Scaffolding which has enclosed the National Trust’s Castle Drogo for nearly six years has started to come down, as the project to make the castle watertight progresses, however there’s still work to be done both inside and out.
Whilst the project continues, some scaffolding will remain on a smaller scale for final works to complete around the bottom sections of the castle walls. Visitors over the summer will be able to see the exterior slowly being unwrapped as the first phase of the scaffold ‘strike’ to remove the main bulk progresses. It’s expected to take about six weeks to...
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District’s recycling rate increases by 13% in two years thanks to extended recycling service introduced in 2017
East Devon residents have been crowned the recycling champions of the county as the latest Devon-wide statistics for 2018/19 show they now recycle an astonishing 59% of their waste.
Annual figures from Devon County Council, indicate that the district’s recycling rate has increased by 5% in just 12 months, and by more than 13% over two years. East Devon is now among the best recycling districts in England, and could make it into the top 20 best recycling...
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The Torbay Guild of Artists (TGA) will be holding a summer festival of art at the Spanish Barn, Torre Abbey, Torquay. The TGA will be joined by members of several other local art societies. There will hundreds of wonderful fine art paintings, as well as sculptures, ceramics, metal work and mosaics on display.
The bay´s art societies have a long tradition of exhibiting and selling high quality paintings. The Devon Art Society of Torquay in particular have been doing so since 1912 when some of the greatest artists of their times were among the founder members.
Guests to don eveningwear and boots for an evening of music, dining and dancing to raise funds for the local charity.
Following the success of the 2018 Glad Rags & Gum Boots fundraiser in support of Devon Air Ambulance, organisers are bringing back the popular Dartmouth event for a second year on Saturday 21st September (7pm - 11pm), this time with even bigger ambitions to raise funds for their nominated charity.
Having raised over £5,000 for the charity in last year's barn-storming event, Fariba Sutton-Scott-Tucker, who hails from a medical family and worked as a nurse...
Just as UK gambling sites predicted, Exeter City picked the first win of their 2019/20 campaign with a 1-0 win over Macclesfield Town on the opening day of the season.
It took until the 88thminute for the all-important goal to come, and it came from a Ryan Bowman finish which came from Nicky Law’s effort towards goal.
Manager Matt Taylor named the same side that started last week’s final pre-season match with Torquay United as three players made their competitive debuts in Lewis Ward, Tom Parkes and Nicky Ajose.
For much of the opening quarter of an hour there was...
The English Football League Two is the 4th highest overall division in the English football system. It is home to a lot of talented young players and underdog clubs. There are a total of 24 clubs in League Two. At the end of each season, the top three teams, as well as the winner from the play-offs are promoted to EFL League One.
League Two is very famous among the local fans mostly because of the interesting games and all the betting included. There were statistics which showed that the lower tiers of England are more attractive for betting. And people never miss a chance to wage...
The Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust have joined forces with Devon County Council and other local businesses to raise awareness and celebrate breastfeeding, as part of Devon County Council’s scheme, Devon Positive about Breastfeeding.
The scheme, which was launched to coincide with World Breastfeeding Week, aims to raise the positive profile of breastfeeding in public. It acknowledges and advertises the World Health Organization’s recommendations that breastfeeding is the normal way for a baby to feed for the first six months of life, and then for as long as mum and baby...
