Exeter City Council has said today that it would be looking at its policy regarding dogs on leads in parks following a recent attack in Belmont Park last weekend.
The recent attack left dog owner Helen Dale in RD&E hospital after another dog attacked her Jack Russell, Poppy.
The dog’s owners, a man and a woman in their 20s, have not yet been traced.
The attack comes after a Pit bull type dog attacked and killed a Yorkshire terrier in August.
The attack also took place in Belmont Park and saw the pit bull breed dog destroyed under the Dangerous Dogs Act...
Encounter artist Hilary Paynter demonstrating the artistic and technical skills of wood-engraving. Examples of Hilary’s work and her monograph Full Circle will be available to buy landscape – accompanying the exhibition Awake Through Years: Four Southwest Wood Engravers.
Robert Manners studied at Chelsea School of Art and the University of West of England. This exhibition is the culmination of several years work exploring the traditions of British seascape painting and finding new ways of interpretation. It will include paintings, collage and prints inspired by the physical components of the sea and seascape.
Artist’s Talk: Sunday 2 March at 6.30pm (advance booking essential)
Artists Jenny Brooks and Aza Adlam of the Hilliard Society will give talks and demonstrate miniature portrait painting techniques showing work in progress with opportunities for you to have a go.
With a romantic 1920s dress theme, this Electro Swing night includes dancing lessons and live band The Pookas. DJs Don Johnston and Mr Puckey will play Electro Swing – a fusion of house and hip-hop with classic jazz swing.
The fun continues next door at The Cavern Club for a special after party (over 18s only, ID required).
Tickets: £10
Tickets are available online here or www.undergroundtickets.net and www.wegottickets.com , and from the Cavern Club and from the museum reception in person or by phone using a credit or debit card on 01392 265858 during opening hours...
Meet and talk with local bird experts from the RSPB and join them for a 20-30 minute walk around RAMM to see the wildlife on display and hear news of wildlife conservation.
We are all taught that Elizabeth I’s intrepid sea dogs defeated the Spanish Armada and saved her realm from invasion. Dr Robert Hutchinson, OBE believes the truth is different ....
Tickets:£6 (£4)
Tickets available above or from the Royal Albert Memorial Museum reception in person or by phone using a credit or debit card on 01392 265858 during opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 10am to 5pm.
The eastern Sahara Desert was once home to a 45,000 km2 freshwater lake similar in surface area to the largest in the world today. A study led by the University of Exeter has revealed that the mega lake was probably formed more than one hundred thousand years ago in the White Nile River Valley in Sudan. Dr Tim Barrows of the University of Exeter and colleagues used a dating approach based on exposure to cosmic rays to measure the amount of the isotope beryllium-10 in shoreline deposits. Its abundance can be used to calculate how long rocks or sediments have been exposed at the surface of...
Part cooking demo, part panto "Bake it Big with Glenn" is a world first, right here in Devon.
Tiverton may not the seem like the obvious place to launch a stage career but the ambitious and innovative Tiverton Community Arts Theatre have persuaded Glenn Cosby, the only local contestant on this year's Great British Bake Off, to share some stories about being on the show. And of course, to share some very big cakes.
He will be joined by some of the other bakers from the show and hotly denies rumours that Paul Hollywood will be coming for tips for his own forthcoming stage...
Staff and members of a newly formed youth panel are thrilled that their plan for a ‘Museums at Night’ event at Castle Drogo has been successfully short listed. The race is now on as the public vote opens to win mixed media artist and musician Fred Deakin to host the after-hours event in May 2014, at which local young people will be invited to experience Castle Drogo as never before.
The Castle Drogo youth panel loved Fred Deakin's interactive game show/party idea and, together with staff, worked up a proposal to turn the castle and grounds into a celebration of traditional games...
