Devon

Improved recycling service for Teignbridge

Information about Teignbridge’s improved waste and recycling service will be dropping through the letterboxes of the district’s homes over the coming months.

Teignbridge is changing its waste and recycling service to make it easier for people to recycle more. The scheme is being rolled out across the district in three phases and will start in September and end in November.

Ahead of roll-out in each area, a four-page leaflet is being delivered to homes. It gives people information about when their new recycling service starts and how they can subscribe to a new optional...

Okehampton Show

Event Date: 
13/08/2015 - 9:00am
Venue: 
Stoney Park Showground, Okehampton

For the Okehampton & District Agricultural Association work is well underway and plans are in place for the 108th Okehampton Show on Thursday 13th August at Stoney Park Showground, just outside Okehampton.

This traditional countryside event, where animals take pride of place, is a very popular day out in a beautiful setting on the northern edge of the Dartmoor National Park and is a great opportunity to meet with friends from far and wide. With all day entertainment and approximately 300 trade stands there’s plenty for everyone to see and do throughout the day.

The...

Fire crews tackle shed blaze in Exeter

Fire crews were called to a shed fire in Burnthouse Lane, Exeter this afternoon (Wednesday 29 July).

An appliance from Danes Castle and one from Middlemoor along with the rapid intervention unit attended a fire within an outdoor storage shed attached to a property just before 3.30pm.

Crews arrived and got to work with breathing apparatus and one hose reel jet to put the fire out.

The cause of the fire was deemed accidental, and the storage shed was moderately damaged by the fire.

Families for Children information event

Event Date: 
01/08/2015 - 10:00am
Venue: 
outhgate Court, Buckfast, Devon TQ11 0EE

Families for Children are looking for adopters to come forward now.

There is no upper age limit for adoption, you can be married or single and you don’t have to own your own home.

The organiation is looking for people who have the room in their hearts and can offer a loving and secure family to children most in need. They are especially looking for those who may consider older children (over 4 years), sibling groups and children with disabilities.

If you have ever considered adoption please come and talk to us at our next information event is on Saturday 1 August,...

Summer 2015: Forest School (iii and iv)

Event Date: 
13/08/2015 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Cathedral

Join us for outdoor adventure and campcraft at our Urban Forest School, right here in the city. Our Forest School runs on Tuesday 11th and Thursday 13th August.

If you make all 4 sessions you will be awarded our Camp Craft Expert badge! Meet at the Cathedral entrance (next to the welcome desk) 10 minutes before the start time.

Tuesday 11th August, 10.00-12.00: Tools

Learn how to use a bow saw and a hand drill safely. Make ‘wood cookies’ to decorate, hang or spin. Our session finishes with a campfire gathering of hot chocolate, snacks and a campfire song.

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Plans underway to safeguard Crediton services

Devon County Council is proposing to move the town’s children’s centre into the nearby library on Belle Parade in order to save money and improve the services on offer.

Run by Action for Children, Crediton Children’s Centre supports families in Crediton and the surrounding area with their children’s wellbeing, safety, health and development needs through individual support, parenting programmes, play sessions, holiday activities and information services.

Last year the Council launched a series of consultations looking at how they could better provide the services that Devon...

The Exeter Book: "The Wanderer"

Event Date: 
05/08/2015 - 1:00pm to 3:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Cathedral (Library and Archives, Palace Gate)

Your opportunity to experience the oldest book of English literature in existence – right here in Exeter!

Written in about 970AD, the Exeter Book is the oldest of only four surviving books of Anglo-Saxon literature anywhere in the world. Much admired for its beautiful writing and the quality of its verse, this unique book of poetry has been at Exeter Cathedral since Leofric, the first Bishop of Exeter, gave it to his church in around 1072. Within its 246 pages are some 40 poems and nearly 100 poetic riddles.

Join Cathedral Library & Archives’ staff and volunteers on the...

Summer 2015: Owls Overhead

Event Date: 
03/08/2015 - 10:00am to 1:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Cathedral

Monday 3rd August, 10.00-13.00 (Cathedral Green)

Come along to the Cathedral Green and meet our owl expert Steve Hooper.

See his beautiful owls in the flesh/feather, as he tells you how to care for these magnificent creatures. Become an owl yourself by choosing a design from our face painting artist. Or you can get creative and make your own owls out of felt or paint a pet.

We also have our badge making machine which you can use to create an owl badge.

Donations welcome, crafts from £1.

Poor weather affects the birds so please check the website or...

Out of Order opens in Sidmouth

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 07/29/2015 - 12:47pm

Weekly rep continues at the Manor Pavilion Theatre in Sidmouth this week with the arrival of the sixth production, Out of Order by Ray Cooney.

The Oliver-award winning farce will play from Thursday 30 July to Wednesday 12 August.

The Summer Rep Season sees one company of actors present a season of twelve classic revivals throughout summer, with a new production each week until the end of September.

Set in a suite at the Westminster Hotel in London, just around the corner from the House of Commons, Out of Order is a classic farce full of hilariously disastrous twists...

Nel - Scratchwork Theatre Company

Event Date: 
01/09/2015 - 7:30pm to 03/09/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

Meet Nel: a foley artist. Don't know what that is? Don't worry, not many do. Nel brings life to films through sound. In her world a tyre screech is a hot water-bottle and an epic fight scene is a symphony of snapping celery and frozen cabbages. But her real world isn't turning out so well. Her cat has died and she’s accidentally poisoned her fish.

She needs a friend and maybe a change of shoes.

An intriguing combination of on-stage foley artistry and physical theatre, Scratchworks's latest production explores how we are able to mould other people’s...

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