Enjoy a weekend with the whole family at the Exeter Festival of South West Food & Drink, Friday 25th- Sunday 27th April at Exeter Castle and Northernhay Gardens, with family attractions to keep everyone entertained, plus 3 Festival After Dark Party Nights, Thursday 24th-Saturday 28th April in Exeter Castle.
The festival offers three days of foodie fun with over a hundred producers, hands-on activities for children, as well as 30 talented chefs demonstrating their amazing culinary skills. Visitors can enjoy live music throughout the day and at the Exeter Festival After Dark...
Conservationists have been awarded funding to develop plans to protect a rare species of bat in Devon. The funding secured by Devon Wildlife Trust from the Heritage Lottery Fund for will go towards a project protecting the Greater Horseshoe Bat. The project plan to be developed over the next 12 months by the Greater Horseshoe Bat Partnership could then see a further £750,000 in long-term funding. “In the last century they’ve seen their numbers decline by 90% and Devon and the wider South West, is really the last remaining stronghold for that species.” said Steve Hussey of the Devon...
Twelve innovative Business from around Devon travelled to London yesterday (Monday March 31) to promote investment in the county’s business community.
In an event organised with support from Devon County Council’s ‘Devon Delivers’ project has seen business leaders from the digital, creative and ICT sectors meet with MPs and national journalists to tell their stories.
Among the businesses represented at the event was Exeter based success Rokk Media, who have recently extended their business by opening a London office.
The Sports Park on the University of Exeter campus has today played host to over 1,000 primary school children from across the county taking part in the Devon Winter School Games.
Young people from across Devon will today get the chance to compete in a range of sports including netball, rugby, volleyball and hockey as well as the opportunity for young people with pan-disabilities to take part in boccia & goalball events. The event is part of the national Sainsbury’s School Games programme and for the first time, the event will also give children from primary schools in Devon...
Devon’s own success story ‘Casitas’ are back in Devon for a homecoming gig on Friday 18th April at the Tobacco Factory in Exeter.
Casitas, consisting of Barney, James, Ed, Felix and Jack, are returning to Devon after uprooting to London to further their music career.
Originally from Exeter, they will perform at the Tobacco Factory in the city on Friday 18th April at 7pm.
As well as their Exeter performance the group, who were recently featured on Dermot O’Leary’s Radio Two show, are also set to perform a live session for BBC Introducing in Devon on Saturday 19th...
From Tuesday (1 April), Devon County Council will take over the enforcement of on-street parking from local District Councils.
This will create a single countywide service responsible for all on-street parking, with 45 Civil Parking Enforcement officers transferring to the County Council.
The move follows the County Council's review of its Civil Parking Enforcement (CPE) over the past year in order to reduce the operating deficit of this service.
After the first year the revised “in-house” service is expected to deliver annual savings of around £400,000 (measured...
Symposium, Beyond the Book Thursday 15 May, 10am-5.30pm This day-long event investigates what happens when artists consider the matter of books and asks if there is a UK book art movement. It is held in association with the exhibition at the Devon Guild of Craftsmen 'Beyond the Book (5 April-June) and is supported by Exeter University's Arts & Culture dept.
Located at: Queens Building, Queen’s Drive, University of Exeter, Devon, EX4 4QH, UK
Chair: Dr. Nicola Thomas (University of Exeter) Confirmed keynote Su Blackwell.
Exeter City left it late at Home Park to snatch another three vital Sky Bet League 2 points in the Devon Derby.
Liam Sercombe and Eliot Richards found the net to complete a come-from-behind victory over the Pilgrims, with Reuben Reid having given Argyle the lead shortly before half-time as he converted a penalty conceded by Danny Coles’ handball. Paul Tisdale’s men showed great character to turn it around, sending the elated travelling supporters home happy.
Exeter City manager Paul Tisdale named an unchanged side for the third-consecutive...
Update: As of his morning 16 schools will be closed or partially closed sue to decisions to close beign made late in the day.
The list has been updated witht he additional school names.
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At least 14 schools across Devon will be closed or partially closed tomorrow due to strike action from members of the National Union of Teachers (NUT). Six schools, including will be fully closed as a result of the strikes while eight others will be partially closed potentially disrupting work for parents across the county. The strike...
A successful fundraising auction by the Friends of the Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery has ensured that a portrait commemorating the friendship of two of Devon’s most famous artists has been saved for Devon.
With over £12,000 raised at the art auction last Wednesday and assistance from the V&A Purchase Grant Fund, the Portrait of the artist Francis Hayman (1708-1776) by Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792) can be added to Exeter’s art collection.
Rosie Denham, Exeter’s Lead Councillor for Economy and Culture, said: “Reynolds and Hayman are both artists of...
