On Saturday 30th July, campaigning organisation 38 Degrees brought together hundreds of walkers and art-lovers on Dartmoor and Exmoor National Parks to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the charity Campaign for National Parks. The Campaign for National Parks was created in 1936, when a group of people - passionate about the nation’s stunning open landscapes - decided to work together and launch a campaign to protect them for future generations. 80 years later and England, Scotland and Wales now has fifteen designated National parks, bringing over £4 billion to the UK economy (through food...
Don’t make any plans for the weekend until you’ve checked out our guide to what’s on in and around Exeter (29-31 July).
THEATRE
The Bideford Witches Friday & Saturday, Clifford Room, Barnfield Theatre, Exeter Temperance Lloyd, Susannah Edwards and Mary Trembles of Bideford were the last three women to be executed for witchcraft in Great Britain. High Wall Theatre present a striking retelling of their incredible true story. Tickets £8, £6 conc. Box office 01392 271808. https://www.facebook.com/thealphaeffect/
Families have the chance to celebrate summer in one of Teignbridge’s parks and nature reserves when National Playday comes up next month.
Some of the district’s best places will be filled with fun and games as part of the event which sees thousands of children and their families get out playing at hundreds of community events across the UK.
As well as a celebration of children's right to play, Playday is a campaign that highlights the importance of play in children’s lives.
National Playday will be celebrated in Courtenay Park, Newton Abbot, on Wednesday 3 August...
Take Stagecoach South West’s X64 service this summer and get discounts at two of South Devon’s most popular attractions.
Woodlands Family Theme park and The South Devon Railway are offering discounts with any valid Stagecoach day ticket. Passengers can enjoy 20% off the standard gate price at Woodlands Family Theme Park* and £1 off a South Devon Steam Railway adult return ticket and £0.50 off for a child’s (3 – 15) ticket** when they present any valid Stagecoach day ticket purchased within the last 30 days.
Families are also being given the chance to win a day on the South...
Washington Green, the UK’s leading fine art publishers, has announced the launch of its ‘Summer Exhibition 2016’.
Now in its third year, the month-long exhibition will take place from Saturday 30th July – Sunday 28th August at Castle Fine Art in Birmingham’s International Convention Centre. The exhibition will feature work from 16 contemporary artists who were chosen to feature in the show following a call for innovative visual artists to submit their work to a panel of art reviewers. The shortlisted submissions have now been brought together into one beautifully curated display of...
Turtle Bay is set to open its doors to Exeter on 23rd August, bringing a new, vibrant, Caribbean dining and drinking experience to the town for the very first time.
The 215 seat, £800K, 4015 sqft Exeter restaurant will be located in the new Queen Street Dining Quarter development in the Guildhall Shopping Centre.
As well as serving up blissful Caribbean food in the restaurant, the venue also features a stunning rum cocktail menu, which is the product of a rum collection that includes no less than 40 different varieties.
Councillors have firmly expressed their concerns in relation to reports of racially motivated incidents across the UK, and reiterated a commitment to tackling the problem of prejudice and hate crime in Devon.
Members discussed the issue at Devon County Council’s meeting of its Full Council yesterday, (Thursday 28 July).
Councillor Barry Parsons, the Council’s Cabinet Member with responsibility for Performance and Engagement, has said: “Devon is a caring and hospitable place and has a long history of welcoming people from a range of communities and faiths. We are fortunate...
The opening hours of Honiton minor injuries unit (MIU) are to be temporarily reduced from Sunday 31 July 2016.
The MIU is currently open from 8am to 10pm, seven days a week.
From 31 July, it will be open from 8am to 8pm every day.
Rob Sainsbury, director of operations for Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust, said: “We are experiencing some difficulty in staffing the unit and have made the decision to reduce the opening hours temporarily, to make sure the service is resilient and consistent.
“We are sorry for any disruption this may cause, but our top...
A former Exeter College student is taking on a huge cycling challenge on a tiny bike in support of the BBC Media Action’s life-changing work around the world. Geraldine Sweetland, originally from Farway, will be cycling 100 miles, including climbing the infamously steep Leith Hill and lengthy Box Hill in Surrey, on a folding Brompton bike as part of the Prudential RideLondon Surrey100 event on Sunday 31st July. She is aiming to raise at least £600 for BBC Media Action – the corporation’s international development charity - which uses media and communication to help people in the developing...
Leading local advice charity, Citizens Advice Exeter, is calling for people to be on their guard against scams after the City was revealed as one of the top scam hotspots in England and Wales.
Analysis of 5,000 scams reported to the national Citizens Advice consumer service between January and March 2016 show the areas where people are most likely to report scams, and the different methods scammers use to con people out of their cash.
The average loss for victims in Exeter was £5,736 per victim, more than double the average when compared to a national average loss of £2,500...
