Select members of Freerunning academy Street Motion are performing live on the BBC this Saturday. The group who hold classes reguarly throughout Devon will be performing live on the CBBC program 'WILD' airing tomorrow morning, Saturday the 29 July. The show which is presented by Naomi Wilkinson, Tim Warwood and Radzi Chinyanganya encourages children and teens to get off the sofa and be active. As Street Motion founder Dominic Rott explains "freerunning, also known as Parkour is an excellent outlet and alternative exercise for children of all ages. There's a general feeling amoung...
Join Devon Wildlife Trust for a week of wildlife discovery aimed at children aged 8-11.
This series of days takes place at DWT's Woodah Farm, close to Exeter, in the heart of the beautiful Teign Valley. Trips to DWT's Cricklepit Mill in Exeter will also form part of the week.
Activities will include birdwatching, wildlife adventure walks, animal tracking and plant/animal identification. Join DWT's resident wildlife experts for a fun and outdoors alternative to school holiday clubs.
Booking is essential, and the deadline is 5pm on Friday 28 June.
An Exeter Chiefs player is facing an internal disciplinary hearing after punching a man in an Australian hotel bar while celebrating a British and Irish Lions win.
Craig Mitchell has also been ordered to pay his victim thousands of pounds in compensation.
The prop, 27, who has represented his country in 15 tests, had travelled to Australia to watch the Lions tour. The fight broke out on Sunday at the Normanby Hotel in Brisbane, following the Lions' first test win over the Wallabies.
He was given a six-month prison sentence suspended for two years, fined $1,800 (£1,...
Is massage therapy a luxury reserved only for the ladies? Absolutely not!
Men can enjoy and reap the benefits of massage too, especially after a long workweek doing all that overtime! Some of the top companies in the world offer workplace massage because they know its powerful benefits including enhanced morale and ability to handle heavy workloads. What many people don't know is these benefits extend far beyond just the workplace. Massage reduces the stress hormone, cortisol and releases the 'feel-good' hormones, dopamine and serotonin. Too much cortisol in the...
Come along to Little Valley's Annual Shelter Day and Fun Dog Show. Gates open at 11am and the event runs till 4pm. There are refreshments, home made cakes, a bar with Pimms, BBQ, dog agility, stalls including plants, books, jewellery, bric-a-brac, jigsaws as well as fun and games and a grand prize draw. The weather forecast is good too! All money raised from this event goes directly to your local animal shelter, Little Valley. We are easy to find - just past Pocombe Bridge. Entry is £1 for adults, 50p for children and under 5's go free. We look forward to seeing you there.
Managing Director of Stagecoach South West, Michelle Hargreaves, was today saying goodbye to her team after being promoted to head up a larger operation in the East Midlands.
Someone who says she has "diesel in her blood", Michelle has been in the business for more than 25 years.
Prior to working in the bus industry, Michelle was a store detective but decided she wanted a complete change of career after an upsetting incident.
Within months of taking her first job as a cashier for Ribble Buses in Blackburn, she passed her bus licence and drove evening shifts to earn...
Come rain or shine, you'll find something to keep the whole family entertained this weekend!
THEATRE
Get to the Future Friday & Saturday, 7pm, Barnfield Theatre, Exeter Following on from their smash hit adaptations of Flash Gordon and Star Wars , Get Changed Theatre company bring you Get To The Future , which for copyright reasons may or may not bear any resemblance to a classic 80s time travel adventure. What they can promise is a show packed full with laughter, music and surprises. Tickets £7, £4 conc. Box office: 01392 270891. www.barnfieldtheatre.com
Ever since I began studying Feng Shui back in the early 90s, I noticed that there seems to be a great deal of misinformation and ignorance about it. Although many articles have already been written on the subject, some people still think Feng Shui is about superstition, decorating a building with Chinese ornaments, ‘impractical mumbo jumbo’ and only relevant to Chinese culture. Over the years, it has been commercially exploited, with the sale of so-called ‘lucky’ trinkets, and this has given it a somewhat shallow reputation. However, this is a small and tarnished fraction of the full...
Boil some potatoes, whole carrots and towards the end of cooking add the calibrese and broad beans. While this is cooking, melt organic butter and olive oil in a wok, add courgettes, then some onions, followed a few minutes later by roughly chopped black kale and spinach.
Drain the other veg and toss it into the wok to coat it in the buttery oil, season and serve.
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All Vegetables from www.shillingfordorganics.co.uk
The hunt is on to find the Heart of Devon’s favourite activity as part of a new competition that has been launched today by Exeter and the Heart of Devon Hotels & Restaurants Association. Celebrating the best that the Heart of Devon has to offer, the top ten list includes everything from cream teas, treks on Dartmoor and climbing to penguins, sailing and even kite surfing!
With something for everyone, Devon Hotels wants to hear from locals and visitors alike to find out how you prefer to spend a day out in Devon and which of our activities will be crowned ‘Devon Hotels Number 1...
