Public opinion about fracking will be analysed by a new research project led by the University of Exeter.
Professor Patrick Devine-Wright will lead a team of researchers from Stirling and Cardiff Universities examining public attitudes and community responses to the controversial technique.
Fracking – short for hydraulic fracturing – is a method of releasing shale gas and oil from underground rocks, and its use in the UK is currently being debated.
The Exeter-led project, which will start this September and last for three years, will gather data on how attitudes...
Armed Forces Day takes place in Exeter on Saturday (23 June) with a march through the city centre and salute from the Guildhall. 243 Field Hospital will be exercising their Freedom of the City and leading the parade, which sets off from Paris Street at 11am and includes the Barnstaple Youth Band, Exeter Pipes and Drums and over 400 serving personnel, veteran associations and cadet forces. The parade heads along the High Street and past Exeter’s Historic Guildhall, where the Lord Mayor of Exeter, Cllr Rob Hannaford will be taking the salute along with the Deputy Lieutenant and...
A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see what goes on behind the big red wall off Exeter’s Topsham Road has had unprecedented interest for a series of exclusive summer evening concerts.
Organisers at Wyvern Barracks say their first night of three is almost sold out. The events will see David FitzGerald from BBC Radio Devon hosting the 6 Rifles concerts along with folk superstar headliners Show of Hands and Devon choir The Lost Sound.
The three nights of summer shows called “100 years Behind the Red Brick Wall” will be filled with music and storytelling documenting a century...
Visitors to East Devon District Council’s Seaton Wetlands nature reserve are being warned to expect some major disruption to normal site visiting in July, as Western Power Distribution are due begin work there on Monday 2 July to move overhead power lines underground. The work is expected to be completed by Thursday 26 July.
During the first two weeks (Monday 2 July to Friday 13 July) the car park and paths to the Tower Hide and Stafford Marsh will be closed from Monday to Friday. So the Countryside team is recommending that visitors explore nearby Seaton Marshes, which is accessed...
As the nation prepares to Bake for Heroes, six novice bakers have been discovering the benefits of baking for their wellbeing thanks to Help for Heroes’ Plymouth Recovery Centre and the Column Bakehouse in Devonport. Veterans took part in a baking masterclass and over the course of an afternoon learnt how to make focaccia bread, a baguette and a classic British bloomer as well as acquiring the skills to make bread at home. Using simple ingredients; flour, water, yeast and salt; they mixed, kneaded and rolled dough into the three loaves. These were left to prove before being baked to...
South West Water have become official supporters of the region’s largest youth community sports event. The South West Rotary Youth Games is helping create a happier and healthier future by delivering inspiring, innovative and accessible sports and physical activity events across Devon and Cornwall.
Around 10,000 young people across the South West take part in the Games journey every year and the 2018 season climaxes with the Summer Finals set to take place at Dawlish Leisure Centre on Saturday 7 July.
Alan Hyde, Head of Public and Community Relations, South West Water said...
Dedicated community transport volunteers and staff members received prestigious awards at a ceremony at County Hall last week (Thursday 14 June).
The annual Community Transport Awards, organised by Devon County Council and sponsored by local printers Pollards, recognises outstanding contributions to Devon’s community transport providers.
Ten accolades were presented, with the top award for Community Transport Volunteer of the Year going to Simon Edwards, in recognition of his 11 years as a volunteer minibus driver for the Exe Valley Market Bus.
A waste removal tradesman who blighted Devon countryside with 2,000 tons of rubbish – then set fire to it – has narrowly avoided jail.
The Environment Agency prosecuted Edward Donovan, of Churchill Drive, Crediton, for a range of offences after he turned part of an elderly land owners’ farm at Spreyton into an illegal waste site. It was here he dumped waste he collected from commercial businesses across central and east Devon as EDS (Ed Donovan Services).
Donovan pleaded guilty to charges under the Environmental Protection Act at Exeter Magistrates Court, which included...
Families can get advice on how to pick greener walking routes in Exeter and help to measure pollution in the city as part of two events to mark Clean Air Day.
Members from Heavitree Community Partnership, Transition Exeter and Sustrans are measuring air pollution in Exeter to mark “Clean Air Day”.
The members have been conducting citizen science experiments to measure air pollution in Heavitree. They have also been talking to residents about how they can help reduce pollution and congestion. East Wonford Hill/Heavitree Fore Street is known as one of the city’s pollution hot...
After being successful in receiving Proceeds of Crime Act funds I'm looking at holding free power tool forensic security marking on Mon 16th July from 8am onwards at Jewson in Sowton.
The reason i'm doing this is after the high number of reports of power tools being stolen around Exeter and the surrounding areas. A lot of these tools are high value and cost the owners a lot of money to replace.
I'll be doing this marking with our Crime Prevention officer. After a bit of research it was decided that Jewson's has a high foot fall from trade people who we're trying to target....
