The team at Killerton are seeking views from the local area about the historic estate to help to capture its new ‘Spirit of Place’ statement.
A special open evening on Friday 19 June in Broadclyst is inviting Exeter and East Devon residents to share their thoughts, views and memories about the National Trust estate.
The team would like to know what makes Killerton different, how it makes people feel and any memories of the estate.
Shaped by views of those that know it well, the statement will sum up the unique, distinctive and cherished characteristics of the...
Rick and Jeanette Wills narrowly escaped being poisoned by the fumes from the gas fridge in their caravan. Rick Wills explains: “It was a chilly night so my wife and I shut all the windows before going to bed.
"We were awoken by the Carbon Monoxide (CO) detector at 2am. I couldn’t smell anything, so I took the alarm off the wall and put it under a pillow to stop the noise. As an afterthought I opened all the windows, including the skylight. When we woke in the morning we both felt awful.”
Carbon Monoxide is a highly poisonous gas that has no colour, taste or smell and can...
A hairdressing apprentice who started as a ‘Saturday girl’ has been promoted to manager of a new salon due to open in Plymouth.
Skills Group apprentice Holly Harrison, aged 20, will head up the new branch of Loose Ends Hair and Beauty in Foxwood Gardens, Plymstock, from July 5.
Holly has worked at the Dean Hill branch of Loose Ends Hair and Beauty for four years. She started on Saturdays before joining full-time after leaving school aged 16.
With the support of training provider Skills Group, Holly has successfully completed NVQ Level 2 and 3 in hairdressing and...
Unite Community members from across Devon will be starting a summer long campaign today (Thursday 18 June), to highlight cuts to community hospital beds with a protest outside County Hall in Exeter. Plans have been put forward to replace community hospital beds in Devon with a system of home care called “care closer to home”. Concerns are mounting that the loss of the beds will leave elderly and vulnerable patients recovering from operations and other treatments isolated, as well as putting pressure on over stretched critical wards at district hospitals. Unite Community member James...
Plans are underway for a new site for a proposed Park and Ride on the edge of Exeter.
Devon County Council is set to begin pre-application discussions on a new location for the Park and Ride at the A30 Alphington Interchange junction.
Previous proposals had looked to develop the Oaklands Stable site, accessed off Alphington Road. However, following recent evaluations a new site at “Round Field” is proposed, which is on the other side of the A30 junction between the westbound slip road and the road that leads out towards Ide.
Spacex thanks go out to those who have continued to share, tweet and get others involved in their Kickstarter campaign.
Spacex have just added four new artworks and a publication to the rewards list, see the campaign page for details: http://kck.st/1SgFXIR
If they hit their target, the money raised will cover the cost of two artists residencies and a series of associated events in 2015–2016, bringing artists, writers and many others to Exeter.
However, the success of this campaign is about more than this one individual project - it will also send an important and...
DCET Training specialises in Electrical, Health & Safety and Green Training qualifications and has training centres throughout the South West.
We are holding an apprentice recruitment session this Friday 19th June at 1:30 based at our office in Exeter for motivated school leavers and job seekers.
Successful applicants will then be invited to take part in our Electrical Traineeship that we are running from 30th June 2015 over a 6 week period.
The Traineeship is designed to prepare the candidate for a career in the Electrical Contracting Industry giving them the...
Exeter city centre will be full of servicemen and women, past, present and future as it celebrates Armed Forces Day on Saturday (20 June).
As part of the city’s annual celebrations of the work of the Armed Forces, almost 400 servicemen and women from all branches of the armed forces will be marching through the City Centre with the Lord Mayor of Exeter (Cllr Olwen Foggin), the Vice Lieutenant of Devon (Sir John Cave) and the Deputy Commandant General Royal Marines (Brigadier Richard Spencer) taking the salute at the Guildhall.
Lead by the Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines...
As summer approaches, Devon & Somerset & Fire & Rescue Service as part of the Fire Kills campaign, are asking people to make sure their family, guests and loved ones know how to get out, stay out, and call 999 in the event of a fire.
A smoke alarm can give you the warning you need to get out of your home in a fire, but a blocked exit, locked door or unfamiliar surroundings can often shave vital seconds from the escape time, exposing you to the fatal dangers of toxic smoke.
Some simple steps and a clear escape plan in the event of a fire will help ensure that...
