Been to Exeter, visited the Museum...... got the t-shirt?
Visitors to Exeter's Royal Albert Memorial Museum might soon be able to boast just that as the City Council, who run the award-winning attraction are looking at the possibility of installing a gift shop inside.
The Museum in Queen Street hasn't had a shop for years - RAMM had one before the refurbishment but since reopening, browsing and buying opportunities have been limited to items such as guide books, badges, pencils soft toys and postcards sold from wheeled stands in the garden entrance reception area.
The widening gap between house prices and wages means that first time buyers living in the South West of England are having to pay almost £63,000 more for a home, new research from Shelter reveals today.
The charity’s analysis shows that if the average income of a first time buyer and average house prices had remained in line in the region, those lucky enough to get a foot on the property ladder would be paying almost £63,000 – or 37% – less for their first home.
With average house prices in the South West now ten times the average wage, compared to just six times fifteen...
Flybe, Europe's largest regional airline, has today announced it is to open a new base at Cardiff Airport.
The airline will serve 11 destinations in the UK and Europe this summer and base two of its existing Embraer E195 aircraft at the Airport. One of these 118-seat aircraft will arrive at Cardiff in June and the second in September 2015.
This announcement will result in the creation of 50 jobs, including flight crew and ground handling staff.
Flybe will offer flights to Belfast, Cork, Dublin, Düsseldorf, Edinburgh, Faro, Glasgow, Jersey, Munich, Milan Malpensa,...
The Trill Trust, the educational charity based on Trill Farm in Axminster, has appointed its first Director of Education, Jolyon Chesworth, to lead its programme of opportunities for people to become inspiring leaders of sustainable and environmental practice, focused on the food, health and energy issues that face the world.
Jolyon’s role will be to develop and implement a strategy for education at Trill using the beautiful habitats and wildlife on the farm as the basis of learning; to manage and promote the annual programme of courses and events hosted at Trill Farm; and to...
Cranbrook’s keenly anticipated draft Enterprise Development Strategy (EDS) has now been received by East Devon District Council. The strategy was commissioned by the council alongside the community-led Our Place plan from independent consultants Ash Futures Ltd, in order that the two initiatives could work together, helping both the council and the community build a better and more economically viable Cranbrook. The Our Place plan is an entirely community driven strategy, which was commissioned by the community for the community. It sets out how a community enterprise company could assist...
Thousands of homes and businesses will have their flood risk reduced with the potential work Devon County Council is involved in delivering over the coming years.
Devon County Council’s Cabinet will be asked next week (Wednesday 11 March) to approve the flood risk action plan for the coming financial year.
The proposed Action Plan for 2015/16 includes a number of schemes that will benefit in excess of 200 properties, while a number of proactive studies for future schemes is being developed in line with Defra’s 6 year programme.
Irish Pop Sensations Boyzone are set to play a headline show on Sunday June 28 at Newton Abbot Racecourse. This will be the first major Pop Concert to be held at the Racecourse and is also one of only a handful of dates that Boyzone will play in 2015 making this night a key one for your calendar.
In November 1993 a bunch of young lads from the North side of Dublin infamously appeared on Ireland’s biggest TV show ‘The Late Late Show’ and the rest, as they say... is history. Twenty one singles, seven albums, four of which were #01’s, twenty five million record sales, hundreds of gigs...
Police are appealing for witnesses to a serious collision involving two buses and a motorcycle in Kenton.
The collision happened at around 7.30pm yesterday (Tuesday 3 March) on the A379 between the Powderham turning and Kenton village.
A double-decker bus and grey Yamaha motorcycle were travelling from Exeter towards Dawlish, and a single-decker bus was travelling in the opposite direction at the time of the incident.
As a result of the collision, the 49-year-old male motorcyclist, from Exeter, suffered serious arm and leg injuries which are considered life–...
