Santa will be setting a new ‘gold standard’ in travel when he arrives in Exeter on a luxury bus where he’ll be encouraging shoppers to donate and decorate themselves for charity!
Teaming up with Exeter Leukaemia Fund (ELF), Stagecoach South West will bring Santa to Princesshay shopping centre on Friday December 11 on one of the company’s new Gold buses, which feature leather seats, extra legroom, free Wi-Fi and USB ports.
It’s all in aid of ELF’s EARS 4 ELF day, which is helping to raise awareness and funds to help families across Devon affected by blood cancers and blood...
Come along for a family festive day this Saturday 5th December at Matford Home Farm, where Santa's reindeer will be stopping by from 10-5pm and Queen Elsa will be sprinkling her Christmas magic from 12-3pm.
People will have a chance to find out about plans for a new Extra Care housing scheme for the over 55s next week.
Exeter City Council is holding a drop in event to allow neighbouring residents to discuss the specialist housing scheme at Millbrook Lane. The information day will be held on Tuesday (8 December) in the Main Hall of Isca College of Media Arts, Earl Richards Road South, between 4pm and 7.30pm.
The City Council will be looking to submit a planning application in the New Year to build an Extra Care scheme for people aged over 55. Extra Care is a housing solution...
Exeter’s newest community centre, The Beacon, is holding its first public event this Saturday 5 December – a Christmas fair.
Come along and see all the months of hard work that the Beacon Vollies (you’d call them volunteers) have put in. They have sorted, cleaned, painted and even put up a new ceiling at The Beacon, which was formerly the Knight Club in Beacon Lane.
They have created a warm, light welcoming space to hold community events, private functions, meetings and already a number of local organsiatons have started using...
Exeter’s newest community centre, The Beacon, is holding its first public event this Saturday 5 December – a Christmas fair.
Come along between 1pm and 3pm and see all the months of hard work that the Beacon Vollies (you’d call them volunteers) have put in. They have sorted, cleaned, painted and even put up a new ceiling at The Beacon, which was formerly the Knight Club in Beacon Lane.
They have created a warm, light welcoming space to hold community events, private functions, meetings and already a number of local organsiatons...
Following a phenomenal sell-out run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Foster’s Comedy Award Nominee Kieran Hodgson is grabbing his bike and taking his show Lance on the road with his debut national tour - arriving in Exeter at the Bike Shed Theatre on 4 February 2016.
In 2003 Lance Armstrong won his 5th consecutive Tour de France, an achievement watched by a young and impressionable Kieran Hodgson from his West Yorkshire home. Lance is the hilarious story of growing up and moving on in the wake of a betrayal by your hero. Lance traces Kieran’s experiences growing up and sees him...
A £3 million repair scheme on the Teign Estuary Viaduct is due to be completed ahead of schedule.
Devon County Council has announced that the county’s biggest bridge is expected to be fully open by Saturday 19 December.
An extensive repair scheme has been ongoing at the 40 year old viaduct since May in order to replace a failed expansion joint at the north end of the bridge.
Finishing work will be carried out over the coming weeks with the outside lane closed northbound from today (Tuesday 1 December) to Friday 4 December in order to reinstate the central...
Council’s new proposed Empty Homes Plan (2015-2019) will build on successes of previous Plan.
The timing of Empty Homes Week 2015 (30 November to 6 December), couldn’t be better for East Devon District Council’s Private Housing Sector team, which has been working hard to complete a new Empty Homes Plan.
The plan sets out how the council will help owners of long term neglected empty properties in East Devon bring their houses back into use over the next four years. The council’s Cabinet has already recommended adoption of the new plan and it will now go before the full...
Teignbridge District Council is opening Newton Abbot’s multi-storey car park to provide extra free Sunday car parking in the festive run-up to Christmas.
The 296-space long stay car park will open on Sundays of December 6, December 13 and December 20 and won’t cost a penny to park in.
The move was introduced in response to a request from traders and is aimed at giving shoppers more choice to park for free as well as supporting shops and businesses during the busy Christmas shopping season.
Cllr Doug Hellier-Laing, Teignbridge District Council’s executive member for...
Professor Tamara Galloway from the University of Exeter swapped her lab coat for legislation last week when she visited Exeter MP Ben Bradshaw at the House of Commons for a week in Westminster. The week was part of a unique pairing scheme run by the Royal Society - the UK’s national academy of science, with support from the Government Office for Science.
During her visit Professor Galloway shadowed Mr Bradshaw and learned about his work. As well as attending panel discussions about how evidence is used in policy making, while in Westminster Professor Galloway attended a Select...
