Crowning Ceremony Fancy Dress Competition Grand Draw Guy Competition from 2.00pm at The Institute with the crowning of the Carnival Royalty.
The carnival procession starts from Alansway Trading Estate at 7.30pm coming up through Mill Street, The Town Square, and finishing in Yonder Street following by a fireworks display on The Land of Canaan at approx 9.30pm.
The Chairman of Devon County Council, George Gribble, officially opened Exeter’s new energy recovery facility today (16 October).
Delegates from Devon County Council, the county’s waste contractor Viridor and construction and initial operating company TIRU assembled with local community representatives at an official opening event on site.
Deputy Leader, Councillor John Clatworthy talked about the plant, which will deal with waste from Exeter, and the surrounding area.
He said: “For years, landfill has been the cheaper option, but it’s not a good environmental...
Devon County Council is continuing to open up more information about the council, its contracts and finances in a concept known as Open Data.
As part of the Council's commitment to accountability and transparency, there is a range of information available about how the council operates, its staff and what it spends.
Some examples of this are; details of all transactions that the council makes over £500, senior employee salaries, councillor allowances and expenses, contracts and tenders and grants to the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector.
Pinhoe Guides are holding a Christmas shopping evening on Friday 21 November.
Twenty tables will be selling various items including jewellery, craft items, Christmas decorations and cards for sale along with mulled wine, nibbles and mince pies.
There will be a raffle towards the end of the evening. All the stallholders have donated a prize, and we have a couple of other competitions during the evening.
All the money raised will go towards the Pinhoe Guides' trip to Switzerland in August 2015.
Entry is free, although any donations on the door will be...
The Environment Agency is asking for views on how to improve and protect the water environment in the South West. Take a moment to think about how much you use or are near water in your everyday life. Did you know that the Environment Agency has set out plans for how water in the South West will be looked after in coming years? Now is the time for you to have your say on how they will do this.
Water quality in the South West has steadily improved over the last 20 years.
The draft river basin management plan (dRBMP) for the South West looks at water in each catchment across...
Henry Purcell meets Giacomo Puccini on a love journey through Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods with the help of all the great composers of their time.
Recital includes folk songs and poetry from the Cygnet Company. Music and words tell us how powerful a woman’s love can be.
Soprano Kaja Pecnik performing arias such as O mio babbino caro, Sweeter than roses and Una voce poco fa will guide us through the wonderful language of love and truly make us fall in love with love.
Again and again.
Adrian Hicks Pianist Adrian Hicks studied piano and singing at...
Introducing award winning AsOne Theatre Company’s next new piece of writing, the play PASSION By Stephanie Dale
True stories of War and Love 100 years apart
Playwright – Stephanie Dale Director – Peter Leslie Wild Composer/Arranger/MD Tim Laycock
A Lieutenant commanding his platoon in the Royal Marines died in 2008 – his family learn to live without him. A 19 year old Private Infantryman deployed witnessed the death of an Afghan child, and missed the birth of his own. 100 years earlier a father and soldier returned home from the desert of Mesopotamia only to...
Members of East Devon voluntary organisations and community groups turned out in force for the annual event run by East Devon District Council called “Working Together for the Future of East Devon”.
This year's focus was on ‘Isolation’. After the conference on 10 October Councillor Jill Elson, EDDC Cabinet Member for Sustainable Homes and Communities, said it had been good to hear about the excellent work being done in our local communities.
She went on: “There is a lot of good work taking place in East Devon. It was a great opportunity to meet and hear about the many...
