The River Cottage Spring Food Fair, taking place across the late May bank holiday weekend, 27th – 29th May 2017, is set to be a hit with adults and children alike. The Fair provides the perfect opportunity to get the whole family down to River Cottage, to explore the farm nestled in the stunning East Devon countryside and to celebrate the majesty of the spring season and all it has to offer.
Under 16s go free and will be kept entertained with a plethora of free activities including forest school where youngsters will connect with nature and have fun building shelters and collecting...
Gardener, writer and broadcaster Toby Buckland has replanted the flower beds leading up to the Garden entrance to Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery as a tribute to its collections.
Devon is a county of plant hunters with famous historical nurseries like Veitch and Pinces. This rich history has long been reflected in the displays and exhibits at RAMM. It is now also mirrored in the at RAMM’s Garden entrance.
Toby explains “I’ve been visiting RAMM since I was boy and love the fresh thinking and thought-provoking exhibitions and displays. I go there...
Exmouth householders are now recycling almost 60% of their waste every week thanks to a new improved recycling service introduced by East Devon District Council in February.
Provisional findings show that recycling in the town has risen from 44% before the service was launched, to 59% in the first six weeks of the new scheme. Significantly, the amount of rubbish people are throwing away has dropped during the same period from 56% to 41%.
The council’s contractors SUEZ is now collecting, on average, around 90 tonnes of recycling from the town every week – an increase of more...
Exeter-based waste management company Devon Contract Waste has donated £3500 to Devon Freewheelers, a life-saving charity providing voluntary out of hours transport for blood and medical supplies across Devon.
The donation could provide enough fuel to cover 49,000 miles of life-saving journeys around Devon or 14 sets of replacement tyres to maintain the road safety of the motorcycle fleet; both essential contributions to the charity’s running costs, which reach £150,000 per year.
Simon Almond, Managing Director at Devon Contract Waste, commented: “We are proud to support a...
In relation to the UK government’s immigration policy, only 26% of adults in the South West think of international students as immigrants. The findings were revealed in a new poll conducted by ComRes for Universities UK. The survey found that 63% of adults in South West of England think international students have a positive impact on the local economies of the towns and cities in which they study. 61% of those surveyed believe that international students also have a valuable social and cultural impact on university towns and cities in the South West region. 71% of those surveyed in the...
Alarming new figures from Network Rail and British Transport Police reveal more people than ever are risking their lives on the rail network by trespassing on the tracks in the South West. The data, which looks at trends over the last five years, shows trespass incidents are at all-time high in the region, while nationally one person trespasses and dices with death every hour. Last year alone there were around 553 incidents where people risked their lives on the rail network in the South West – a rise of 14 per cent compared to last year. Research also shows young people are more likely to...
Thomas Waldrom’s late try not only ensured maximum reward for the Exeter Chiefs against local rivals Bristol at the weekend, but it took him past a half century of touchdowns in the Aviva Premiership. The free-scoring No.8’s latest brace took him to 51 tries, the second highest for a forward in the competition’s history and only eight behind former Leicester Tigers and England flanker Neil Back on 59. The fact that 38 of those scores have come in the colours of the Chiefs shows the significant impact the 33-year-old has made since he arrived at Sandy Park from the Tigers during the summer...
Three private hire vehicle drivers in Exeter have been prosecuted for illegally picking up fares on the street. The prosecutions follow a joint operation by Exeter City Council, the Police and Vector Transport Consultancy on 22 October 2016. By law, private hire vehicles – unlike taxis (hackney carriages) – can only transport customers if the trip is booked in advance. Only hackney carriages can pick up fares on the street. The operation followed a number of complaints from Exeter’s Hackney Carriage trade about illegal plying of trade in the city. On Monday 10 April at Exeter Magistrates...
The investigation into the Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner Alison Hernandez, which relates to spending at the 2015 General Election, will be referred to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). The Independent Police Complaints Commission, has confirmed it intends to pass the file to the CPS, after an investigation by West Mercia Police. It is for the CPS to consider whether any charges should be brought. This action to refer is in line with that taken by a number of police forces to refer similar cases across the country. “I have been informed that Ms Hernandez’s case will be...
High-flying Exeter Chiefs have forged a partnership with a top concert promoter to cross-support events.
Exeter's Premier League, rugby club, Exeter Chiefs and Stephen C Associates (SCA) have linked to support each other’s activities throughout the rest of 2017.
These include the summer concerts by Olly Murs on Saturday, July 29 and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra on Sunday July 30 at Powderham Castle and the Chief’s 2017/18 fixtures.
Events promoter SCA, which has worked with some of the world’s biggest stars, is also backing the rugby union club’s charity, The...
