Prime Minister Theresa May gave China's President Xi artworks of Beijing and London by British artist and Exeter School alumnus Rob Pepper (1990 - 1995) who is Principal of The Art Academy in London.
The gifts were given when she met the President on her recent visit to Beijing. The artworks showing cityscapes of both cities were given to celebrate a "Golden Era" between the two countries.
Rob Pepper has been travelling between the UK and China over the past five years depicting Chinese cities in his drawings. His elegant artworks capture the architectural heritage of both...
Devon’s political leaders are uniting to call on the Government for fairer funding for the county’s elderly and vulnerable.
They have come together to write to MPs to demand fairer funding for children’s services and adult social care.
They say the number of child protection investigations has doubled in the past 10 years while demand for social care for vulnerable adults is rising relentlessly – particularly in Devon with its large elderly population.
But, say the leaders, there has been no complementary increase in funding.
Olympian and TV personality Sharron Davies will officially cut the ribbon on a new £10 million water park at Haulfryn’s Finlake resort in Devon in February. The Commonwealth gold and Olympic silver medallist has been invited to Finlake to unveil a raft of improvements to the popular holiday destination including a new water park, gym and leisure facilities. Sharron will open the new multi-million pound facilities, which include slides, splash zones and two pools, on Thursday 15th February at a special ceremony. Sharron said, “It is fantastic to see investment in swimming and leisure...
An Exeter-based manufacturer of premium fluid transfer systems has acquired its Italian distributor with the support of a £2.65million loan from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking.
Goodridge, established in 1969, is a global leader in the manufacture and assembly of premium fluid transfer systems for high-performance applications to the automotive, defence and motorsport industries. Goodridge currently supplies its products to customers across the UK, USA, Europe, Japan and China. The business has acquired its long-term Italian distributor Gieffe Racing. Gieffe is a key partner with...
Ashwoods Electric Motors, the UK’s largest IPM motor manufacturing facility, have sponsored one of Colyton Grammar School’s VEX Robotics teams, to support STEM in schools and encourage the engineers of the future.
Ashwoods Electric Motors (AEM) design and manufacture bespoke, high-performance electric motors with an international reach. They are based in Exeter, with a new manufacturing facility currently being built just outside the city.
The team that AEM are sponsoring has recently competed in the VEX Robotics Competition. This brings STEM (science, technology,...
Detailed inspections will be carried out week commencing 19 February at Budleigh Salterton, Beer East Beach, Sidmouth Connaught Gardens and Seaton West Walk
Detailed inspections of the cliffs at Seaton, Beer, Sidmouth and Budleigh Salterton are due to be carried out by East Devon District Council between 19 February and 27 February 2018 – weather depending.
The annual cliff inspections are undertaken to ensure the continued safety of the public using facilities situated beneath the cliffs, such as walkways, beach huts and other assets.
It's that time of year again! Our annual beer festival gets bigger and better every year, and 2018 in no exception.
We've got 22 real ales on offer (as well as a couple of ciders and a ginger beer), a fantastic line-up of live music all day and of course some tasty hot and cold food to soak it all up. Yeoford is on the Exeter-Barnstaple train line ((only 20 mins from St. David's), so there's no need for anyone to drive and everyone can join in the fun.
It's only £3 entry, which includes a souvenir glass and programme. All proceeds go towards the Yeoford Community...
From 10th to 17th February, Waterstones Roman Gate bookshop in Exeter will host Love Your Bookshop Week - a series of special events to include author signings, children’s activities, a Big Book Lover’s Quiz night and competitions - to be held in celebration of the shop’s re-launch.
Love Your Bookshop Week at Waterstones Exeter Roman Gate. Saturday 10th to Saturday 17th February 2018
Story Time in the Children’s Department at 11am plus children’s activities throughout the day. Daily, Saturday 10th to Friday 16th Feb.
Established South West and touring performers China Blue Fish (Dada For Girls/Rev.Billy) and Deborah Antoinette (Theatre Des Carmes/CoResist) present their new highly acclaimed, sell-out show, Queen C*nt: Sacred or Profane? at the Calm Down, Dear Festival of feminist theatre at Bike Shed, Exeter (Feb 9th and 10th) , before moving to The Cube, Bristol (March 2nd and 3rd).
This hilarious, risk-taking work asks, ‘why is it that the oldest term for the female genitalia in the English language is such a shocking and criminal expression?’ The performance takes the audience on a surreal...
Police have issued a warning to members of the public to be vigilant following a series of thefts of catalytic convertors from motor vehicles in Torquay, Newton Abbot and Totnes.
Between Saturday 3 February and Monday 5 February 2018, there were three catalytic converter thefts in Devon.
The converters were stolen whilst vehicles were parked on the street outside the owner’s homes and also from vehicles parked on industrial estates. The vehicles being targeted are mainly Honda Accords.
Officers are advising the public to park their vehicles either under street...
