Join TV celebrity chef Richard Hunt of the Devon Scone Company and try your hand at making savoury scones and a homemade chutney and traditional scones and a homemade preserve! This is a Fun Kitchen family activity, celebrating Devon's best independent 'foodie' businesses, by discovering and cooking up all sorts of delectable Devon tastes.
There is no need for any previous cookery experience, and no need to bring any ingredients or any equipment. All our adult cookery classes include ingredients, use of aprons and chef hats, refreshments and recipes.
On Saturday 25th January Rufiji Leprosy Trust are organising a charity fundraising gig at The Phoenix in Exeter.
The gig features four of the most exciting Exeter bands around at the moment for an evening of funk, soul, indie and rock. The Beacons have been featured on Channel 4’s Hollyoaks, Moscow Magazine are regularly played on BBC6 Music, and Lion The Weak and The Rotten Apple Orchestra both feature UoE students.
Rufiji Leprosy Trust administers and fundraises for the Kindwitwi Leprosy Care Centre in the Rufiji district of Tanzania. Leprosy remains a major problem in...
Exeter Corn Exchange has announced details of the new events programme for spring.
Highlights include the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, stars from TV’s Strictly Come Dancing, the Vienna Festival Ballet, comedian Jon Richardson, X Factor winner Joe McElderry and Ruby Wax.
The new season starts with a concert by Elkie Brooks, one of the most successful singers the UK has ever produced on Friday 24th January and that is followed on Tuesday 28th January with Britain’s Got Talent finalists Circus of Horrors with their new gruesome show London after Midnight.
Visitors to the National Park Visitor Centre in Princetown are now being kept warm by a new biomass boiler, burning Dartmoor wood.
The recently installed 180kW Herz biomass boiler at Dartmoor National Park Authority's High Moorland Office in Princetown provides heat and hot water for the Visitor Centre as well as the offices of the National Park Authority and Duchy of Cornwall. It was installed by the Ashburton based 5D Group.
The wood chips which fuel the boiler are supplied by the Dartmoor Woodfuel Co-operative which is based at Brimpts Farm, Dartmeet. This has the...
Elkie Brooks, one of the most successful and popular singers the UK has ever produced will perform at Exeter Corn Exchange on Friday 24 January.
In 1960 Elkie won a talent contest in Manchester and started out on a career which is still going strong more than 50 years later.
Humphrey Lyttelton invited her to become a guest vocalist with his renowned jazz band and her collaborations with him lasted for forty years until she was asked to sing at his funeral and scatter his ashes from a hang glider over the North Devon coast.
The newly-formed East Devon Countryside Volunteers (EDCV) are having a positive impact on their local environment AND improving conditions for wildlife and nature lovers into the bargain!
The EDCV was established in September last year to assist with the practical management of East Devon District Council’s nature reserves. Working at a range of locations throughout the district, the group is already making a great difference.
Under the guidance of Nature Reserves Ranger Nathan Robinson and Nature Conservation Officer Steve Edmonds, volunteers have been working hard to...
Further geotechnical and environmental investigations will be taking place around, and under, the Mamhead Slipway in Exmouth from Monday 13 January 2014.
This follows the investigation work last month and is necessary as preparation for the longer term replacement or improvement of the slipway, a key project within the Exmouth Vision.
Engineers will drill a second borehole through the slipway to gain information about the makeup of the geology beneath the seabed. These works will inform the design of the replacement slipway.
Devon and Somerset Trading Standards Service has been shortlisted for two separate awards by the Local Government Chronicle (LGC), recognising its ongoing work to protect residents and businesses against doorstep crime gangs and rogue traders.
The joint service, commissioned by Devon and Somerset County Councils, has been recognised from over 660 entries to this year’s awards, for its innovative partnership work in tackling rogue traders. Together with the Police, BBC local radio, businesses, Age UK and other agencies, the project team is helping to increase public awareness to...
Lucky ice cream fan, Meryl Logan, has won a nationwide competition to have her own Ben & Jerry’s Core flavour made into a reality.
Meryl, a primary school teacher from Exeter beat stiff competition to see her creation, Toffee Apple YUM-ble - which packs apple and custard ice creams with crumble pieces together around a caramel core - be mixed by expert flavour gurus to her exact specifications.
Ice cream devotees were invited to submit their ideas for a new Core flavour via Twitter using a dedicated hashtag - #MyBenAndJerrys. The competition for the coveted chance to...
If you’re looking for a constructive and fun way to burn off a few Christmas calories, then the East Devon District Council Countryside team may well have the answer.
You are invited to join the team at Knapp Copse Local Nature Reserve (on the Seaton road, less than a mile from the Hare and Hounds pub) on Saturday 25 January between 10am and 3pm to help create a new footpath.
No previous experience is necessary; all you need is a reasonable level of physical fitness.
Tasks will include scrub and tree clearance and the end result will be a circular route around this...
