Snows Group is delighted to announce that in response to growing demand, it will be relocating its Exeter Toyota and Lexus dealerships to a fantastic, sustainably-orientated new site.
As of Monday 9th May 2016, Snows Toyota and Lexus Exeter will be located at Snows House, 4 Matford Way, Matford, Marsh Barton, Exeter, Devon EX2 8FN.
The dealerships have been built using a range of energy efficient measures, including supplemental natural lighting at Snows Toyota, the first Toyota Centre in the UK to benefit from this technology. Meanwhile, the stunning design of the Lexus...
The Donkey Sanctuary will be celebrating World Donkey Day (8 May) as part of the charity’s 34 years celebrating Donkey Week from the 3 – 10 May, with events and activities highlighting the work and the contribution donkeys make to humans all over the world.
Members of the public are welcome to join the charity’s celebrations during Donkey Week and enjoy exclusive access to its farms in Devon where thousands of donkeys and mules live, many of which have been rescued or were unwanted pets. One of the events for Donkey Week will be held at Paccombe Farm located in the beautiful hamlet...
The team at Rusty Pig in Ottery St Mary has been busy testing traditional English recipes to help a food writer with her research for an Oxford Food and Cookery Symposium.
Dr Jan Davison is presenting a paper looking at how offal was not always viewed as food for the poor, but was instead served up for the very wealthy, including the royal court.
“Although the principal ingredients in black pudding are seemingly modest, the expensive seasonings used as flavourings indicate it was held in high regard,” Jan explained. She asked chef Robin Rea to make up the recipes as he is...
A DEVON public health campaign that helps parents care for their children when they have minor illnesses like common coughs and colds, without the unnecessary use of antibiotics, has been shortlisted for a national award.
The Listen To Your Gut campaign, led by Devon County Council (DCC), the Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust (NDHT) and the Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), is a finalist in the inaugural Antibiotic Guardian Awards.
The awards celebrate those who have done the most to tackle the growing issue of antibiotic resistance...
Stagecoach South West is to introduce brand new timetables for one of their most popular routes which will now connect Devon with Dorset.
The new Service 9 will replace the existing Service 52 from 2nd May 2016, connecting Exeter to Sidmouth, Sidford and Honiton. A new Service 9A will operate between Exeter, Sidmouth and Seaton, replacing the 52A and including a new extension to Lyme Regis.
The service will run hourly Monday to Saturday and every 2 hours on a Sunday. These new timetables will give customers an enjoyable and convenient coastal connection as the summer season...
Imagine feeling left out of conversations because you can’t understand what your family are saying to you or the enormous sense of isolation because you can’t make yourself understood by your school friends or workmates.
Sadly, for many Deaf people this can be an everyday reality in the wider hearing world.
During National Deaf Awareness Week, 2-8 May, Exeter Deaf Academy opens registrations for a brand new challenge event called ‘Voice Off’. This is a fun communication challenge where individuals, schools, businesses, clubs and groups switch off their voice and find other...
Responsible pet ownership is an important message that East Devon District Council’s Environmental Health team, supported by East Devon Eddie (the council’s canine mascot), is keen to convey across the district and what better way to start than by visiting schools to educate young pet carers of the future.
As part of a programme to introduce young people to the do’s and don’ts of owning and looking after a dog, East Devon Eddie has been sending out members of his team to talk to Primary schoolchildren in Year 2 and above.
Around 30 motorists were caught speeding during a road safety operation on a busy Exeter road yesterday [28 April].
Exeter Neighbourhood Policing Team carried out the operation in Rydon Lane to target speeding motorists and educate drivers.
The operation was in response to concerns from the public about speeding and dangerous driving on the 40mph road, plus a number of reported collisions.
More than 30 vehicles were stopped near Pynes Hill during the two-hour operation, most for speeding at 50mph and above. The highest speed recorded was 60mph.
Experts from the University of Exeter and the Met Office will bring their research out of the laboratory and into city watering holes, as the world's largest festival of public science talks arrives in Exeter.
Pub goers will hear talks on everything from exposing the myths about obesity to hunting for hidden galaxies when 19 local researchers take to the stage as Exeter joins more than 100 cities around the world who will be taking part in a global festival from the 23rd – 25th May.
Tickets are now on sale at www.pintofscience.co.uk/events/exeter .
A decision by an independent planning inspector to allow development to go ahead in the Topsham Gap has been described as "extremely disappointing" by Exeter City Council.
Officers have strongly criticised the decision for failing to recognise local sentiment and called the government's formula for calculating housing supply as "illogical” and “fundamentally flawed".
The City Council originally refused the application for a 60 bed residential care home, 47 assisted living apartments and 55 homes for older people on a site north of Exeter Road, Topsham.
