Staff from Old Mill will ride 207 miles this summer in memory of Exeter employee Nick Baker, who sadly lost a short and sudden battle with cancer in August last year.
Starting on Saturday 8th July, 16 of Nick’s colleagues will begin a four day challenge which will see them ride from St Malo in France back to the Old Mill offices in Yeovil.
Day one will be a 44 mile ride from St Malo to Saint Michel and on day two, the riders will travel 66 miles to Lessay. On day three, they will ride 46 miles to Cherbourg where they will board the ferry back to Poole before completing the...
Encouraging shoppers to change their shopping habits and savouring the joys of the market, ‘Making Markets Matter’ is heading to Newton Abbot Market on Saturday 8 July.
Hosted by The National Market Traders Federation (NMTF), the UK’s only national body for market and street traders, events retailers and mobile caterers, the event encourages support for local retail markets. Now in its 12th year, the event highlights everything markets offer, from great fresh food to a thriving social scene and central community.
Events at Newton Abbot Market start at 10am on Saturday, with...
They look like ordinary people - different ages, backgrounds and interests.
What binds them together is that each is an Exeter Mid and East Devon Samaritan volunteer and remarkably they have served a combined 81 years.
Most of the six, who were presented with long service awards at the AGM of the charity’s Exeter branch this week, serve as listeners who respond to the thousands of telephone calls, emails, text messages received by the branch each year.
But most have other roles - some are involved with training new volunteers, one handles IT for the charity’s...
A collection of old camera negatives tucked away inside the roof of Killerton House, near Exeter in Devon, have been discovered during a major roof repair project.
Over 30 negatives, possibly hidden by the Acland family in the 1920s to be found years later, have inspired staff to create a time capsule and the National Trust property is calling for people to send in their memories of Killerton to be included.
Photos include what is thought to be family pets, foreign travels and a young Sir Richard Acland in knitted swimwear and a big rubber ring, about to take a dip in what...
Police have launched an appeal for victims to come forward following a mass assault in Exeter.
Police received reports of a disturbance in Exeter City Centre at around 3am on Saturday 22nd of April. Units attended and after a short chase, two men aged 30 and 27 were arrested on suspicion of affray; the 27-year-old has since been released with no further action to be taken against him.
PC Dave Walter from Heavitree Police Station said: “Following the arrest, we have managed to secure and review CCTV of the incident as part of our investigation.
Normal service will resume on the Okehampton Sunday Dartmoor Service this weekend.
Track speed restrictions between Coleford Junction and Okehampton have now been lifted, and GWR has confirmed that its Summer Sunday Service between Exeter and Okehampton, funded by Devon County Council, will return to the normal timetable from this Sunday (9 July).
Councillor Andrea Davis, Devon County Councillor for Infrastructure, Development and Waste, said: “I’m sure everyone will welcome the return to the normal timetable on this highly valued summer service.”
Judge Jules is one of the most renowned and wealthiest DJ's in the world. His list of accomplishments include a BBC Radio 1 residency, a Number 1 DJ in the world award ( courtesy of DJ Magazine) and over 15 years’ experience of performing at Eden in Ibiza. These are the things we DO know about the 51 year old DJ, but I sat down with the man himself to find out 5 things we DON'T know:
1. He’s a man of many talents
“Although I’m mainly known for being a DJ, I also work as a music lawyer through the week. The name “Judge Jules” has more relevance than ever.”
East Devon District Council’s Countryside team is working with a number of partners to deliver some new wellbeing events this summer.
As well as favourites such as rock pooling and bug hunts, the Countryside team is offering outdoor classes in Tai Chi, editation and yoga at local beauty spots.
The first of these wellbeing events is an introduction to Tai Chi, which takes place on the Maer, in Exmouth, on Saturday 1 July from 9am to 10am. This course is repeated on Saturday 19 August at Seaton Wetlands.
An outdoor meditation session is being run at Seaton Wetlands on...
Exeter School pupils studying Design Technology have enjoyed investigating the possibilities of 3D printing to make cast statuettes for a new Exeter School prize. Year 9 pupils have cast silicon moulds from 3D printed masters to cast the statuettes in the form of the ‘Blue Boy’. One of the original ‘Blue Boy’ statues is situated at the spot in Princesshay on which the mediaeval St John's Hospital was located and from which Exeter School can trace its origins in 1633. There are also statues sited at Exeter School and The Maynard. Staff in the University of Exeter’s Digital Humanities Lab...
Young people are falling foul of scams which target them through their social media accounts, The Devon, Somerset and Torbay Trading Standards Service has warned.
Many young people have been conned into providing personal data or into responding to modelling and talent scams via pop-ups on social media accounts like Instagram and Facebook.
Internet-savvy 18-24 year-olds don’t consider themselves as the group most likely to be duped - and that makes them more vulnerable.
The Devon, Somerset and Torbay Trading Standards Service is combating the online menace with...
