Organisers of the Devon County Show are looking forward to joining colleagues from across the UK at the 60th national conference of the Association of Show and Agricultural Organisations (ASAO) in Torquay which starts on Sunday (November 6).
Ollie Allen, County Show Secretary and former chairman of the ASAO, said she was delighted that the event was returning to Devon.
She said: “We have some outstanding shows in this county and there can’t be anywhere better to shine the spotlight on these champions of our rural economy.”
Half term week was also the Little Fireface Project’s S.L.O.W. (Slow Loris Outreach Week) and here at Shaldon Zoo we were busy raising awareness and funds for this enigmatic and endangered primate which is related to bushbabies and lemurs!
Found throughout South and Southeast Asia, these shy nocturnal primates have a deadly secret ... they have a toxic bite! Due to their undeniably cute appearance, slow lorises are heavily affected by the illegal pet trade and because of the ability to deliver a venomous bite, traders pull their teeth out with wire cutters or pliers before selling...
An opera performance threatened with cancellation because of the fire in the centre of Exeter will now go ahead thanks to staff at the Guildhall.
Staircase Opera’s performance of Menotti’s ‘The Medium’ was due to take place at the Devon and Exeter Institute tonight, Thursday and Friday. However the Institute, which is located on the Cathedral Green, is currently within the safety cordon brought about as a result of the fire at the Royal Clarence Hotel at the weekend.
Staff at the City Council heard about the group’s plight and stepped in to save the day, offering up the 700...
Exeter Cathedral has re-opened to the public today following the major fire in Cathedral Yard.
Members of the public seeking a quiet space for prayer and reflection are warmly welcome. The Lady Chapel at the east end of the building will be kept as a quiet space for people to sit, pray or just light a candle.
The Dean of Exeter, the Very Revd Dr Jonathan Draper, said: “Our job is to support all the other work that is going on by asking God’s blessing on it; giving thanks to God for the skills and dedication of our emergency services; praying for those who have lost a...
307 Squadron Project invites you to Exeter for a special exhibition to remember the Polish 307 Squadron RAF that defended the South West of England during the Second World War.
The exhibition 'For Your Freedom and Ours. The Story of 307 Squadron', in both English and Polish, is being held at Exeter's Guildhall between 14-16 November 2016.
At 10am on Tuesday 15 November the Lord Mayor of Exeter will raise the Polish flag over the Guildhall to remember 307 Squadron which prevented the city from being totally destroyed during the blitz of 1942. This ceremony will help promote British-Polish relations.
For more information please find attached our press release and poster, together with the following link to a promotional trailer: https://goo.gl/w5JHT5
We hope that you will be willing to help promote the exhibition and flag raising, and attend.
Tonight will see gritters out on some of Devon's major roads for the first time this winter.
Road surface temperatures are forecast to drop close to freezing in parts of the county overnight. Although conditions are dry, 19 of Devon’s 37 precautionary pre-salting routes will be treated due to the potential for hoar frost.
The main gritting activity will be focussed around Torridge, Mid, West and North Devon, and inland areas of East Devon. Other parts of the county will be monitored.
Devon County Council is well prepared to keep the county moving over the coming...
307 Squadron Project invites you to Exeter for a special exhibition to remember the Polish 307 Squadron RAF that defended the South West of England during the Second World War.
The exhibition 'For Your Freedom and Ours. The Story of 307 Squadron', in both English and Polish, is being held at Exeter's Guildhall between 14-16 November 2016.
At 10am on Tuesday 15 November the Lord Mayor of Exeter will raise the Polish flag over the Guildhall to remember 307 Squadron which prevented the city from being totally destroyed during the blitz of 1942. This ceremony will help promote...
Exciting plans are being made for Exeter Pride on Saturday 13 May 2017.
It will be the biggest free celebration of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT+) communities in the county of Devon - and is one of the first in the UK summer calendar of similar such events.
The ninth annual event will include the always popular rainbow flag parade from the St Sidwell Centre down Exeter High Street to Northernhay Gardens, Exeter Phoenix, Exeter Library and Rougemont Gardens, where a packed programme of activities will await.
Exeter's famous Red Coat Guided Tours have announced a temporary programme following the fire at the Royal Clarence Hotel and limited access in the city centre.
The temporary programme will run from now for the foreseeable future. These tours will run daily:
11am: City To Quay – finishes on the Quayside
2pm: Exeter Old & New – Finishes at the Guildhall
Each script has been adapted to talk about last week’s events.
The Tours will start from outside of the Tourist information Centre and will last for ninety minutes.
Offwell Primary from Honiton, Redhills Primary in Exeter and the ACE MAT have been successful in gaining Erasmus+ funding to take part in an Erasmus + project which will be coordinated by the English teacher, Enrique Ruiz from CEIP Andrés García Soler in Spain.
This project, therefore, includes these two Primary schools from Devon, the MAT, the Spanish school, Scuola Padre Pio from Altamura, Italy and Rigas Classical Gymnasium from Latvia as well as Antonio de Nebrija University from Madrid.
This is one of the very few projects in the EU which will involve such a...
