Exeter singer/songwriter Charlotte Ward is celebrating after reaching the national finals of the prestigious talent competition Open Mic UK.
Charlotte, 15, performed one of her original songs, Lies, taken from her first EP “Can I get a word in?” at the area heats in Fareham to win her place in the Open Mic UK Final at the NEC Birmingham in January. “I can’t believe it! Over 10,000 people entered the competition and I’m in the final 25 under-16s. It’s taking a while to sink in," she said.
Now in its fifth year, Open Mic UK has been described as “one of the toughest...
Exeter City Council has announced it will begin paying its staff the ‘living wage’.
64 council staff will see their hourly pay rise to £7.65 per hour from January 1 next year.
The decision is designed to encourage businesses in Exeter to also make the move onto the higher pay standard as the council believes it will boost the local economy. "Research has shown that people living in Exeter are some of the lowest paid in the south west," said Council Leader Pete Edwards. He continued: "Paying people a 'living wage' helps reduce poverty and dependence on benefits. It also...
Devon businesses are only recruiting low numbers of young people looking for their first job since leaving education, according to research published today by Devon County Council.
The Devon County Council Workforce Skills Survey aims to better understand the issues and challenges facing businesses in Devon in relation to skills, with one of these areas being recruitment.
The research found that in the last three years, only a third (32 per cent) of businesses in Devon have employed someone in their first job since leaving school, 31 per cent since leaving a further...
Devon County Council’s public health team and Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group (NEW Devon CCG) are celebrating after winning a prestigious public relations award for their joint winter messages campaign.
The Choose Well campaign, which encourages people to keep warm and stay healthy during winter, won silver in the Public Sector Campaign category at the 2013 Chartered Institute of Public Relations South West PRide Awards.
The Choose Well campaign used a colour-coded thermometer logo to remind people of the steps to take when feeling unwell,...
Moscow Magazine warmly invite you all to the launch night for their new album release - Sandbox.
Kicking off from 8.30pm at The Revelry on Exeter Quayside, the night will feature a full performance from the band with support from the Oxford math-rock group Bright Works.
Moscow Magazine have been based in Exeter for the last two years, and their quirky and upbeat blend of rock, funk and jazz is sure to have you feeling and moving.
The night is free entry, with limited-edition copies of the album available.
After the unprecedented success of this year’s awards, Taste of the West is delighted to announce that entries for the prestigious Product Awards and Hospitality and Retail Awards are now open for 2014.
The 2014 awards are taking place earlier than ever before, with the Product Awards judging set for early April, allowing winners a longer period of time to maximise the benefits of receiving these widely recognised accolades.
These highly sought after awards demonstrate the South West’s commitment to producing food and drink products of an outstanding quality.
Police have arrested a 32 year-old man in a firearm incident after a nearly four hour long standoff in Barnstaple last night (2 December). The man was threatening to harm himself and anyone who might approach him on Castle Street from around 4.00pm Police cordoned off the area closing down the Strand and the surrounding area in Barnstaple to ensure the safety of all parties. The man surrendered after a successful police negotiation and was arrested at 7:45pm. The police would like to thank the local community for their cooperation and patience during the period the cordon was in place....
Enjoy the talents of Harry Brockway, Hilary Paynter, Pam Pebworth and Howard Phipps on Saturday 7th December at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum.
The four local wood engravers will be meeting visitors of the museum at 2pm.
Visitors to Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) will be able to enjoy a drink with the artists and get a 5% discount on all artists’ gallery sales when an exhibition opens on Saturday 7th December.
The exhibition - Awake Through Years: Four Southwest Wood Engravers, runs from 7 December to 23 March.
Tiny bits of plastic rubbish could spell big trouble for marine life, starting with the worms, say a team of researchers from the University of Exeter and Plymouth University who report their evidence in a pair of studies in the Cell Press journal Current Biology. The marine worms play a key ecological role as an important source of food for other animals. Work by Stephanie Wright from the University of Exeter found that if ocean sediments are heavily contaminated with microplastics, marine lugworms eat less and their energy levels suffer. A separate report, from Mark Anthony Browne on...
