A FAMILY-RUN Devon clothing, footwear and outdoor leisure equipment retailer is this month hoping to encourage more people to get out walking in the county as part of National Walking Month (May 2019).
Taunton Leisure, which is on Fore Street in Exeter, is offering free advice on footwear, rucksacks and other walking essentials as well as tips for some of the best walks in the area.
Store Manager, Nick Baron said: “As part of National Walking Month, which takes place throughout May, we’re offering our complimentary expert advice on all the items a beginner or a more...
East Devon District Council is implementing a scheme to reduce the risk of flooding to over 70 homes in the village of Feniton, which involves a system of channels and culverts to divert flood water around the village and away from the homes at risk. The first two phases of the scheme, consisting of new channels and improvements downstream of the village are complete, with Phase 3 currently being progressed and Phase 4 due to be constructed in 2020. Following approval by Network Rail of the outline design for the Phase 3 section of Feniton’s flood alleviation scheme, involving the...
Essential resurfacing will start on Lea Road in Tiverton on Monday (13 May) and is expected to take around two weeks to complete.
The road will be temporarily closed during the daytime, from 9am to 3:30pm, in order to carry out the work, but the road will re-open each evening and at the weekend.
No work will be carried out on site on Thursday 16 May, Thursday 23 May and Monday 27 May, and the road will be open to traffic on these days.
The scheme, which will be carried out by contractor SWH, is scheduled to be completed on Tuesday 28 May - subject to favourable...
A charity that supports children and young people who have lost a parent while serving in the British Armed Forces has received a £1,000 windfall from Barratt Homes in Exeter.
Scotty’s Little Soldiers has become the latest recipient of the housebuilder’s new community initiative.
The Barratt Homes Community Fund donates £1,000 each month to a charity or organisation and the new scheme is part of the company’s pledge to strengthen its ties with the areas in which it is building new homes.
Scotty’s Little Soldiers is one of the first recipients of the new fund and the...
Thanks to the rapid growth of the ecommerce landscape, it is now easy to buy virtually everything online. While online shopping used to be reserved for items like clothing and gadgets, more retailers now sell everyday needs than ever before. The move, in part, is due to Amazon adding more products to its catalogue.
We’re so used to shopping online that it is now the preferred way of shopping. Fewer people visit offline retailers these days. We are more than happy to trade offline shopping with the convenience of online shopping.
Devon’s Queen of Craft Kirstie Allsopp is looking forward to a showstopping craft line-up at Devon County Show at Westpoint next week.
Kirstie - presenter of the series Kirstie’s Homemade Home, which tracked the restoration of her home in north Devon - is to visit the show on Saturday 18th where she’ll be joining visitors in a cornucopia of crafting activities including making birdboxes and fashioning woodland animals from leaves.
County Show Manager, Sam Mackenzie-Green said: ‘Kirstie has long been a champion of Devon’s rich crafting history and has visited the show...
Broadclyst Community Primary School (BCPS) has received one of the prestigious ‘Edtech Oscars’ and features in a national report that showcases imaginative uses of technology to support teaching and learning across the UK.
The Edtech 50 Schools awards were announced yesterday (8 May) at a celebration event held at the House of Lords. Fifty schools were highlighted as pioneering the use of education technology to make the greatest difference to pupils, staff and parents from across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. They were selected by an independent judging panel made...
The countdown is on to the UK’s only marathon challenge series exclusively for women – and it looks like being the last one ever.
The Women Can Challenges on Sunday May 26 offer full, half and quarter marathon options, all mainly off-road and taking in the spectacular East Devon countryside and coastline.
Organisers Pauline Beare and Peg Wiseman are retiring after the event and founder Jo Earlam has stepped down after two years at the helm.
With no-one to take it on, 2019 will bring the curtain down on this unique women-only experience, which is supported by Devon...
Richard Baker is the new managing partner of leading South West law firm Stephens Scown LLP, with growth and client service at the top of his agenda.
Richard took up his post on 1 May, taking over from Robert Camp after his eight-and-a-half-year tenure in the role. Robert will remain with the firm as director of strategic innovation.
Richard Baker joined Stephens Scown in 1993 and has been a member of its Board for over six years, initially as head of the Truro office and for the last year as deputy managing partner. A real estate expert with particular expertise in the...
Traffic signals at Sidford Cross are due to be replaced later this year, with preparatory work scheduled to be carried out next month.
Devon County Council is currently finalising the scheme which will upgrade the traffic signals at the junction of the A3052/A375 Sidford Cross, as well as the pedestrian crossing on the A3052 near to the junction.
Initial work to replace traffic detection systems, located in the road and pavements around the crossroads, is expected to start in mid-June and will take up to three weeks.
