The Newtown Community Association cafe on Sunday 12 May will be partnered by the Devon Wildlife Trust.
The event, at the hut in the middle of Belmont Park open from 2pm-4pm, will include DWT Terrestrial Conservation Officer Emily Stallworthy, who will have a stand with information on wildlife gardening, the bumblebee campaign and what they hope to do in Newtown.
There will also be an opportunity to make seed bombs! It's a great activity to do with children, they can get a bit messy (and adults as well!) and then take the seed bomb home to plant in the garden.
Candidates and party activists across the county - excluding the two unitary authorities of Plymouth and Torbay who do not have elections - have been spending the last few days and hours anxiously stuffing leaflets through letterboxes and knocking on doors in final campaigning for today's Devon County Council elections.
The County Council seats are elected every four years and last fought in 2009.
Devon County Council is currently controlled by the Conservatives under leader Councillor John Hart. The Liberal Democrats have been their traditional opposition across the region...
Radiance MediSpa, an Exeter-based business, opened the doors of its new pioneering premises to the public with a launch day on Saturday 27 April 2013. The event celebrated a significant growth stage for the business, which has been supported by business growth service, GrowthAccelerator.
Radiance MediSpa has been launched by Dr Ros Debenham offering non-invasive skin and body treatments ranging from laser hair restoration to non-surgical liposuction – some of which are exclusive in the South West. A mother and daughter team, the business offers a full range of beauty and...
A donation from Haines Watts Chartered Accountants Exeter to their Charity of the Year, Families for Children Adoption Agency (FFC), has enabled the worthy cause to run two preparation courses for potential adopters. Haines Watts, based in Southernhay, raised over £2,000 for FFC through various activities and networking events over the 12-month period. This included an event to launch FFC as their new Charity of the Year held at Exeter Audi with sponsored Exeter Chiefs player Craig Mitchell during National Adoption Week.
To celebrate Museums at Night, RAMM has joined with partner venue Côte Brasserie to offer a Thursday night special. Enjoy the Museum’s displays and exhibitions with a glass of Prosecco in an exclusive late night opening and if you wish to dine afterwards you can treat yourselves to a two-course meal at Côte bistro with a combined ticket.
RAMM only, £5 including a glass of Prosecco.
RAMM and Côte meal, £15: combined tickets includes a glass of Prosecco at RAMM and a two-course meal at Côte Brasserie
Tickets are available in person or by phone using a credit or debit...
Hilton Worldwide has announced the opening of its debut hotel in Exeter. Hampton by Hilton Exeter Airport becomes the fast growing value brand's 11th UK hotel and Hilton Worldwide's 12th airport hotel in the country.
Located less than a mile from Exeter International Airport and close to junction 29 of the M5 motorway, the 120-guestroom hotel offers convenient access for air travellers and those seeking to visit the nearby city centre. For those that enjoy the great outdoors, the Jurassic Coast, England's first world natural heritage site, is a short drive away while both the...
Following the coldest March for 49 years, home owners in rural areas surrounding Exeter are being urged to think about installing renewable heating systems as a way of beating rocketing oil prices and ensuring future fuel security. People living in homes reliant on oil, LPG, solid fuel or electric storage systems in EX postcode areas are being targeted as part of a pilot scheme to encourage those whose homes are not connected to the gas supply to move to renewable heating systems, such as air source heat pumps as a way of cutting both fuel bills and carbon emissions. Rising international...
RAMM Garden reception, 5.30 to 7.30pm, Côte Brasserie, Cathedral Yard, Exeter from 7.30pm.
To celebrate Museums at Night, RAMM has joined with partner venue Côte Brasserie to offer a Thursday night special.
Enjoy the Museum’s displays and exhibitions with a glass of Prosecco in an exclusive late night opening and if you wish to dine afterwards you can treat yourselves to a two course meal at Côte bistro with a combined ticket.
RAMM only, £5 including a glass of Prosecco.
RAMM and Côte meal, £15: combined tickets includes a glass of Prosecco at RAMM and a two...
More people than ever visited the Exeter Festival of South West Food & Drink in Northernhay Gardens and Exeter Castle from Friday 26 to Sunday 28 April to enjoy the region’s best food, drink, producers and chefs and celebrate the Festival’s 10th anniversary year. Close to 20,000 people attended the Festival with record numbers of visitors on Saturday and Sunday.
The highest ever number of visitors in the 10-year history of the region’s biggest foodie event ensured many of more than one hundred South West artisan food producers sold out of produce and the cookery theatre was...
Exeter Community Bikes (ECB) is a Project that is just starting in Exeter. It aims to provide unemployed people with the skills, confidence and knowledge to recycle and recondition unwanted and abandoned bicycles and in the process reduce landfill, encourage more environmental awareness and enhance our community’s health and well-being. Cycling reaches out to people of all ages, gender, and social class and can act as a vehicle for engagement with diverse and hard to reach groups.
Have you been meaning to get rid of an old bike cluttering up your garage, garden or home but didn’t...
