Do you have a favourite cake recipe? Now is your chance to demonstrate your baking skills for a chance to win a wonderful Kitchen Aid mixer!
To mark its 21st anniversary, In-toto Kitchens of Exeter has launched its Bake-a-Cake competition and will be opening entries at the Big Cake Show at Westpoint, Exeter, on 28th – 30th March 2014, where it will be supplying high quality demonstration kitchens for the main cookery theatre and various classroom and demonstration areas at this exciting new show, the first of its kind in the South West.
A woman suffered serious injuries after a road traffic collision involving a school minibus and a van in Holsworthy yesterday afternoon. (25 March)
None of the 15 Children on the minibus, from Holsworthy Community College, received any serious injuries in the crash.
A statement on the schools' website says "pupils suffered minor injuries and shock and were given first aid in school." but "No pupils have suffered serious injury."
The two vehicles collided at the crossroad at around 3.45pm, both vehicles left road and came to rest in a property adjacent to the road...
With the backing of local radio, businesses, and celebrities such as Caroline Quentin, with over 100 videos created, the British Sign Language Celebration (BSL) Week campaign, run by Exeter Deaf Academy, SignUp BSL and Deafinite Interpreters has been a great success. The campaign hoped to get as many people as possible filming themselves signing their name and the organisations were inundated with clips. A video guide was produced to allow everyone to take part and footage was shared over Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest using the hashtag #loveBSL. Caroline from Heart South West’s breakfast...
Update: As of his morning 16 schools will be closed or partially closed sue to decisions to close beign made late in the day.
The list has been updated witht he additional school names.
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At least 14 schools across Devon will be closed or partially closed tomorrow due to strike action from members of the National Union of Teachers (NUT). Six schools, including will be fully closed as a result of the strikes while eight others will be partially closed potentially disrupting work for parents across the county. The strike...
This Saturday (29 March) firefighters are ready to add an extra sparkle to your day, by rolling up their sleeves for charity and washing cars!
Motorists are invited to take their car along to Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service headquarters at Clyst St George from 9am to 2pm.
Mickey their ‘live scent’ rescue dog, a three and a half year old springer spaniel will be there helping! Mickey is a great asset at incidents, because of the speed he can find a lost person, as well as cover vast areas in a relatively short time and access areas that would be too dangerous...
Businesses in Devon and Cornwall are being encouraged to offer work placements to students as part of a partnership between the University of Exeter Business School and the Institute of Directors.
This month, a new intake of Business School students were admitted to the IoD’s student membership programme, which offers them access to a range of resources and support to help further their careers.
This is the second year of the partnership and the focus this year is on building stronger and more practical relationships with the business community through two-week work...
New free car charging facilities are being installed across Exeter this week in a bid to encourage more people to use electric vehicles.
From Friday (28 March) drivers will be able to charge electric vehicles at four key sites in the city, with four more to follow by 21 April,
The opening of the sites follows the City Council's successful bid for funding from the Office for Low Emission Vehicles.
Cllr Rachel Sutton, Deputy leader of Exeter City Council, said: "Zero emission electric vehicles make a significant contribution to reducing environmental harm and...
Communities around East Devon are about to see an extra cash injection after parish and town councils successfully bid for over £150,000 of fresh funding.
In total, £155,558 will be placed in the district’s ‘Parishes Together Fund’ after East Devon District Council and Devon County Council worked together to raise the sum equal to £1.10 per elector. Projects including the Ottery Food Bank, the Cranbrook Community fund, the Axminster mental health organisation known as ‘The Project’ as well as several primary schools in the area are among the projects to benefit from the funding....
And to kick off the celebrations Westpoint has announced it is offering four charities the chance to stage their own event at the venue for free. Charities large and small are invited to apply for this unique opportunity with one of the south-west’s largest exhibition and entertainment venues. With free access to the Function Room, Wadsworth Pavilion log cabin and Showground, the charities can let their imaginations run wild. The whole site lends itself to a variety of both indoor and outdoor events. Westpoint’s log cabin could be...
If you are interested in expanding your horizons and gaining experience by working abroad or elsewhere in the UK, then come along to the World of Jobs Fair at the Corn Exchange, Exeter, on Wednesday 26 March 2014, between 10am and 3pm.
Hosted by the European Employment Service (EURES) and Jobcentre Plus - Devon Cornwall and Somerset, our aim is to promote mobility across the UK, Europe and the world and to provide recruitment information and advice to anyone interested in working abroad.
You will be able to speak to expert advisers about living and working in other...
