A small market town on the edge of Dartmoor will become the focus for some of the best contemporary craft in the country this June. The Contemporary Craft Festival at Bovey Tracey is one of the key events in the national crafts calendar. Almost 200 makers from all over Britain will be demonstrating, selling and talking about their work. Visitors to the event will be able to meet the makers and buy their work – a range of jewellery, ceramics, textiles, furniture, prints and other contemporary crafts. The Craft Festival also features demonstrations, talks, exhibitions and activities...
East Devon District Council (EDDC) housing officers and cleansing operatives moved in this week to clean up a flat vacated by a tenant after a court granted the council possession of the premises.
After a 13-year reign of anti social behaviour, the Exmouth flat has finally passed back into the hands of landlords East Devon District Council – to the relief of council staff and long-suffering neighbours.
EDDC applied to the courts in March this year for a possession order to take back the flat in Cheshire Road, Withycome Raleigh. The order was granted, but the tenant was...
With Exeter Central Library due to re-open to the public in a little over three weeks here’s a quick sneak peak at what to expect. The long-awaited library is expected to open on May 22 following a £4.2m revamp; updating the libraries facilities for a more modern service. The new building holds more than 60,000 books, CDs and DVDs on over a km of shelves while another 150,000 are available on request from the libraries reserve stack. A new suite of 34 computers with printing and copying facilities, available for free for up to 2 hours a day along with free Wi-Fi, also complement the...
One of Exeter’s most successful networking groups for young professionals – Gilbert Stephens’ Young Professionals Network (YPN) – held informal drinks at the law firm’s Southernhay office just before Easter.
Isabel Bertram, a solicitor at the firm and one of the founders of the networking group, which now boasts over 200 members, comments: “This is one of our annual networking events and it is always really well attended. On the night, we welcomed a number of new recruits to YPN and it is great to see that, even three years on, our group is still well received by young...
A charity worker from Devon has tragically died in South America while raising money with a round the world cycling challenge. Sharon Bridgman, 38, is reported to have been killed instantly after being hit by a motorist in Bolivia on Saturday afternoon. The Evening Standard reports that Mrs Bridgman was about 100m to 200m behind her husband, riding in a remote desert region 270 miles of the Bolivian capital La Paz, when she was hit by the 4X4 Toyota Land Cruiser on Saturday afternoon. Sharon and her husband, Tim, from Zeal Monachorum, near Okehampton had been cycling in an attempt to raise...
The Exe Estuary Partnership is inviting members of the public to lend a hand with a litter pick in Exmouth on Saturday 10 May.
Meeting at the Imperial Recreation Ground slipway in Exmouth at 10am, volunteers who help with a couple of hours of litter picking will be able to enjoy a relaxing cruise on the estuary with free buffet, although places are limited.
Over the past few years volunteers have had a substantial impact on the health of the globally important Exe Estuary by helping to clear large and often dangerous items of litter that accumulate in the estuary. There may...
Devon County Council has warmly welcomed the Government’s announcement today recommending approval for Assisted Area status to cover large areas of Devon up to 2020. This status establishes the areas of the UK where regional aid and enhanced levels of Government assistance will be available to support disadvantaged economies through the businesses within these. Assisted Area status permits the granting of additional financial support to small businesses and large enterprise. Previously only parts of Plymouth and the Langage industrial estate were covered. Coverage has now been massively...
Researchers at the National Marine Aquarium are set to benefit an after unusual donation from Devon & Cornwall Police. A range of powerful lights, growing trays and other equipment seized from illegal cannabis farms in Devon will now be put to use for growing seagrass, as part of the Community Seagrass Initiative. Supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), this three-year project aims to help conserve native seagrass and seahorses, getting the human communities that live around seagrass beds involved with the communities of marine life that thrive on the beds themselves. Mark Parry...
Exeter MP Ben Bradshaw is to launch the Big Community Energy Weekend on 17th and 18th May – an event designed to help people reduce their energy bills and tackle climate change. The event will see around 30 people who have ‘gone green’ around Exeter open their doors to the public to show the practical possibilities of saving energy at home. At the same time an energy fair at Montgomery School, Europe’s first zero carbon school, will showcase a wide range of energy efficiency and renewable energy products and feature advice and presentations from independent experts. The weekend will also...
Outside, the land is burning. But in the bar, music is playing, drink is flowing and there are stories to be told. The Boar’s Head in London’s Cheapside was Shakespeare’s favourite pub. Fine Chisel bring it to life and fill it with an array of colourful characters. Some of them you’d expect to find there, propping up the bar. Others we’ve relocated from across the Complete Works. Grab yourself a glass and come join them…
Foot-stomping live music, party-popper warfare and folk-fuelled storytelling.
’Fine Chisel… have sieved through the entire works of...
