we went from wearing animal skins to garments we made ourselves?
Come along to Killerton House between the 8 -18 September and see it happen. Learn how fabrics are made from fibre, how they are spun, dyed and then woven, knitted or crocheted into clothes and household textiles. Have a go at spinning, weaving, braiding and dyeing. The Association of Guilds of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers are holding their National Exhibition at Killerton House. The exhibition shows the finest examples of items made by Guild members from across the UK and has...
