More local authorities are being urged to sign up to an agreement between Britain and France to tackle shipping pollution incidents in the English Channel.
Devon County Council was among the first English authorities to support the Cross Channel Declaration co-ordinated by the European funded CAMIS (Channel Arc Manche Integrated Strategy). The project aims to press for a change in policy and legislation to safeguard communities, coasts and seas against maritime pollution.
Councillor Stuart Hughes, who represents Devon County Council at the Local Government Association’s...
Students and staff at Tiverton High School are attempting to beat the world record for the biggest ever cream tea.
They’re planning on hosting 500 guests to a proper cream tea on Wednesday and they’ll be making sure that the scones are served Devon-style with the cream going on first.
The school needs to feed more than 430 people to break the current world record for the biggest cream tea. They are inviting pupils from local primary schools, their own students and staff and special guests from the community.
It’s the brainchild of staff members Kirsty Pritchard and...
Expressing Muslim belief through the creative arts forms the basis of an exhibition and series of live events at the University of Exeter from 11 to 13 June. The ‘Resonate’ and Reformulate’ event involves youthful artists creating work onsite producing graffiti art with an Islamic twist and Sufi-Dub DJs spinning their creative tracks on the Streatham Campus.
The three-day festival stems from the ‘Islamic Reformulations’, a three-year Global Uncertainties Leadership Fellowship that explores how Muslim thought has developed and will be re-examined through thought, literature and the...
Hilary Noakes and Peter Nickol of Oxfam, Exeter will be hosting an evening of discussion kicked off by their recent travels to Tamil Nadu in south east India.
Everyone is welcome, especially if you have your own experiences of India to share.
Attendance is free. For more information please call 01392 438811.
Objects from Exeter's William Morris collection are now on display in Museum of the Year 2013: The William Morris Art Gallery in London.
All 33 items in RAMM’s Wiiliam Morris collection have been transferred there and several of the objects are included in the permanent displays. The collection came from Iceland and was donated to RAMM in 1939 by Mary Frances Lobb, the lover of Morris’s daughter. The eclectic mix includes slippers, a bodice, a cap, a 16th-century bible and carved horn spoons and containers.
There are very few items of European origin in RAMM’s World...
Exeter's Northcott Theatre is to play host to Devon-based theatre company Jammy Voo, which is set to explore the far edge of madness in Birdhouse an homage to Hitchcock’s iconic classic The Birds .
Bringing to the fore the unsung stars of Hitchcock’s infamous avian horror, Jammy Voo tell the story of four holidaying ‘twitchers’ caught up in the terrible events of the film’s suburban setting, through a blend of physical theatre, puppetry, live music, high drama and surreal comedy. The performances, created in collaboration with Bush associate director Omar Elerian and Dark Clown...
The Fijian Art Research Project is helping RAMM learn more about its Fijian artefacts, identify objects that can be included in major European exhibitions of Fijian art and prepare for an exhibition at RAMM in July 2015.
The World Cultures collection currently includes 131 objects from Fiji of which 16 are included in the displays. The objects were donated mainly in the 19th century by those serving in either Royal Navy or the army, such as Lieut. George Phillpotts who was killed in New Zealand in 1845, Captain George Peard who served on the HMS Blossom in 1828 and, of course, the...
Today marks the start of Food Safety Week 2013 (10-16 June) and this year the Food Standards Agency (FSA) is asking: ‘Are you ready to cook safely?’
Most people don’t believe the food they cook at home can make them ill, but the meals prepared at home can be a source of food poisoning. In a recent survey, the FSA found that 80% of those questioned carry out one or more behaviours that put them at risk of food poisoning.
In order to improve upon these statistics, the FSA has created the Kitchen Check, a simple tool that helps you find out how safe your kitchen habits are and...
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...
