A 24 hour celebration of the wonderful wildlife of our parish!
Help us to record as many species of animal and plant as possible in Chudleigh over a 24 hour period by bringing your records to the marquee so we can add them to the total.
For more information about it check our website: https://chudfest.co.uk/chudleigh-bioblitz/
Measuring antibody levels in the blood could be used to detect a person’s heart attack risk after researchers, part-funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF), discovered that higher levels of these antibodies are linked to a lower heart attack risk.
The research, published today in the scientific journal EbioMedicine, shows a link between the amount of IgG antibodies in a person’s blood and their likelihood of being protected against an adverse cardiac event, such as a heart attack. IgG is the most abundant form of antibody and is found within all bodily fluids. It is...
From Monday 27 June until Saturday 2 July 2016 archaeologists will be returning to the site of North Hall Manor in Widecombe-in-the-Moor to continue investigations into this intriguing site.
This will be the third season of excavation. The first phase in 2012 targeted the medieval manor site and revealed wall footings, boundary works and pottery that strongly suggest a high status medieval building once stood in the area.
The excavation this year will continue to investigate some of the features unearthed in previous digs with the hope of finding out more about their age...
Over 1,300 primary school children across Devon and Cornwall will be picking up their books in a bid to be crowned the champions of a unique reading challenge called One Million Minutes .
The competition, run by award-winning education charity Achievement for All, challenges primary school classes across the country to read for as many minutes as they can in one week.
The class which manages to clock up the most number of minutes and top the leaderboard by the end of the week will win a brand new reading corner for their school with books of their choice, worth over £1,000...
Neil and Alison Heard will head to the Glastonbury Festival with WaterAid this week to rally support for the charity’s #ToiletsSaveLives campaign that calls on world leaders to reach everyone, everywhere with taps and toilets.
The couple have supported WaterAid for many years, and this will be the third year they have volunteered at Glastonbury the charity. They will be working alongside an army of 470 dedicated WaterAid volunteers making a splash at Worthy Farm this year.
They said "We're really proud to have been selected again to represent WaterAid at Glastonbury. We're...
The pools and fixtures for next month's Mitsubishi Motors Exeter 7s have been confirmed as Sandy Park prepares to host the Rugby Europe Grand Prix Sevens Series for the second time.
The tournament, which takes place July 9-10, forms a key part of GB Sevens' preparations for Rio with the wider training squad competing as two teams, the GB Lions and GB Royals.
GB Royals will face Portugal, Poland and France during match day one while GB Lions will take on Belgium and Italy before concluding day one against Germany. The full schedule can be found here .
Big Screen in the Park returns to Exeter this summer with not five, but six nights of cinematic magic under the stars.
A different film will be showing on each of the six nights in Northernhay Gardens, from 9-11 August.
With Mexican street food, local ale and ciders and delicious coffees from the BikeCaffe, grab your friends and celebrate the biggest Exeter Big Screen in The Park ever.
Gates open at 7.30pm with films starting at 9pm daily.
Tickets are £5 in advance or £6 on the gate. It costs an additional £1 to bring your own chair chair.
A one day LEGO show, the West Country Brick Show is organised by members of West Country Bricks (an Adult Fan of Lego group based in the South West of England).
Fans from across the country will be attending to display their amazing Lego creations.
Valentine loves Silvia and Proteus loves Julia – but Proteus is fickle, and falls for Silvia too. When Valentine plots an elopement, Proteus betrays him and Valentine is banished and joins some outlaws in the forest. What are the chances that he’ll be pursued by Silvia, and Silvia by Proteus, and Proteus by Julia, and that all will be waited upon – after a fashion – by their servants Speed and Launce and even Launce’s dog, Crab?
This riotous new production is led by a joyful ensemble of players who will delight with songs, romance and chaos, and hurl Shakespeare’s anarchic comedy...
