The former Axminster Carpets’ spinning mill will be handed back to its new owners Buckfast Abbey in December.
A team of administrators have been stripping the assets for the past eight months with machinery being relocated as far afield as Belgium, Turkey, India and Pakistan. Some of the machinery has also been moved to areas within the UK including Telford, Gloucester, Axminster, various parts of Yorkshire and Lancashire.
Buckfast Abbey’s Financial Director Jonathan Deacon, said: “It was incredibly sad when the former mill had to close with the loss of so many jobs.”...
Australian Cricket Captain, Michael Clarke, has been fined by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for breaching the Code of Conduct in the first Ashes test.
Clarke was fined 20% of his match fee for “using language or a gesture that is obscene, offensive or insulting during an International Match” the ICC has said.
Clarke was picked up on the stump microphone saying: “get ready for a broken f******* arm” to England’s James Anderson.
The charges were not contested and have been handled witout a formal hearing.
Oh yes they are...... the Exeter Police & Hospital Players are putting on their pantomine - 'Once Upon a Time' in aid of FORCE at the Barnfield Theatre, between the 4th and the 8th of December.
Why not go along and get into the festive spirit?
Evenings: 7.30 pm Matinees: (7th and 8th Dec) 2pm
Tickets cost £10 for adults; £7 for concessions and children, and can be purchased via the theatre. Please call 01392 270 891 for further information and to get your tickets.
Police are asking if anyone has seen a woman and her young child who left the Teignmouth area several months ago.
Angel Hudson, 25, left the area with her 17 month-old son Arthur Hudson-Cardy and has made no contact with her family since. Police would like Angel to make contact with them to ensure she and Arthur are both safe and well.
Angel (pictured) is described as a white woman, 6ft tall with shoulder length dark straight hair.
Police say she often wears jeans with a brown, leather coat and either boots or Vans type trainers Anyone who sees or knows of their...
Local watercolour artist, Rachel Toll, is holding an exhibition of her work in Exeter’s Boston Tea Party on Queen Street which is open until 4 January.
Rachel hopes that customers coming into the popular café will also be tempted to pick up a painting as she will be donating 20 per cent of sales to local charity, St Petrock’s, which supports people who are homeless.
Inspired by Devon’s beautiful surroundings, Rachel’s watercolours feature the coast and plants that grow here.
You can see more of Rachel’s work on her Facebook page - Watercolours by Rachel - which is...
A project led by two cultural geographers based at the University of Exeter’s Penryn Campus, and inspired by the practices of repair and renewal in the South West, is documented in a new book. Published by Uniformbooks, Visible Mending: Everyday Repairs in the South West documents the work of Dr Caitlin DeSilvey, a Senior Lecturer and member of the University’s Environment and Sustainability Institute (ESI), and Dr James Ryan, Associate Professor of Historical and Cultural Geography, who were joined on the project by local designer and photographer Steven Bond. Funded by the Arts and...
The opening of the Exeter City Centre Chaplaincy is drawing closer as training begins for a team of volunteer chaplains.
The volunteers are being trained by Lead Chaplains Rev. Tony Raven and Rev. Preb Norman Wallcock to help provide services to the shops in the City Centre.
The training is expected to be completed by January 2014 when the City Centre Chaplaincy will be officially launched.
At the launch, on Wednesday 22 January in St. Stephen’s Church, supporters of the Chaplaincy and other interested parties will be able to speak to the Lead Chaplains to find out...
Southbrook School pupils are growing seasonal vegetables in their allotment and making soup for the homeless of Exeter. The Soup Kitchen at St David’s Church receives batches of nutritious soup from Southbrook which is distributed on Thursday evenings to the homeless.
The project won this year’s ‘Excellence in Exeter Community Award’ competiton for school based projects that have a direct benefit to the local community. The award forms part of the University of Exeter’s annual ‘Excellence in Exeter’ graduation style awards evening; designed to encourage young people to engage with...
Here’s an opening for Exeter to get excited about – Las Iguanas have brought their passion for all things Latin to the already buzzing Queen Street. Delivering on their simple ethos to deliver South America to every table, every day, the aim, in the words of general manager Dominika Sawicka, is to make Las Iguanas ‘the place to be’.
So what can Exeter’s discerning diners expect? In essence, a fresh, fabulous foodie adventure through the deliciously diverse cultures and cuisines of South America. Of course at Las Iguanas, everything begins and ends with their passion for food. Only...
