Local holiday home owner and artist, Tina Stokes, is celebrating after picking up an award for her property in Devon.
Tina scooped silver in the Best in South West England category for her stunning waterside-facing property, Searles, in the heart of Lympstone.
Searles took home the trophy at the Sykes Gem Awards – a national travel awards programme run by leading UK holiday rental firm, Sykes Holiday Cottages.
Tina, who has lived in Lympstone for over 25 years after moving to study a degree in art, bought the property back in 2010 and has since undertaken major...
Former Exeter College graduate and author Fay Knowles (nee Johanson) started writing at age nine and now at seventy-five years old, she says she doesn’t plan on stopping any time soon! She has just released her fifth book, “Moonbeams from The Soul: A Collection of Fourteen Provocative Short Stories”, available on Amazon as an e-book and in paperback. From wild temptations to dangerous decisions, “Moonbeams from the Soul” is an eclectic assortment of thought-provoking short stories.
Fay successfully completed a secretarial and business course at Exeter College in 1960 (when it was...
The Cisco Certification is a hot topic for a Network Engineer. Those looking to get into the job role and those in networking looking to progress would’ve at some point looked into CCNA.
The role of the engineer involves a medley of planning, implementing and overseeing computer networks that support a variety of functions revolving around wireless networks. From conference calls to data mining, in-house network support is often needed to keep things running smoothly.
A step up from a network administrator, the role of the engineer becomes more challenging, hence the need...
Exeter City host Forest Green Rovers on October 12 aiming to continue their excellent start to the League Two season.
A long unbeaten run saw Exeter’s League Two betting odds to win the title slashed to 6/1 and they will fancy their chances of picking up another three points against Forest Green.
City will undoubtedly be hoping to build on their early season results after what has been a frustrating few years for the club.
They missed out on promotion after losing in play-off finals in 2017 and 2018 , before being denied a place in the end-of-season shoot-out on the...
Libraries across Devon and Torbay are celebrating Libraries Week by offering customers unrestricted access to Matt Haig’s bestselling title, Reasons to Stay Alive, via eBook and eAudiobook.
Described as ‘astounding’ by Stephen Fry, Reason’s to Stay Alive was in the top ten charts for 49 weeks and has been published by 29 publishers around the world. Thanks to Libraries Unlimited, the charity that runs Devon and Torbay libraries, thousands of customers across the county can download and enjoy the eBook or eAudiobook between 7th – 12th October with no waiting lists or reservations...
Helping society begins with the individual. After all, society is made up of individual people. If everyone made simple changes in their lives to improve the world around them, all communities would soon change for the better i.e sending get well messages to the deserving ones in the society and neighbourhood. It may seem challenging to make a difference, but there are many quick and straightforward ways in which you can positively impact society. Here are some of the most effective ways you can make a difference.
Work is progressing well on the scheme to develop a new footbridge to replace Alma Bridge in Sidmouth.
Contractor Mac Plant Construction Ltd has installed a temporary cofferdam in the River Sid. This has enabled work to get underway to stabilise and re-profile the cliff face to the eastern side of the river, ahead of the construction of the bridge abutment and wall.
The re-profiling is being undertaken in stages, with each section stabilised using nine-metre long rock anchors. While work is carried out, netting is being secured to the rock face to prevent any rock fragments...
MASSAGE training company director Emma Gilmore is poised for a major expansion which will double capacity to meet growing demand, which, she believes, could be due to a reduction in funding for NHS services.
Exeter-based School of Bodywork is moving premises to provide more permanent space which will double capacity to accommodate the number of students wanting to train.
Emma, 50, who founded the school 10 years ago, believes the increased interest may be due to a lack of NHS funding and waiting lists for massage therapies.
Councillors were assured last week (3 October) that work is continuing on delivering superfast broadband in Devon, despite Connecting Devon and Somerset’s (CDS) recent cancellation of contracts with broadband provider Gigaclear.
Councillor Rufus Gilbert, Devon County Council’s Cabinet Member for Economy and Skills, updated the authority’s Full Council about the on-going work of CDS.
CDS announced last month that it was ending Gigaclear’s five contracts to deliver full-fibre broadband in Devon and Somerset. CDS and the Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency were...
A voluntary ban on the sale of energy drinks to under 16-year olds in Devon supermarkets has been found to be successful following a recent exercise.
The ‘mystery shopper’ exercise by Public Health Devon and Devon, Somerset and Torbay Trading Standards, tested how well large supermarket chains enforced the voluntary ban of energy drinks to under 16s.
The exercise was carried out as part of a Healthy Weight Declaration pledge by Devon County Council. One of the aims of the pledge is to engage more with the food and drink sector to promote healthier options and reduce sugar...
