Organic, an Exeter-based performance and content marketing agency and consultancy, recently celebrated their 10th anniversary, and commissioned Instagram social influencer Paperboyo to capture some of the city’s most unique sights.
Rich McCor, better known by his Instagram alias Paperboyo (Instagram.com/paperboyo), is a photographer and social media influencer who uses creativity and the power imbued in social platforms to tell stunning visual stories.
With over 125,000 Instagram followers, Paperboyo’s creations celebrate cities and their history through innovative, outside...
East Devon District Council is working with the Environment Agency to upgrade the sea and estuary defences in Exmouth. The proposed project will reduce the risk of flooding to over 1,000 homes in Exmouth.
Since Autumn 2015, the council’s Exeter based consultants WSP │ Parsons Brinkerhoff have reviewed information gathered from flood modelling, a topographic survey and geotechnical investigations and developed a number of options to upgrade Exmouth’s flood defences along the estuary side and sea front.
Following this, East Devon has held consultation events with local...
Firefighters up and down the country are preparing to roll up their sleeves to take part in the National Car Wash this Saturday, March 12 to raise vital funds for The Fire Fighters Charity.
Bring your car along and have it washed in return for a donation to The Fire Fighters Charity, the UK’s leading provider of services that enhance quality of life for serving and retired fire service personnel and their families.
Lee Howell, Chief Fire Officer for Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Servicer said: “Monies raised through national fundraising initiatives provide a real...
One of the best known love stories, performed by the ever popular Vienna Festival Ballet. Lavish costumes, stunning scenery, international stars, and the glorious music from Tchaikovsky make this a night not to be missed.
Swan Lake is the most popular ballet in the world. It's the ballet that captures like no other the full range of human emotions - from hope to despair, from terror to tenderness, from melancholy to ecstasy.
Mad Dog Mcrea blend a unique mixture of folk rock, pop, gypsy jazz, bluegrass and ‘shake your ass’ music. From self-penned songs of adventure, drinking, love and life, to traditional songs of gypsies, fairies, legless pirates and black flies – Mad Dog never fail to capture their audience with their infectious songs.
It was at Glastonbury in 2013 (notably the Avalon Stage), the release of their Happy Bus video, take-up from national radio from esteemed folk such as Mike Harding, and others………. Matched with the unshakable dedication of their massive and loyal to the hilt, fan base –...
Secrets from Exeter’s hidden past will be uncovered in a major new archaeology project.
Lead by experts from the University of Exeter, the latest technology will be applied to RAMM’s collections to reveal where the city’s food and ceramics came from during 1st to the 16th centuries. The four-year study will show the extent of trading networks throughout the period and Exeter’s changing role within the region.
Project leader Professor Stephen Rippon, Professor of Landscape Archaeology at the University of Exeter, said: “There was a huge amount of excavation in Exeter in the...
As part of promoting “Avocet Ambles”, self-guided walks from the Avocet Line, the Exeter – Exmouth branch line, the Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership recently took members of the ROC Active walking group for a day trip, travelling from Exeter St Thomas station to Topsham for a leisurely walk and lunch.
ROC Active is a charity which enables adults with a learning disability to take part in a wide variety of sports, gym, and swim sessions.
They organise a weekly walking group from their base at the Riverside Leisure Centre at Cowick Street, Exeter.
Devon County Council is encouraging parents to take up the opportunity to have free child care for their two-year-olds.
The Council provides funding to childcare and early years education providers for families in receipt of certain benefits so they can have a free place.
The Council says that many parents are unaware of the funding, or of the benefits that child care can provide.
In an effort to make people more aware, the Council is writing to families who are eligible for the funding to offer them free childcare.
The RSPCA is appealing for information after a cat was found with broken bones, skinned and bound by twine lying dead behind a multi-storey car park on Brook Street in Tavistock, Devon.
A member of the public was horrified to find the mutilated body outside the Cooperative car park in the Devon town at 8.30am on Saturday 27 February and immediately called the RSPCA for help.
RSPCA inspector Lewis Taylor, who attended the grim scene, said: “This was a very strange and disturbing incident and we would really like to get to the bottom of what happened to this poor cat....
