A Torbay garden centre celebrated the amount raised for the RNLI in the run up to Christmas 2019 with a visit from Stormy Sam.
In just three months, staff and customers at Otter Garden Centre in Moles Lane raised over £1,200 for the charity that that is reliant on voluntary donations to power its lifesaving work at sea.
The total came from charity boxes at the tills and donations made to two animated displays over the Christmas period comprising musical polar bears and a group of singing reindeer. In addition, offcuts from Christmas trees were made available to customers to...
When the time comes to change your vehicle, one of the first decisions to make will be whether to buy new or used. In an ideal world, most motorists would choose to buy new because people want to be the first owner of a vehicle, but this is not actually the best option. Instead, there are more advantages to buying used, such as:
1. More For Your Money
First, you can get more for your money when you buy a second-hand car. If you have a certain amount to spend then you will be able to afford a better car in the used car market as opposed to an inferior car which is new. Your...
Energy levels across the Gallagher Premiership maybe edging into the red following a relentless 15-week block of fixtures, but Exeter Chiefs Director of Rugby, Rob Baxter, wants his side to 'empty the tank' before getting the chance to refuel in the coming weeks.
Tomorrow's visit of Sale Sharks in the top-flight, coupled with next week's Premiership Rugby Cup semi-final against Harlequins, will bring to a head a relentless opening to the 2019/20 campaign for the Devonians.
After which, they will get a well-earned week off feet before coming together in preparation of their...
Presented by Zippos, Cirque Berserk! Britain’s biggest and boldest theatre-circus spectacular, Cirque Berserk! is coming to Exeter in March at the start of a new national tour.
Combining beautiful contemporary circus artistry with hair-raising, death-defying stunts, all designed specially for staging in a theatre, the show is guaranteed to thrill audiences from 5 to 95!
The 2020 Cirque Berserk! show sees the return of its most famous – and most dangerous – act, the legendary ‘Globe of Death’, in which five motorcyclists defy gravity and risk life and limb traversing the...
50% of adults in the UK own a pet. This was according to the PDSA , a UK-based organization that provides care and shelter to sick animals. But do you know that the type of pet you have chosen to adopt says a lot about you? Yes, that’s right! Your choice of a pet has something to do with the type of personality that you have. Therefore, don’t be surprised if you find that your pet is quite a bit like you.
Whether you’re a dog or cat lover, let’s take a look at the different types of personalities that people have according to the kind of pet that they own.
Sourdough pizza pioneer, Franco Manca , in collaboration with Uber Eats , has announced that for every Franco Manca order delivered by Uber Eats it will be donating £1 to charity FareShare, who redistribute food to charities and food banks. The initiative will run until Monday 27th January 2020.
The move follows Franco Manca’s recent pledge to turn surplus dough into delicious fresh sourdough bread for those most in need through 2020, with loaves being donated to local soup kitchens, charities and shelters across the UK. Throughout the year, food banks, charities and shelters are...
HMP Exeter will be among 16 of the most challenging prisons to receive tough new security measures – a major part of the Government’s crackdown on crime behind bars.
Innovative new X-ray body scanners, developed specifically for the Prison Service, will produce instant images from inside the human body and can reveal internally concealed contraband, including drugs, mobile phones and weapons.
The cutting-edge technology will be installed first at 16 local jails with high volumes of remand prisoners – posing the greatest risk of smuggling. The £28 million that will pay for X...
If you're having trouble making room for all your kids' new toys after Christmas, then Paignton Zoo can help.
The Devon zoo is hosting the Great Big Brick Safari from 28th March to 1st September. And before that it’s holding a great big brick amnesty, when people can donate unwanted plastic building bricks.
Zoo spokesperson Phil Knowling said: “We’ll take all those old plastic building bricks off your hands. Not to make the Great Big Brick Safari models – these are created by professional BRICKLIVE artists and contain a million bricks. We want them so that guests inspired...
Hendy Group has been shortlisted for a key automotive award for its commitment to supporting the communities in which it operates.
It has been shortlisted for the Community Hero Award in the AM Awards for its work in setting up the Hendy Foundation which provides grants to charities and organisations.
Hendy commercial director and Hendy Foundation trustee Mark Busby said he was thrilled that the initiative has been shortlisted for such a prestigious award less than a year after being set up.
“Throughout Hendy’s 161 years in business the company has always had an...
A revolutionary design for the future of renewable energy is being developed by a firm based at Plymouth Science Park.
Frontier Technical is designing a new way of deploying the structural components needed to build an offshore windfarm – its aim is to use controllable ‘float modules’ to construct a floating turbine base underwater with less cost and less hassle.
The company says its approach means the existing methods, which require expensive deep-water construction yards, huge floating cranes and several tugs, will no longer be required.
