Exeter-based Liz Joslin is the winner of local agency Nomadic Travel’s annual Travel Photo Competition with this wonderful close-up picture of a gelada monkey.
Liz took this photograph whilst travelling with her husband Lee in the Simien Mountains of Ethiopia.
Gelada monkeys are the world's most terrestrial primates, excepting humans.
Their closely-knit social groups offer a fascinating study in primate behaviour and Liz’s image captures superbly a feeling of a deeply thoughtful mammalian brain.
The team at Nomadic Travel unanimously voted for it as their...
Your guide to the best music, events and activities taking place in and around Exeter this weekend.
THEATRE
After the Accident Friday & Saturday, Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter Highly accessible and utterly engrossing, this award winning drama takes you on a highly charged journey where forgiveness and redemption are set against guilt, rage and despair. Through brilliant storytelling and recognisable characters, experience a fascinating insight into Restorative Justice; a process which tries to repair something of the harmful consequences of crime. This riveting production...
A funding project bringing together county, district, town and parish councils is kickstarting community projects across Devon and hopes to do more in 2015
The 'Town and Parish Fund' or TAP is the name given to the initiative whereby Devon County Council allocates £1 per elector per annum and district councils contribute 10p per elector, totalling around £600,000
This money is available for towns and parishes to join together to apply for funding that can make a difference to their communities.
Well over half a million pounds was allocated to a huge range of...
Wondering how you're going to keep the kids amused during the half term holiday? We've come up with a few suggestions here:
Friday 20 February
Felting Workshop Exeter Cathedral Make a countryside scene or design your own shapes and outlines for your felt square. Your finished product could be used as a wall hanging or cut up to create a broach, finger puppet or maybe a pencil case. Limited spaces, booking only. £4 for the full session (payable on arrival). Ages 6-plus. 10.30am-12.30pm. Call 01392 413174 or email education@exeter-cathedral.org.uk
Tina Stevens, PA at Exeter law firm Michelmores has taken first place in the national Strictly Recruitment Legal PA of the Year Awards 2015, in the category of 'Up and Coming Legal PA of the Year'.
The awards recognise the very best PA talent from the UK legal sector, across four different categories − Legal PA of the Year, Legal PA Team Leader of the Year, Up and Coming Legal PA of the Year and Legal PA Employers of the Year.
Tina joined Michelmores in 2011, starting her career in the post room. She soon progressed into a Trainee PA position and has been working...
Chinese New Year is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays and 2015 will be the Year of the Goat.
In China, it is known as the "Spring Festival" and marks the end of the winter season.
The University of Exeter will be celebrating the Chinese New Year on Saturday 21 February in Exeter city centre and on the Streatham Campus. At 1pm the Dragon and Lion dancers will parade through the city, starting in Buffet City, ending in Royal Albert Museum (RAMM).
The parade continues at The Forum, Streatham Campus at 3pm, where there is also a Chinese Market, food...
Most people use their shed to store garden equipment, bicycles and even expensive power tools. Yet, often, sheds are fitted with inadequate locks, or no lock at all.
Since June last year, over seventy-one victims in South Devon had their sheds broken into and property stolen. Almost half of these occurred in Teignbridge.
Fourteen sheds were broken into in Torquay and twelve across Ivybride and Kingsbridge. The areas reporting the fewest number of break-ins were Totnes, Dartmouth, Paignton and Brixham.
To reduce this type of crime, Police have teamed with South Devon...
New figures reveal that over £2.9 million of National Lottery funding was invested in Exeter projects last year alone. Across the city, 49 grants were awarded last year; benefiting local arts, sports and heritage projects alongside community groups helping those most in need. Grants were awarded to a wide range of projects in 2014, including:
£8,675 to Southbrook School to buy new camping equipment for extracurricular outdoor activities.
£9,500 to Exeter Citizens Advice Bureau to develop their online systems and improve advice services.
Ninety guests joined The Down’s Syndrome Association(DSA) and Down Syndrome International(DSi) at Sandy Park on February 6th for an exclusive Evening with Damon Hill OBE.
Damon Hill hosted a champagne reception and dinner before giving a unique insight in to the life behind his public persona. Damon entertained everyone with wonderful stories about his childhood, about his father Graham Hill and his own successful motor racing career which resulted in him becoming Formula One World Champion. The audience had exclusive viewings of private family photographs documenting 3 generations...
Bella Italia, the family-friendly Italian restaurant, has placed the future of its kids menu in the hands of some of the country’s toughest customers – children aged from three to 11.
With an established reputation for family-friendly service (that’s official as Mumsnet has awarded Bella for the development of its family-focused dining with an Innovation Award!), Bella decided to go a step further and allow boys and girls to rip up the rulebook and rebuild the way in which its restaurants cater for their younger customers.
Throughout the project, which spanned over a year,...
