With 26 Parish and Town Council projects funded in 2013-2014, the Parishes Together Fund is looking to allocate more money to local community initiatives.
For the third year running, East Devon District Council (EDDC) and Devon County Council (DCC) are inviting Town and Parish Councils to apply to their joint initiative – the Parishes Together Fund – for grants towards projects that will solve local community issues.
EDDC and DCC are again putting £1.10 per elector into the scheme. Each Town or Parish Council can then apply for up to £1.10 for every person in their parish...
Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service are encouraging you to ‘Register my appliance’ so your home is safer.
Did you know that only 36% of consumers register all of their large domestic appliances? This leaves thousands off the radar if a recall is required.
New research reveals just over a third of British purchasers currently register all of their appliances with the manufacturer, leaving many thousands of owners virtually untraceable if a safety repair is required.
To combat this, the Association of Manufacturers of Domestic Appliances (AMDEA) is today...
Throughout February The Magdalen Chapter will be serving the Un Baccio Ancora cocktail.
Un Baccio Ancora or One More Kiss is the eponymous hero’s last words in Verdi’s tragic opera Otello.
In perfect time for Valentine's Day, The Magdalen Chapter will be celebrating the bitter sweet nature of romantic endeavours with this cocktail - a seductive blend of passion fruit liqueur, Campari and lemon juice topped with Prosecco to give your lips a faint, effervescent tingle.
For more information about The Magdalen Chapter click...
A public exhibition will be held by Devon County Council on proposals to introduce traffic calming measures on Blundell’s Road in Tiverton. With housing and employment development planned to the east of Tiverton, improvements are needed on the local road infrastructure. Members of the local community are invited to comment on planned improvements at an exhibition at Best Western Tiverton Hotel from 11am- 5pm on Thursday 22 January and 2pm-7pm on Friday 23 January. The Tiverton Eastern Urban Extension (Tiverton EUE) proposals involve new homes, new retail development and new employment...
Four Devon primary schools, including one in Exeter, have been chosen to take part in a national initiative aimed at developing global education.
Redhills primary and pre-school in Exeter, Lady Modiford’s in Walkhampton and Meavy and Offwell schools have been selected to develop international links with Tanzania as part of a major new school twinning project.
Connecting Classrooms is an education initiative backed by the UK government and the British Council.
The Devon schools have been selected in recognition of their commitment to teaching pupils about global...
A new study from the University of Exeter has found that viruses carried by commercial bees can jump to wild pollinator populations with potentially devastating effects.
The researchers are calling for new measures to be introduced that will prevent the introduction of diseased pollinators into natural environments.
Commercial species of honey bee and bumble bee are typically used to pollinate crops such as tomatoes, sweet peppers and oilseed rape. Fast evolving viruses carried by these managed populations have the potential to decimate wild pollinator species, including...
A new information dementia drop in centre has been opened at Topsham Pharmacy and is open on Thursdays between 10am and noon.
Run by volunteers, it is somewhere people to come to find out what support maybe available to them and generally answer any questions they may have on dementia.
Sallie Rutledge who runs The Mede and Seaward House (holiday and day support for people with dementia) in Topsham says: "There's little help at times for the carer and they can feel very isolated.
"We are hoping carers will come to us and tell us what they need....
As the colder weather sets in, Devon’s health chiefs are providing some top tips to staying healthy this winter.
Devon County Council’s Director of Public Health, Dr Virginia Pearson, is reminding people of some simple ways to protect themselves, and their NHS, over the cold weather period.
“Most of us experience colds and flu-like symptoms at this time of year,” said Dr Pearson. “But for some, flu can be dangerous, if not potentially fatal, so it’s important that eligible people keep up to date with their flu jabs.
The new programme for spring and summer at Exeter Corn Exchange features comedy, music, dance, children’s shows and a number of speciality events.
Some of the biggest names in stand-up comedy will perform at the City Council run venue with shows by Jim Davidson (28 Jan), Henning Wehn (4 Feb), Alan Carr (13 Feb), Count Arthur Strong (25 Feb), Andy Parsons (18 March), Jeremy Hardy (6 May), Stewart Francis (15 May), Lee Nelson (17 May), Rich Hall (24 May), Al Murray (27 May), Roy Chubby Brown (29 May) and Tim Vine (9 June).
The ever-popular Exeter Comedy Club, featuring four...
