Community transport in Devon has been celebrated at a special award ceremony at County Hall.
The 14th annual ceremony, organised by Devon County Council and sponsored this year by Posh Nosh, (held on Friday 7 June) honoured those who have made outstanding contributions to community transport and marked the culmination of National Volunteers’ Week.
Volunteers’ Week is an annual campaign and this year’s focus has been saying ‘Thank You’ to the millions who regularly contribute to society and to recognise the way that organisations celebrate the work of volunteers across the...
When carbon is emitted by human activities into the atmosphere it is generally thought that about half remains in the atmosphere and the remainder is stored in the oceans and on land. New research suggests that human activity could be increasing the movement of carbon from land to rivers, estuaries and the coastal zone indicating that large quantities of anthropogenic carbon may be hidden in regions not previously considered.
The research, published in Nature Geoscience and led by researchers from the Université Libre de Bruxelles, the University of Exeter, Laboratoire des Sciences...
There was heartbreak for the Saudi Arabia team in the final of the Exeter City Supporters' Trust-backed annual diversity football tournament held on Sunday 9 June at the University of Exeter.
The Saudis battled back to level three times in a 4-4 draw with local Exeter side Cronies. But it was the Cronies, led by Player Manager and Exeter City fan Matt Webb, who edged the penalty shoot out 3-2. The Saudis had the consolation of winning the Fran Jenkin Fair Play Award.
Twelve teams took part with the Cronies reaching the final after beating Palestine United 2-1 in the semi...
Singer-songwriter and museum patron Steve Knightley returns to Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum on the evening of Thursday 20 June to sing songs from the English countryside.
The special solo performance will be a mix of his own and traditional folk songs: an evening of haunting music with powerful lyrics, inspired by the people and landscape of Steve’s native West Country.
Described by Mike Harding of BBC Radio 2 as “One of England’s greatest singer songwriters”, Steve Knightley is lead singer in nationally acclaimed folk band Show of Hands. The evening will be a...
Arts funding is being squeezed hard in this harsh economic climate, especially in regional theatres, libraries and arts and culture organisations.
A discussion about the future of arts funding in places like Devon and Cornwall will form part of a special event at the Northcott Theatre on Wednesday 12 June 2013.
Professor Sir Chris Frayling, former Chairman of Arts Council England and ex-Rector of The Royal College of Art, will discuss the future of the arts. There will be a particular focus on the problems of allocation of funding between regional and national organisations...
This year's National Blood Week runs from 10-16 June 2013. This annual campaign aims to recruit much-needed new donors and highlight the life-changing treatments and surgeries that donated blood helps to make possible.
National Blood Week was launched in 2011 when a hugely successful week saw more than 10,000 people across England and North Wales 'make a date to donate'. Singers Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Jenny Frost gave their support to the campaign by giving blood.
In 2012 new and existing donors were encouraged to 'roll their sleeves up' like Made in Chelsea's Rosie...
New research from Carers Week of over 2,100 carers has revealed that carers are being woefully let down by a lack of support when they first take on a caring role. The findings from the report, Prepared to Care? show that support is not being made available to new carers with often devastating consequences. Released to coincide with the launch of Carers Week 2013 (10-16 June), the findings show that 78% of carers were unprepared for all aspects of caring. A further 76% of carers say they were not aware of the support available and 31% believe they were given the wrong advice about the...
The University of Exeter is hosting a free festival of arts, music, food and sports at their Forum Piazzas on the Streatham Campus in Exeter this weekend.
The festival includes a range of activities and performance for all the family. Today you can see cookery demonstrations, listen to a variety of music on the external stage and be thrilled by performances by the award-winning clowning troupe Le Navet Bete.
The festival includes a music stage with a wide variety of music starting at noon on each day – including choirs, rock bands and acoustic performers. The music will be...
Devon County Council has announced more details of the Devon Stage of this year’s Tour of Britain.
Stage Six of this year’s Tour on Friday 20 September will start in Sidmouth and finish at Haytor in Dartmoor National Park, as the race celebrates its tenth anniversary.
Devon will be making history by hosting the first ever summit finish in the modern era of the race.
But the 96 world class riders will also face two other gruelling SKODA King of the Mountains climbs between Starcross and Telegraph Hill as well as Six Mile Hill on Dartmoor.
Michael Pollan is an American food writer best known as a critic of the industrial scale of food production, reflected in his books such as The Omnivores Dilemma , In Defence of Food and Food Rules . His approach can be summed up by his 'rule' - Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants . This challenge to a seeming over-reliance on nutritionists and others can help us decide what we should eat. He has always advocated individuals and families taking more control over their food. I chatted to him about the book whilst Pollan was over here for its launch. So this is not a cookery book, it is...
