307 Squadron Project invites you to Exeter for a special exhibition to remember the Polish 307 Squadron RAF that defended the South West of England during the Second World War.
The exhibition 'For Your Freedom and Ours. The Story of 307 Squadron', in both English and Polish, is being held at Exeter's Guildhall between 14-16 November 2016.
At 10am on Tuesday 15 November the Lord Mayor of Exeter will raise the Polish flag over the Guildhall to remember 307 Squadron which prevented the city from being totally destroyed during the blitz of 1942. This ceremony will help promote British-Polish relations.
For more information please find attached our press release and poster, together with the following link to a promotional trailer: https://goo.gl/w5JHT5
We hope that you will be willing to help promote the exhibition and flag raising, and attend.
Tonight will see gritters out on some of Devon's major roads for the first time this winter.
Road surface temperatures are forecast to drop close to freezing in parts of the county overnight. Although conditions are dry, 19 of Devon’s 37 precautionary pre-salting routes will be treated due to the potential for hoar frost.
The main gritting activity will be focussed around Torridge, Mid, West and North Devon, and inland areas of East Devon. Other parts of the county will be monitored.
Devon County Council is well prepared to keep the county moving over the coming...
307 Squadron Project invites you to Exeter for a special exhibition to remember the Polish 307 Squadron RAF that defended the South West of England during the Second World War.
The exhibition 'For Your Freedom and Ours. The Story of 307 Squadron', in both English and Polish, is being held at Exeter's Guildhall between 14-16 November 2016.
At 10am on Tuesday 15 November the Lord Mayor of Exeter will raise the Polish flag over the Guildhall to remember 307 Squadron which prevented the city from being totally destroyed during the blitz of 1942. This ceremony will help promote...
Exciting plans are being made for Exeter Pride on Saturday 13 May 2017.
It will be the biggest free celebration of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT+) communities in the county of Devon - and is one of the first in the UK summer calendar of similar such events.
The ninth annual event will include the always popular rainbow flag parade from the St Sidwell Centre down Exeter High Street to Northernhay Gardens, Exeter Phoenix, Exeter Library and Rougemont Gardens, where a packed programme of activities will await.
Exeter's famous Red Coat Guided Tours have announced a temporary programme following the fire at the Royal Clarence Hotel and limited access in the city centre.
The temporary programme will run from now for the foreseeable future. These tours will run daily:
11am: City To Quay – finishes on the Quayside
2pm: Exeter Old & New – Finishes at the Guildhall
Each script has been adapted to talk about last week’s events.
The Tours will start from outside of the Tourist information Centre and will last for ninety minutes.
Offwell Primary from Honiton, Redhills Primary in Exeter and the ACE MAT have been successful in gaining Erasmus+ funding to take part in an Erasmus + project which will be coordinated by the English teacher, Enrique Ruiz from CEIP Andrés García Soler in Spain.
This project, therefore, includes these two Primary schools from Devon, the MAT, the Spanish school, Scuola Padre Pio from Altamura, Italy and Rigas Classical Gymnasium from Latvia as well as Antonio de Nebrija University from Madrid.
This is one of the very few projects in the EU which will involve such a...
A free event to help communities across Devon prepare for incidents such as severe weather and flooding is being held near Exeter next week.
The interactive day, entitled 'Becoming Resilient', will include guest speakers, workshops, case studies and an expert question and answer panel. It's being held on Wednesday 9 November, from 10.30am to 4pm, at the Kenn Centre in Kennford. Aimed at those interested or involved in emergency and recovery planning in their community, the event will include sessions the role of community rest centres, the role of the emergency services, testing...
A local professor renowned as a leading global voice in the understanding and advancement of energy/spiritual Healing will take to the stage at a national health and wellbeing event to reveal latest scientific understanding around distant Healing. Paul Dieppe, Emeritus Professor of Health and Wellbeing at the University of Exeter Medical School, will present at the Mind Body Spirit Wellbeing Festival at Birmingham’s NEC on Friday 4 November a talk entitled: Is Distant Healing a Concept That’s Just Too Good To be True? Dieppe’s presentation will explain latest research on the placebo and...
Exeter City Council is hosting an event on Saturday following the most destructive fire in the recent history of Exeter.
'The Royal Clarence Fire: The Historical Loss and Survival' is an opportunity to learn what has been lost of historical significance but also to discuss what has been miraculously saved.
Dr Todd Gray will outline the destruction of the Royal Clarence itself.
Three leading building specialists of Exeter (John Allan, Richard Parker abd John Thorp) will then outline the significance of the surrounding buildings.
In a fix with your broken electrical items and gadgets? Time to get them fixed for free at a special event to be held at Exeter Community Centre, 17 St David’s Hill, EX4 3RG on Saturday November 5th.
Recycle Devon is putting on a series of nine REPAIR IT events across the county for householders to bring along their broken electrical appliances, including computers, to be fixed by local menders, at no cost
Organised in conjunction with Transition Exeter, the event will run from 10am -12:30pm and repairs will be carried out on a first come, first served basis so please be...
