Two randomly selected Devon teachers attending this year’s Farmwise Devon event at Westpoint, Exeter, have won free places to take part in the campaign's first teacher training programme on food and farming.
1,400 children from 32 schools attended this week's event, sponsored by Mole Valley Farmers. Children were taken on a journey from field to fork, enjoying practical and hands on tasks through 12 educational zones including Beef, Fruit, Forestry, Dairy and Arable.
Farmwise Devon educates primary school children about where good food comes from. Now in its fifth year, the...
An Exeter-based accountancy firm is continuing to build international links after helping to organise a successful trade mission to China.
Two partners from PKF Francis Clark, which has eight offices across the South and South West, gave presentations on doing business in the UK to an audience of 140 Chinese businesses.
Andrew Killick, Head of Corporate Finance, and Martin Aldridge, Business Services Partner, were accompanied by Yanwen Huang from PKF Francis Clark’s Poole office who helped with language and cultural translation.
Overnight closure of Bridge Road on Thursday 19 October
Bridge Road in Exeter will be closed overnight on Thursday (19 October). The road will be closed overnight from 8:30pm and will re-open at 5:30am the following morning (Friday 20 October). The closures will enable work on the mast arm for the pedestrian crossing at Glasshouse Lane to be completed. The diversion route will be signed via Topsham Road, Alphington Road, Marsh Barton and the A379. Details of the diversion route are available here . Details of changes to Stagecoach bus services will be available at https://www....
A report suggesting new areas for nature was published on Friday 13 October. The areas aim to balance tourism, business and leisure needs with the role of the Exe Estuary as a sanctuary for internationally important wildlife and natural habitat.
Advice from conservation experts urge that new ‘Wildlife Refuges’ are implemented to make sure protected birds are undisturbed and have safe places to rest and feed. Estuary users are asked to voluntarily avoid the areas – all year round at Dawlish Warren’s refuge and from mid-September to end of December at Exmouth’s refuge.
The Moor Otters public arts initiative has raised £126,850 for Dartmoor National Park, as a collection of life-sized otter statues painted in a variety of themes and colours have captured the hearts of thousands of visitors from around the world.
Launched in June 2017, the Moor Otters project positioned 101 otter sculptures in various locations across Dartmoor and surrounding towns, creating the Otter Spotter trail.
The public arts initiative aimed to raise £100,000 to support projects to conserve and enhance Dartmoor’s wildlife and landscape, improve accessibility to the...
The Exmouth Players present “Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs”, an adaptation of the original Pantomime written by Alan P Frayn.
"...The tale of Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs needs no introduction, but the writer of this pantomime, Alan Frayn, has produced a wonderful adaptation that sticks closely to the original story and also introduces some marvellous new characters, together with typical pantomime situations in a delightfully fast-moving show." (Dereham Times)
There is a large cast of all ages (with children playing the Dwarfs) - OH YES THERE IS. There will be...
FORCE Cancer Charity will have 144 people running for them in Sunday’s Great West Run.
FORCE is one of the event’s partner charities and is hoping to raise £30,000 from this year’s race.
Oly Watts, FORCE Fundraising Development Officer said: “The Exeter Great West Run is a fabulous event to get behind and support. The run gives for our supporters an opportunity to give something back to FORCE whilst taking on this amazing challenge. Many of whom are taking part for the very first time.”
The reasons why people have chosen to join Team FORCE in 2017 have touched staff...
Wren Music presents Blackberries & Bandages Songs that tell the story of Devon’s Home Front in WW1 Featuring singers and players from Wren Music’s Voices in Common Choirs & Rough Music
Children from two South Devon primary schools celebrated World Space Week by designing and building space vehicles at a special day organised by South Devon University Technical College.
More than 20 Year Six pupils from Decoy Community Primary School and Landscove C of E Primary School were invited to a day packed full of fun activities as South Devon UTC hosted the hands-on day to promote science and engineering.
Pupils learnt exactly what engineering was and what type of engineer they might consider being in the future. Children took part in activities including a...
