New and soon-to-be parents in East Devon are being invited to a series of events promoting Real Nappy use around the district next week.
Free real nappy trial kits and expert advice are on offer at a series of drop-in events in many of the district’s towns. It’s all part of celebrating the national Real Nappy Week (15–19 April).
East Devon District Council’s Waste and Recycling Team will be hosting the events, which include community centre drop-ins and ‘Nappuccinos’, which are informal coffee morning chats about nappies. At all the events the team will be on hand to talk...
More than 100 people gathered in Brixton last night to celebrate Margaret Thatcher's death.
Some scaled the nearby Ritzy Cinema and changed the film listings to read "Margaret Thatchers dead" (sic).
Pictures of anti-Thatcher graffiti scrawled on walls of the London suberb also appeared on Twitter, with one reading: "You snatched my milk! & our hope" and there were reports of windows being smashed and shops looted.
Some were carrying banners, with one saying: "Rejoice, Thatcher is dead."
A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police said: "In order to...
The Rt Hon Liam Byrne MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Work & Pensions, visited Exeter on Monday 8 April to attend the launch of the Labour Party Manifesto for the forthcoming Devon County Council elections, which are due to take place next month on 2 May.
The event, which took place at the Exeter Community Centre in St David's, was hosted by the Rt Hon Ben Bradshaw, MP for Exeter, who told The Exeter Daily : "We have come together today as part of a national process in which the Labour Party is listening not just to Labour Party Members but also to ordinary members of the...
SLEEP has never been so appealing – probably because I now no longer decide when I will put my head down, or how long it will last. That decision has been deferred to our six-week-old baby, whose idea of a lie in appears to be approximately 3.15am. And once she’s awake, we’re all awake! One minute she’s a slumbering bundle of sweetness and light, the next a screaming blur of arms and legs. She can also go from silent to an ear-piercing 130 decibels (the same as a military jet taking off from an aircraft carrier) in 0.2 seconds. My partner is breast-feeding our little one and has been since...
Local charity Hospiscare is reminding women to enrol for the Hospiscare Ladies Walk which this year is for one night only on Saturday 11th May, in Exmouth.
The walk this year has an earlier start time of 8pm, and a new 12K route along the seafront and through the Exmouth countryside incorporating the cycle path to Budleigh.
All participants will then be offered refreshments back in the marquee, with live music to enjoy. Judi Spiers from BBC Radio Devon and John Humphreys, the Mayor of Exmouth, are both supporting the walk, and we hope you can too!
Exeter residents are invited to put forward questions to Members of the joint County and City Councils' Exeter Board, at their next meeting on 16 April.
The Board allocates 15 minutes for their "open forum", with three minutes per speaker, with a maximum of 3–4 speakers to allow time for discussion.
Previously, residents have prompted debate about issues including street lighting, homelessness and waste collection.
Residents wishing to speak are requested to submit any questions or a brief outline of any points they may wish to make by noon on Friday 12 April to Mr...
Four years since plans were first approved, and with a design that has challenged archaeologists and conservationists alike, Devon County Council's Grand Western Canal visitor centre has now officially opened.
The Chairman of Devon County Council, Cllr Jerry Brook was joined by local Olympic athlete, Jo Pavey, who regularly trains on the canal's towpath.
The new visitors’ centre includes high-tech interactive touchscreen displays with information, film and photographs celebrating the canal's history and local wildlife.
Killerton National Trust estate near Exeter has been declared ‘the perfect place for Nordic walking’ by Nordic Walking Devon.
Nordic walking is a full body exercise with specially designed poles that propel you forward as you walk. It’s a form of outdoor fitness that is easy on the joints because the poles take the weight off the knees and lower body joints which make you feel lighter on your feet. You work the entire major muscles in the body burning 20% - 40% more calories, yet strangely it feels easier than ordinary walking.
While most young people have been thinking of Easter eggs and Easter bunnies, students at the Centre for the Creative Industries at Exeter College have been welcoming their special Easter gift – that of a life-sized Gorilla sculpture.
The Easter arrival is Exeter College’s support for Paignton Zoo’s celebration of 90 years of conservation, aimed at engaging communities with a mass exhibition of public art to raise awareness and funds to help the Cross River Gorillas of Nigeria –t he world’s most threatened species of gorilla and in danger of extinction, and marks the culmination of...
