After last year’s outstanding success, Toby Buckland’s Garden Festival is back at Powderham Castle on Friday 1st & Saturday 2nd May and heralds a new style of gardening show, combining expert horticultural knowledge with plenty of delicious local food, craft, live music and family fun - a great day out for everyone.
10 Things ………..
1. It’s a festival!
“I love a party,” says Toby, “for me the festival is a giant garden party where I can invite some of my favourite friends to speak and share their vast knowledge but there’s plenty more going on too, it’s a place...
It’s not just on the pitch at Sandy Park where top class performances are being put in; off the field the results have been just impressive this season. Delivering perfection is top of the agenda for Sandy Park’s Head Chef, Denis Turner, who has been helping to feed not only the hopes of the Exeter Chiefs rugby team, but also an extensive array of customers who have been dining at the Westcountry’s Premier Banqueting & Conferencing Centre. Whether it’s feeding thousands on match-days or more intimate affairs such as a Gourmet Evening with Michelin-star chef Michael Caines MBE, every...
Exeter Comedy Groove bring the very best of comedy to Devon. Headlining the show is James Redmond - best known for his roles in Casualty, Hollyoaks, Coronation street, SM:TV and also seen on Never mind the buzzcocks.
Also on the line-up will be Mel Moon, Simon Fielder (MC) and Joseph Wilson. Tickets must be purchased in advance and are priced at £10, avaialble at www.exetercomedygrove.club
Santander Corporate & Commercial, the leading challenger bank in the UK, yesterday announced a new suite of services and products for the country’s most ambitious businesses. The launch is part of Santander’s plan to further disrupt and enhance the UK business banking market, and double its current SME market share to 10% by the end of 2016.
Based on four years’ experience of working closely with UK businesses – including hundreds of fast-growth SMEs under the Santander Breakthrough programme – the new proposition from Santander is built around five key service ‘pillars’ that...
FINAL plans to transform Budleigh Salterton Hospital into a health and wellbeing hub for the local community have been given the go-ahead.
The board of the Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust, which manages the hospital, approved the full business case for the development at its meeting on Tuesday 24 March.
The hub will bring together health, social care and voluntary sector services in a centre of support and advice for people of all ages.
The League of Friends of Budleigh Salterton Hospital has agreed to commit £400,000 towards the £800,000 project, with the Trust...
An information day held yesterday (26 March) for locals wanting to get involved with Seaton Jurassic attracted more than 100 people eager to find out more. The same day the project team received the welcome news that a further £200,000 has been secured for the centre from Coastal Communities Fund.
The drop-in event at Seaton Town Hall was the second of its type to give local people an update on progress of the project and explain how local people can get involved through volunteering, fundraising or donating items as exhibits. The newly appointed manager of Seaton Jurassic, Mike...
Powderham Castle, the 600 year old home of the Earl and Countess of Devon near Exeter, opens its doors this Friday for the start of the new 2015 season.
After months of preparation, the Castle & grounds will be open again to visitors from Friday 27th March to Friday 30th October 2015, and provides a perfect history-laden family day out. The Castle is open from Sunday to Friday from 11am to 4.30 pm.
This Saturday, Powderham Castle with be holding a Spring Open Day to celebrate the start of the 2015 season from 11am to 4.30 pm.
Two rising research stars at the University of Exeter Medical School have been awarded prestigious Sir Henry Dale Fellowships.
Dr Sarah Flanagan and Dr Rachel Freathy have both received the award, in a scheme run by the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of science, in partnership with the Wellcome Trust. The Sir Henry Dale Fellowships were created for outstanding post-doctoral scientists wishing to build their own UK-based, independent research career addressing an important biomedical question.
Both Dr Freathy and Dr Flanagan work in the area of human genomics, and...
It may be a long-standing sporting cliché, but Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter insists he and his team are literally taking things ‘one game at a time’ as the Aviva Premiership heads towards its final run-in.
With just five rounds of the scheduled season remaining, the Chiefs find themselves perched second in the standings and handily placed for a first-ever shot at getting into the end of season play-offs.
However, the Devon club are just one of a handful of clubs who harbour similar aspirations and with just five points separating Exeter in second and Wasps in sixth,...
Work is set to start on the new, improved Mamhead Slipway later this year subject to Cabinet approval next month, 25 April.
The Slipway, which closed to protect public safety in 2012, will be improved to provide additional vehicle manoeuvring space using the area of Mamhead Gardens.
Detailed design work for the replacement slipway is now being prepared to be completed at the end of April. A competitive tender process will then take place with the aim to start construction on site in June.
Any construction work, especially in the estuary, needs to be carried out...
