The RMT’s ballot for both strike action and action short of a strike of all First Great Western members over the threat to jobs and safety from the introduction of the new Hitachi Inter-City trains has recorded overwhelming votes in favour: Members of the union will walk out for 48 hours from 18:30 BST on 8 July.
The union said a guard should be kept on every train, but FGW said having drivers controlling doors was safer and jobs would not be lost.
At the end of May the union confirmed that it had entered into dispute with First Great Western over the introduction of Super...
A fantastic opportunity to view the work of over 100 artists in the centre of Exeter.
With a vast choice of media, from ceramics to oil paintings, sculpture to automata; visitors can buy at prices to suit every pocket, from £10 to £10,000.
This event is being organised by The Maynard School and all the commission raised will be donated to the Children’s Hospice South West and to an Art Bursary for a Sixth Form student to attend the school.
Opening times
Saturday 10am-6pm
Sunday 10am-4pm
For further information visit www.exeterartshow.co.uk
The writing is on the wall, judgement is coming and if you are up for the challenge of taking on some Rugby legends together with a brewery – all you can drink in beer, the result is sure to be hilarious; an infamous British Lions Kangaroo court style night out.
Rugby legends Jeff Probyn - ‘The Dipper’, Jason Leonard (OBE) - ‘The Fun Bus’ and Paul Rendall – ‘The Judge’ will deliver their prognosis on the upcoming 2015 Rugby World Cup. Be there if you dare!
Court session starts at 7pm for 7.30pm on 30th July 2015 at Exeter Brewery, Cowley Bridge Road, Exeter EX4 4NX....
swcomms is warning businesses to be wary of Broadband Connection Voucher suppliers who are using them in a fraudulent or non-compliant basis.
The Broadband Connection Voucher scheme offers up to £3,000 to help SMEs, sole traders, registered charities and social enterprises take advantage of improved Internet connectivity options of 20Mbps download speeds or more.
As an approved Broadband Connection Voucher supplier, swcomms receives regular bulletins from BDUK, the body behind the Government-funded scheme.
The latest editions have revealed growing concerns about...
A new headmaster has been appointed to lead Exeter’s 800 year old Cathedral School.
James Featherstone is currently Head of the Lower School at the Perse School in Cambridge, one of England’s top performing independent schools.
He will take up his role as the Headmaster of Exeter Cathedral School from January next year, when current head Stephen Yeo leaves after four years to take up his new post leading Britain’s elite music school, The Purcell School for Young Musicians.
After completing his degree in French and Spanish at Durham University, James studied for a...
Sidmouth’s Manor Pavilion Theatre has topped the bill with its own audiences after being awarded a Certificate of Excellence Award from TripAdvisor.
Staff at the venue, owned and managed by East Devon District Council, are thrilled with the surprise accolade and believe they are one of the few theatres in the South West to have received such an award.
The 277 seat theatre continues to go from strength to strength and has attracted more than 32,000 visitors in the last year with over 265 performances. Investment and improvements made to the venue by the council over the...
It’s less than seven days to go to the biggest mass participation event the National Trust in the South West has ever organised. The Big Beach Picnic, taking place from 12 noon this Saturday (4 July), is happening at fifteen different locations across the South West. From Polzeath and Towan beach in Cornwall to Woolacombe and Branscombe beach in Devon to Studland and Weymouth beach in Dorset to Bossington and Brean Down beach in Somerset. A highlight of the 2015 South West Coastal Festival programme, the Big Beach Picnics are a free ‘mass participation’ way of celebrating 50 years of...
Police are appealing for witnesses to a collision in which a motorcyclist died near Okehampton on Tuesday 30 June.
The collision, involving a John Deere tractor with slurry tanker and a blue Suzuki GSXR motorcycle, happened on the A3079 outside Yelland Cottage, Fowley Cross, at 3.10pm.
Officers and an air ambulance attended. The first police officer arriving at the scene carried out emergency treatment on the 45-year-old male motorcyclist, from St Austell, with assistance from members of the public.
Despite their efforts the motorcyclist died at the scene. The man’s...
It’s the 150th anniversary of the launch of Lewis Carroll’s renowned novel, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and very coincidentally also the Glazebrook House Hotel’s, which itself was built in 1865. So what better way to celebrate this very important date in a suitably eccentric style at the Glazebrook House Hotel’s Alice in Wonderland Fundraising Event in aid of the Devon Air Ambulance on Saturday 4th July 2015.
Saltrock ambassador and mountain bike trial athlete Andrei Burton is to take part in a live Blue Peter show this Thursday 2nd July, showcasing just how much science there is in the skill of trial riding.
Burton - who earlier this year teamed up with active lifestyle clothing brand Saltrock to roll out a series of educational and other initiatives over the course of the year – will lead a team on the live Blue Peter show where, alongside Science Presenter Greg Foot who has presented a number of science items for Blue Peter before, he’ll demonstrate the skills of trial riding and...
