Celebrating 10 years of broadcasting with a building takeover featuring live music, DJs, films, outside broadcasts, studio tours and a radio conference.
Campaigners in Exeter are organising a week of events to raise awareness of the need for a more sustainable and ethical clothes manufacturing industry, as part of a global movement to wipe out human exploitation, waste, and environmental damage.
Fashion Revolution Week takes place from Monday April 23rd until Saturday 28th and the activities in Exeter have been organised by the independent local company Sancho’s, which has two shops in Fore Street selling certified FairTrade fashion clothing and accessories, made from sustainable natural materials.
Darts fans in Exeter will get the chance to see the sport’s greatest ever player in 2018 when Phil Taylor appears in an exclusive exhibition event.
Sixteen-time World Champion Taylor retired from the professional tour following January’s World Championship final, meaning the legendary ‘Power’ will not be appearing in this year’s Premier League for the first time.
But Taylor will be appearing at Exeter Corn Exchange on Friday 25 May 2018 alongside Welsh ace Mark Webster, darts’ original entertainer Bobby George and Exeter’s Lee Bryant.
Castle Drogo is holding two volunteering open days on Sunday 22 and Wednesday 25 April, from 12 noon until 3pm, for anyone who would like to find out more about getting involved at the property. This is the most exciting time in the history of Castle Drogo since its initial construction. After receiving funding in 2012 from the Heritage Lottery Fund and Interreg, a European grant, the restoration project to make the castle watertight is now in its last phase. More volunteers than ever are needed to share the exciting interpretation that has been created and become part of the Castle Drogo...
10 year old Emily Read from Exeter gives the family pet Arty a celebratory hug. She arrived at misty Ness Point, Lowestoft on Sunday afternoon following her fortnight-long cycle along Britain’s widest point.
Through wind and rain, along muddy towpaths, and up steep gradients, 10 year old Emily kept on cycling, surely the youngest person ever to undertake such a 488 mile challenge. She was fundraising for ShelterBox, inspired by seeing their stand at the Devon County Show.
image004.jpgAlong the way she found time to visit ShelterBox’s HQ and Visitor Centre in Truro, and...
Visit South Devon has unveiled a new-look website for 2018 packed with images, film and interactive footage. Designed to show off the astounding range of breath-taking countryside and seaside destinations throughout East Devon, Mid Devon, Teignbridge and South Hams, the new site guides visitors on a rich journey of discovery.
Spanning three Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, over 120 miles of coastline, Dartmoor National Park, the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site, the South West Coast Path and a host of nature reserves, the site is a rich resource for anyone looking to discover...
Exeter College return this May to the Barnfield Theatre with our production of ‘Oh What A Lovely War’ , in order to mark the centenary of the end of The Great War, and reflect upon the play’s resonance within the world today.
A green light for four new projects in the Exeter and East Devon Enterprise Zone will see an increase in the delivery of employment space and unlock new jobs for the area.
An £8m fund was agreed by East Devon District Council’s April Cabinet to enable delivery of key projects. Subject to final approval being given at East Devon’s Full Council, these projects can then move forward in conjunction with partners at Devon County Council and Exeter Airport. Specific projects are:
£530,000 over 3 years for an enhanced bus service connecting the Enterprise Zone and Exeter, with...
Exmouth’s own local hero, Victoria Cross* (VC) recipient Lieutenant Richard Sandford, is to be honoured with a special memorial flagstone, which will be laid during a VC dedication service at the Strand Gardens, Exmouth on Sunday 22 April 2018 – almost 100 years to the day that he carried out the mission that led to his award.
Lt Sandford, whose mother lived at 15 The Beacons, Exmouth, won the prestigious VC for his actions in command of HM Submarine C3 during the hazardous Zeebrugge Raid on April 22 and 23, 1918. At 26 years old, he was a Lieutenant commanding a submarine in the...
Local authority adoption services in Devon, Plymouth, Torbay and Somerset are joining forces to become a single regional adoption service, under the banner Adopt South West.
The move, required by the Government, is expected to improve the adoption process; making it simpler for adoptive parents, and quicker so children awaiting adoption are waiting less time.
Council adoption services – 152 of them nationally - have tended to operate independently to a large extent, with individual budgets and with variation in the levels of support offered by councils to adoptive parents...
