GREEN teenage champions are targeting Exeter’s parks, school streets and supermarket parking to pick-up thousands of harmful cigarette butts.
Environmental-aware dynamic duo Daisy Norris and Jack Eynon will be out and about across the city over the next few weeks to collect the discards and help clean our spaces. Their first pick-up will be in Heavitree (where Jack lives) on the morning of 7th December, with a second planned for 27th December, and more in the new year.
The community-conscious pair are looking for sponsors to support them, with all funds going to a once-in-a...
A campaign to encourage more people in Exeter to vote in next week’s General Election has paid off with nearly 8,000 extra voters signing up.
Exeter City Council said that reminders to encourage people to register to vote had prompted a flood of registrations in the lead up to last week’s deadline.
John Street, the City Council’s Electoral Registration & Returning Officer, said: “We have added 7,938 electors to the Exeter Constituency in the last few weeks and another 410 to the part of the City which is within the East Devon constituency.
A dedicated team of Christmas volunteers have spent over 3,000 hours creating a range festive displays and decorations bringing to life this year’s theme, which has taken inspiration from the well-known poem by Clement Clarke Moore, ‘Twas the night before Christmas.’
It’s all thanks to a dedicated team of volunteers at the National Trust’s Killerton, near Exeter, who start planning the theme, design and decorations at the start of each year.
Throughout 2019 the team have been busy creating festive decorations including stockings to hang by the fire in the Drawing Room and...
At a recent meeting on the grounds of Starcross Bowling Club, Brian Adams representing both the Masonic Lodge of Union who meet at Starcross and the Salem Masonic Lodge meeting in Dawlish presented the club president Eileen Martin and the club captain Simon Whittle with two cheques totalling £750 to enable the club to purchase a defibrillator.
A Defibrillator is a lifesaving device which will restart the heart when a sudden cardiac arrest strikes and restore the normal rhythms of the heart.
Freemasons try their best to be at the heart of their community by helping local...
Charities that enhance and often saves the lives of Devon people have received £50,000 to continue their amazing work.
The supermarket chain is marking its Centenary year with two special Bags of Help funding rounds, with a huge £100,000 funding pot in Devon.
The first of these special rounds concentrated on groups delivering health and wellbeing benefits. In first place, Devon Air Ambulance Trust has been awarded £25,000. In second place, HeadsUP Mental Health Awareness Limited has been awarded £15,000. In third place, Pete's Dragons has been awarded £10,000.
Samantha and team are celebrating today having scooped Gold for the Restaurant/Bistro Of The Year category in the prestigious Devon Tourism Awards last night, 28th November 2019. The 10th Devon Tourism Awards saw a record of 240 entries across 27 different categories, with 167 receiving judge visits as part of a comprehensive judging process, including Harry’s. Facing tough competition from four top restaurants across Devon, Harry’s added to Exeter’s number of wins, with three other Exeter businesses scooping awards on the evening. Chef Proprietor, Samantha Pounds says: “We are absolutely...
A DEVON care provider says it needs more staff to help look after the county’s elderly and vulnerable during the festive season, which is the most demanding time of year (December 2019).
Guardian Homecare, which delivers home care in the Exeter area, says the winter months can be the most hectic, as the cold weather can adversely affect service users.
Manager at Guardian Homecare, Catherine Porter says: “Pre and post-Christmas is our busiest time of the year, so we’re urging anyone out there, who is looking for a new career and is kind, honest and reliable, to get in touch...
There is nothing better than an afternoon racing and on this raceday we welcome all Exeter City FC fans. That’s why we’re sure our new midweek fixture will have you wrapping up warm and enjoying great racing on Haldon Hill. Purchase a Premier ticket and you can gain entry in Best Mate where there’s food to suit every taste, always locally sourced of course. So save the date, and brighten up your January by coming racing.
Make the most of your day and use the FREE return bus service from St David's. Seats available on a first-come, first-serve basis.
New Year’s Day at Exeter Racecourse is one of our county’s finest sporting occasions and it’s a day not to be missed.
It's a great Devon tradition, and when you experience the same sense of elation that time spent outside evokes, you'll understand why people come back year after year.
There is no better way to welcome in the New Year. Free bus: Exeter St David’s 10.45; Bus Station 11.00; Return 16:35.
Kitley House Hotel is celebrating being named Devon's ‘Wedding Venue of the Year’ and scooping Silver in the Business Events Venue of the Devon Tourism Awards. The four* hotel, restaurant and wedding venue was delighted to win Gold against stiff competition from other leading businesses in the wedding venue category of the awards.
Kitley House Hotel was presented with its two sparkling Dartington Crystal trophies by Kate Salmon, a co-founder of Plastic Free Exeter and a member of the 'Row For The Ocean' team - the fastest all-female crew in the 2018 Talisker Whisky Atlantic...
