Schoolchildren and great-grandparents alike will take part in the 50th Newton Abbot walk for Christian Aid Week when a special Sydney Williams’ Memorial Walk is held on May 20th.
The walk, which has raised over £367,000 over the decades to tackle poverty around the world, was set up by the late Sydney Williams and taking part in this year’s event at Newton Abbot Racecourse will be his widow Dorothy Williams (90), their four children and a grandchild alongside generations of other Devon families.
Sydney, who died in 2010 aged 82, was inspired to make the world a fairer place...
Coastal Recycling and Teignbridge Council are set to bring a Rural Skip Service to rural towns and villages across the district until February 2018.
The ‘pop up recycling facility’ will give residents without access to a permanent recycling centre the chance to easily recycle certain materials and items locally, from bulky household waste to scrap metal and wood.
Experts Coastal Recycling will set up temporary collection containers on Saturdays offering a one-day recycling service at 35 sites from Shaldon to Widecombe in the Moor.
Exeter City head into the second leg of their play-off tie with Carlisle United with the scores level at 3-3.
The Grecians had led the first leg tie, at Brunton Park, 3-1 midway through the second half thanks to goals from Joel Grant, Ryan Harley and David Wheeler but the Cumbrians hit back to level the scores before Reuben Reid had a goal ruled out for offside and Jake Taylor hit the post in the final minute of stoppage time.
City manager Paul Tisdale made three changes to the starting line-up. In came Craig Woodman, Bobby Olejnik and Grant for Reid, Ethan Ampadu and...
This June, it’s all about nature - for everybody, everywhere, every day with The Wildlife Trusts’ annual challenge: 30 Days Wild People in Devon will be encouraged to enjoy the nature on their doorstep, as well as the ‘great outdoors’, with inspiring ‘Random Acts of Wildness’: practical, fun and quirky ideas for connecting with the wild around us. Spend an evening star gazing, build a bughouse, become a stream sleuth, enjoy mindfulness in a meadow, or even sit in the garden, sipping a G&T and watch butterflies! People can spend a few minutes, or a few hours each day enjoying nature -...
The award-winning Thurlestone Hotel in South Devon has announced the opening of its new restaurant ‘The Trevilder’, following a million pound refurbishment.
The development has seen the existing restaurant undergo a complete transformation with a new identity and new menus ready for the summer season, featuring produce sourced almost exclusively from within the county. Set across two levels and with floor-to-ceiling windows that make the most of the dreamy coastal views, the restaurant has been completely redesigned by London-based Fabled Studio, whose work can be seen in many of...
A new eye clinic for homeless people has opened in Exeter.
The clinic, which is led by a team of volunteers, is located at Clock Tower Surgery in Wat Tyler House which brings together some 25 services for homeless and vulnerable people.
Set up by the charity, Vision Care for Homeless People, it has been made possible by support from the Local Optical Committee, a team of volunteer optometrists, donations from Specsavers and Bills Opticians which will provide the glazing of spectacles. It joins a small group of similar clinics in London, Manchester, Birmingham and Brighton...
The 122nd Devon County Show will take place shortly at Westpoint, Exeter on May 18, 19 and 20.
More than 90,000 visitors are expected to see some of the best livestock, taste fabulous local food and drink, experience country life and enjoy a wealth of entertainment.
Her Royal Highness the Countess of Wessex will spend two days at the Show in her role as President of the Devon County Agricultural Association (DCAA), which stages the county’s most popular annual event.
The Show features competition between exhibitors of dozens of different breeds of dozens of species...
To celebrate the first anniversary of The Room Works, a kitchen and bathroom showroom on Alphinbrook Road, Exeter City FC and the Exeter Chiefs battled it out during a charity bake-off on Thursday 4th May and, following a highly competitive showdown, City were crowned the baking champions.
Following the players’ first head to head at a cook-off to celebrate the launch of the showroom in May 2016 – which was deemed a draw – the players once again came together with both teams determined to outdo the other.
Under the watchful eye of Debbie Vanstone from Exeter based Mad Cakes...
Experts from the University of Exeter and the Met Office will bring their research out of the laboratory and into city watering holes, as the world's largest festival of public science talks arrives in Exeter. next week
Pub goers will hear talks on everything from how science can future-proof seafood production to online social identity detection when 30 local researchers take to the stage as Exeter joins more than 100 cities around the world who will be taking part in a global festival from the 15th-17th May.
Tickets are now on sale at www.pintofscience.co.uk/events/exeter...
Honiton Gymnastics Club high-performance coach Helen Reddy has been shortlisted for the Coach of the Year Award in the Devon Sports Awards 2017.
The Level 5 gymnastics coach, who has been involved in the sport for more than 30 years, will now attend a glittering awards ceremony at Sandy Park in June.
Helen has been recognised by awards’ judges thanks to her tireless work at both Honiton Gymnastics club (where she is a coach and board member) and at Ivybridge Community College (where she is Head of Performing Arts and runs the gymnastics academy).
