Devon Life announced the winners of the 2012 Devon Life Food & Drink Awards at a glittering black tie event held at Exeter's Sandy Park last night. The ceremony honours the finest food and drink producers in Devon.
The Exeter Daily would like to congratulate all winners and finalists, but especially Exeter's St Peter's School for winning Best School Food Award, Ben Bulger of the Magdalen Chapter Hotel for winning Best Chef of the Year and The Hunstman Inn at Ide for winning Best Dining Pub of the Year. Special mentions also go to the Rodean Restaurant (Best Restaurant...
Following Energy Saving Week (22nd October- 28th October) the UK’s largest home improvement company, B&Q has rounded up their top tips for saving energy and money this winter. B&Q’s eco experts have highlighted the best products and day-to-day tips that will help shrink energy bills in any type of home. Just follow these simple suggestions to a more cost-efficient and comfortable home.
Heating
Check that the central heating is on when people are in the house as heating an empty house is a waste of energy and money. For example, set the heating to come on 20
A Devon removals company is volunteering its services to the charity Operation Christmas Child for the second year running.
The idea of the organisation is to encourage donations of shoeboxes filled with gifts. These shoe boxes are then delivered around the world to children who without this donation may not receive a Christmas gift. In 2011 Van Man Exeter contacted Operation Christmas Child’s Exeter base to offer our assistance.
We moved approximately 1400 cubic feet of boxes from Plymouth to join the 16,000 shoeboxes to leave the Exeter depot destined...
Exeter is about to experience a completely different kind of theatre. In You With Me , there’s no stage, no visible actors, no audience sitting comfortably. Instead, this production offers a personal, unique and totally different experience, taking participants on a journey through Exeter and guiding them on a playful adventure in which unexpected incidents cause familiar routes to be seen with fresh eyes.
Participants are asked to meet in a well-known Exeter location. They receive a phone call and the performance begins. For 45 minutes, they talk to a stranger whilst...
There was standing room only at a public meeting organised by KONP South West and 38 Degrees in Exeter on Monday evening.
The packed meeting heard from five keynote speakers who described the threats now faced by the NHS. They then suggested ways in which the fight to protect the NHS could be taken forward. These will involve action that individuals can take, as well as group activities. All the proposals were received enthusiastically.
The Exeter meeting was the third to be held in Devon, bringing together signatories of the 38 Degrees online petitions aimed at the new...
The TUC has warned the government not to forget the South West when it implements Lord Heseltine's report on boosting regional growth.
Commenting ahead of the report, which will be published tomorrow (Wednesday), Nigel Costley, the South West TUC's regional secretary, said it must recognise the role of government in reducing equality between and within regions so recovery takes place all over the country, not just parts of London and the South East.
He said: "We don't want the South West to be left behind in the back waters. Instead we need thoughtful...
An Exeter butcher has pleaded guilty to misleading customers by claiming his Danish gammon steaks were ‘local’.
Devon County Council prosecuted Mr Kevin Hollamby (aged 56 of Cherry Gardens, Exeter) after their trading standards team found he was passing off smoked and un-smoked gammon steaks on sale at his Hartnell Fresh Foods store on Longbrook Street, as ‘local’ when in fact they were supplied by the Danish Bacon Company and were of Danish origin.
Enquiries with My Hollamby’s suppliers also revealed no evidence of ‘local’ gammon being supplied or ordered in the last three...
Threaded through the rich tapestry of Exeter’s history is the story of its many churches, ranging from the magnificence of the 12th century Cathedral to the many recently formed church groups meeting in schools around the city.
One of Exeter’s tucked away historical gems is South Street’s Baptist Church. Born in the aftermath of the Civil War (think Cavaliers and Roundheads) it is understood that around 1649 the city’s Baptist worshippers found a home in the dining room of the Cathedral’s Deanery (What Bishop Brownrigg thought of this is not recorded).
On Saturday the city centre was infested with zombies as part of a Halloween celebration. The event started at Exeter city centre bus station. It then proceeded down Sidwell Street, through Princesshay, The cathedral green, then onto The Phoenix Arts Centre. The event was organised by Exeter’s Phonic FM and The Phoenix. People came to the march from all over Devon, and one woman said “We did this last year and it was very fun. So we did it again. We travelled from Paignton, but it is so fun it is worth it.”
The march was publicised "through social media, by word of mouth...
