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...
Sunday 28 July sees the start of this year’s Seaton Air Ambulance Week.
The event goes on for eight days with a full and fun-packed programme to be enjoyed by locals and holiday-makers alike with proceeds going to Devon Air Ambulance Trust.
There will be something for all ages including live music on the Esplanade stage, competitions, a dog show, classic car shows, ride outs, children’s fancy dress and lots lots more for families to enjoy on Seaton Seafront and Town Centre.
“Seaton Air Ambulance Week has become a major and well established summer event on the Seaton...
The RSPCA have reported an alarming increase in animals being abandoned across England and Wales.
In the last year, the RSPCA were called out to rescue more than 37,000 abandoned animals and received a call asking for help every 30 seconds.
Every year the charity sees a sharp rise in abandonments at the height of summer. Evidence from the RSPCA and other animal charities suggests some people chose to get rid of their pets rather than pay for them to be looked after while they are on holiday.
In other cases, money may be spent on holidays and other summer ‘treats’...
If this is your fishing equipment, the time has come to catch it and carry it off!
The nets, floats and weights have been stacked without permission at East Devon District Council’s Camperdown depot in Exmouth.
EDDC has been happy to turn a blind eye until now, but with improvement work now planned it all needs to be removed.
The Council is now politely requesting that whoever owns the equipment makes arrangements to have it removed before 31 August 2013. Anything remaining after this date will have to be disposed of without further notice.
The 2011 finalist of The Apprentice , Susan Ma, will be talking to local residents about her business Tropic Skincare which she has developed in partnership with Lord Sugar. The skincare products her company sell are animal cruelty-free and vegan friendly and are rich in minerals, vitamins and antioxidants. It is designed to appeal to women of all ages.
The main concept of the talk is to let people know about the idea of ‘Social Selling’ and the opportunity to become an Ambassador for the brand. With flexibility in the work place at the...
Women in Exeter are being urged to grab their last chance to enter Cancer Research UK's Race for Life as registration closes at midnight tonight. Over 3,200 determined women have already joined the formidable army who are ready to take on cancer on Sunday 30 June but there are still places left to fill.
Cancer Research UK's Race for Life, in partnership with Tesco, is an inspiring women-only series of events which raises millions of pounds every year to help defeat cancer by funding life-saving research. Sam Beare, Event Manager for Race for Life in the South West, said...
