Closure of Esplanade in September will allow vital flood defence work to take place in Exmouth

Exmouth's £12 million tidal defence scheme continues to make good progress

Construction of the new £12 million tidal defence scheme at Exmouth is on track to significantly reduce flooding to 1,800 properties in the Devon town.

In September there will be more activity along the sea front as work increases on The Esplanade. For some of the work to proceed the road will need to be closed in sections between The Grove, along Morton Crescent, Alexandra Terrace Junction and past the Clock Tower up to the Premier Inn.

The following tidal defence work is being carried out...

Sam Morgan Improvisation Studio

Event Date: 
22/09/2019 - 11:00am to 1:00pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

Have you always wanted to Act? Or have you enjoyed acting and would like to tread the boards once more? Are you looking to be more spontaneous? Have more fun in your life? Meet new people? Act without a script? Say Yes and ...to life? Then this is for you! We are holding an Acting/Improvisation session; No experience needed but the willingness to have fun.

Book your place here.

Sam Morgan Improvisation Studio

Event Date: 
01/09/2019 - 11:00am to 1:00pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre

Have you always wanted to Act? Or have you enjoyed acting and would like to tread the boards once more? Are you looking to be more spontaneous? Have more fun in your life? Meet new people? Act without a script? Say Yes and ...to life? Then this is for you! We are holding an Acting/Improvisation session; No experience needed but the willingness to have fun.

Book your place here.

Childcare Open Event - Saturday 21st September

Event Date: 
21/09/2019 - 10:30am to 1:00pm
Venue: 
Kiddi Caru Day Nursery, Matford Green Business Park, Exeter, EX2 8LB

Back by popular demand, our ‘Find Your Rhythm’ childcare event is packed full of activities to get your little one up on their feet. Join our practitioners to find the beat with our Boogie Mites activities, showcasing a selection of songs to encourage body percussion, rhyming words and more. As well as, getting stuck in with a range of art and craft activities, including creating your very own musical instrument to take home. The babies will have the chance to express themselves with our Sing & Sign session, learning new signs and movements to communicate with you, their siblings and...

Shweta Banerjee

A raft of 9s launches ambitious career plans for Shweta

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 08/22/2019 - 2:59pm

Shweta Banerjee, the self-proclaimed “ambitious, determined and hardworking” 16-year old from Exeter, raised the GCSE bar this morning when she discovered that she was The Maynard’s top scoring student with eight of the highest possible Grade 9s and two Grade 8s.

“I am really excited! I’ve worked so hard for this and couldn’t have tried any more so I’m just so happy to have these results!” she said. Shweta will go on to study Maths, Further Maths and Physics and has very ambitious plans for a future career. “I’m really not sure exactly what I would like to do but eventually I would...

Outstanding GCSE results for Exeter School

Exeter School, the city's largest independent school, is celebrating another excellent set of GCSE results. Almost three-quarters of all grades - 73.65% - were grades 9-7, compared to the national average of 20.6%. Of the 118 pupils in Year 11, 67 achieved 8 or more 9-7 grades with 36 pupils scoring ten or more 9-7 grades. Leading achievers Ollie Bennett from Tiverton, Emma Halford from Teignmouth and Tom Harris-Deans, Adam Wajed and Casper Kelly from Exeter each scored ten 9 grades. Musical twins Rose and Grace Sail between them scored a remarkable 18 grade 9, one grade 8, one grade 7 and...

The Guardian Homecare team

Care work is a job for life in south Devon as county’s population ages

Authored by Reporters
Posted: Thu, 08/22/2019 - 1:13pm

A HOME care provider in Exeter says a role as a carer in south Devon represents a job for life due to the on-going growth in the area’s ageing population (August 2019).

According to official statistics, pensioner numbers are predicted to continue to rise nationally and regionally as people live for longer due to improvements in health care and nutrition.

Catherine Porter, Manager of Guardian Homecare in Devon, which cares for people in the Exeter area, said: “As a nation we have an ageing population that wishes to stay at home and that the authorities realise are...

Le Navet Bete stand in a group holding garlic and crucifixes with a look of farcical fear on their faces.

Dracula: The Bloody Truth

Event Date: 
13/09/2019 - 7:30pm to 14/09/2019 - 9:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Northcott Theatre

The award-winning Le Navet Bete bring their five-star, smash-hit comedy Dracula: The Bloody Truth to the Exeter Northcott for a special one-off run this September! From the awkwardly charming seaside town of Whitby to the sinister Transylvanian mountains, join esteemed Professor Abraham Van Helsing and his three idiotic actors as they frantically try to uncover the truth behind Bram Stoker's infamous Count... with side-splitting consequences!

Suitable for ages 8+

Find out more and book here .

Zoo plans Duchess memorial

Zoo plans Duchess memorial

Authored by Paigntonzoo
Posted: Thu, 08/22/2019 - 12:07pm

The matriarch of Paignton Zoo died at the age of 49. Born in 1970, she came to Paignton Zoo in 1977 and for many years lived with female Asian elephant Gay. Duchess collapsed in her enclosure on Sunday 14th July and had to be put to sleep.

Zoo spokesperson Phil Knowling said: “The enormous, immediate and heartfelt public response prompted us to think about how we should remember her. Duchess was here for over 40 years; she was the matriarch of Paignton Zoo.

“We’ve decided to commission a memorial artwork. Over the years, hundreds of thousands of people encountered Duchess...

Happy bird-day at Living Coasts…

Happy bird-day at Living Coasts…

Authored by Paigntonzoo
Posted: Thu, 08/22/2019 - 11:56am

It’s an expensive time of year for birthday presents among the kittiwakes at Living Coasts, Torquay’s coastal zoo. The five adult birds all have birthdays between July 17th and August 7th. And now a chick has hatched on its mother’s birthday.

The kittiwake also hatched in the same nest and to the same parents as last year, when Living Coasts recorded its first ever breeding of this species. The kittiwake is listed as Vulnerable by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.

Senior Keeper Jason Keller has been keeping a close eye on things: “The chick seems...

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