Free entry for everyone at our Christmas Treats weekend.
See Santa in his forest grotto (£4 per child includes Christmas gift), take part in Christmas arts and crafts at Yurt Village. Enjoy yuletide good cheer with a glass of mulled wine, mince pies and other scrumptious Christmas goodies in the Coach House Restaurant and outdoor Christmas Kitchen. See the animals receive christmas gifts and take a christmas pony ride (there will be a small charge for pony rides). Place your wish on our special Wishing Tree and join us for christmas carols and the lighting of the christmas tree....
Take advantage of free parking on the five Saturdays running up to Christmas.
Mid Devon District Council is giving free car parking at selected car parks in Tiverton, Cullompton and Crediton on the five Saturdays before Christmas.
The locations are the long–stay car parks at:
• Tiverton – Multi-storey, Phoenix Lane • Cullompton – Station Road • Crediton – St Saviours Way, High Street
The dates of the free parking are:
• Saturday 23 November • Saturday 30 November • Saturday 7 December • Saturday 14 December • Saturday 21 December
Exeter City Council will decide if to freeze its parking charges over the next year at the council executive next week. (26 November)
The City Council is also looking at the possibility of trialling some special offers in selected car parks in the run up to Christmas.
Cllr Rosie Denham, Lead Councillor for Economy and Culture, said: "These are difficult times, not only for residents but for shops and businesses and the Council as well.
"Car park revenue is essential for the city, especially when the government is continually reducing the amount of grant that we...
Devon and Cornwall police are to get £300,000 from the government to increase the practice of Restorative Justice as a punishment for some crimes.
Tony Hogg, the Police & Crime Commissioner will be given the funding over the next two years (£114,535 in 2013-14 and £185,000 in 2014-15).
Mr Hogg said: “Restorative justice is in some ways a simple subject and in some ways a complex subject. At the simple end it is a form of mediation, it can be employed in schools. At the upper end it’s more complex; it’s an interaction between victims and the perpetrators.
So who’s up for some fun festive frolics? Why not join the growing gang of Santa lookalikes shimmying 100ft down the @Renslade offices in central Exeter for Exeter YMCA’s fourth charity Santa Abseil, sponsored by Gilbert Stephens. Due to take place on Saturday 7th December, all moneys raised will help the YMCA continue to provide a home to over 40 young people and the support that they need to see a brighter future.
Peter Stephenson, Chief Executive of Exeter YMCA said, “Christmas is a time when many people are looking to give something back to their community. It’s also a time...
Update: Kieron Bryan's hearing has been postponed until Wednesday 20 November
Fellow freelance journalist Denis Sinyakov, a Russian national has been released on bail.
Before the judge Mr Sinyakov said: Sinyakov: "prosecution witnesses show I was photographing the event. Investigators consider photojournalism a crime?" (translated from Russian)
The hearing for Brazilian Greenpeace activist Ana Paula Alminhana Maciel has been postponed to tomorrow 11.00am
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A Journalist from Devon held as part of the Arctic...
Exeter School has been named as one of the UK’s best schools on the Sunday Times Best Schools Guide.
The school came 81st on the league table list of 425 independent schools in the UK.
The rating came from the schools exam results which saw over 80% of its students get A* or A at GCSE and over 83% get A* to B in A-levels.
Headmaster of Exeter School, Bob Griffin said: “League tables are, of course, only one of the ways by which to measure the work of good schools, but these pleasing results are testament to our pupils’ hard work and their teachers’ skillful and...
The University of Exeter Forum, designed by Buro Happold, won the Award for Education or Healthcare Structures at the Structural Awards 2013 The awards took place at The Brewery in London on Friday 15 November, recognising the finest achievements in structural engineering from around the world. The University of Exeter Forum Designed around the theme of assembly and open debate, the Forum is a central part of the University of Exeter’s campus. The Awards judges admired the use of “an elegantly expressed, sustainable and efficient timber gridshell roof,” noting that: “the simplicity of the...
Members of the local business community were welcomed with wine and canapés at the newly refurbished Lloyd’s Kitchen based in the heart of the City. The event celebrated the re-brand and showcased the new dinner menu as the restaurant now opens for Friday and Saturday evenings. Guests sampled a tasting menu which included the new business express lunches and a charity raffle was held to raise monies for ELF (Exeter Leukaemia Fund).
For more information please visit: www.lloydskitchen.co.uk
Leading regional law firm, Stephens Scown LLP, continues to develop its commitment to the community by providing aid to the most vulnerable members of our society with the appointment of mental health law specialist, Mostyn Evans.
Mostyn, formerly with Cornish Venning, joins as a Partner within the family law team serving clients nationally. He has nearly 30 years of experience within mental health law, is a long time member of the Mental Health Review Tribunal Panel and has previously sat on the Children Panel and the Personal Injury Panel.
