With Indian food still regularly appearing in the top ten of the nation’s all time favourite dishes, what better way of impressing your friends and family than by serving up an authentic curry you have made yourself.
Jamil Miah, the owner of Denley’s Essence of India in Topsham - which was named the best Indian restaurant in Devon at the 2011and 2013 British Curry Awards - is opening a curry school, where people of all culinary abilities can learn to make a curry from scratch.
“People are very curious how curries are made and a lot of them want to make them properly, not...
Planned overnight closure of the A30 westbound, from Daisymount interchange to the junction of the A30/C832 near M5 Junction 29, will take place on Thursday 24th and Friday 25th January.
Closures on that stretch, from 8pm to 6am each night, are to enable overhead gantry signs to be replaced over the westbound A30.
Work was postponed earlier this week due to adverse weather.
Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter has made his first signing for next season with the capture of Welsh international Tom James from the Cardiff Blues.
The 25-year-old winger, who has agreed a two-year deal with the Aviva Premiership club, joins the Chiefs after a successful seven-year stint with the Welsh region.
Capped ten times by his country, James was on the score sheet when the Blues defeated Gloucester 50-12 in 2008 to lift the EDF Energy Cup, and he was also part of Cardiff’s Amlin Challenge Cup winning squad of 2010.
Screenplays of Laurence Olivier’s unmade film version of Macbeth , widely thought to have been lost, have been uncovered by a University of Exeter academic. English Lecturer Dr Jennifer Barnes located 13 previously unstudied versions of the 1950s screenplay in the Laurence Olivier Archive at the British Library.
Macbeth was to be Olivier’s fourth and last cinematic Shakespeare adaptation. However the proposed film proved to be an “impossible monster”, a phrase used by Olivier to describe his struggle with grasping the role and equally applicable to the failed negotiations...
Victoria Park Tennis Club in St Leonard’s, Exeter, has secured Olympic legacy funding of £50,000 from Sport England’s Inspired Facilities Fund. Sport England today revealed that more than 1,000 local sports projects across the country have now received National Lottery funding through Inspired Facilities, which is part of the £150 million Places People Play legacy programme. Every sports facility that receives funding will carry the London 2012 Inspire mark, celebrating the link to the Games. The funding means the tennis club will be able to extend the clubhouse to put in disabled access...
The family of toddler Shaun Ryleigh Vane, also known as Shaun Ryleigh O'Neill, found dead in his home in the Champernowne area of Modbury on Saturday 19th January has paid tribute to the two-year-old.
Lee and Lucy Vane, Shaun's brother and sister, said Shaun would "...forever be deeply in our hearts and souls. Such a fantastic little brother, so bright he is our little sunshine. Rest in peace little brother we love you. Your loving siblings Lee and Lucy Vane”.
Meanwhile, Shaun's father Ryan O'Neill said: "We are deeply saddened and shocked by the recent tragic events and...
The number of unemployed young people under the age of 25 has again fallen this month from 2,700 in November to 2,675 in December - a decrease of 0.9%, following the national trend.
Significantly this figure is nearly 20% lower than in December 2011.
The total number of people claiming Job Seekers Allowance has increased by only 66 claimants between November and December from 9,207 to 9,273, however, this is not unexpected given the seasonal nature of Devon’s labour market.
The proportion of working age population claiming Job Seeker’s Allowance remains at 2% - well...
Devon Community Foundation is thrilled to announce that it is working with BBC Radio Devon to celebrate the station’s 30th Birthday by giving cash to the community! BBC Radio Devon Give a Gift, which launched on 21st January, aims to raise funds to make a difference in the county by giving cash gifts to local groups and organisations that need it most.
The funds raised will be distributed throughout the year with a panel of BBC Radio Devon listeners helping to decide how the money is spent. It is a fantastic opportunity to demonstrate the worth of local community groups and just...
Police have issued a warning to drivers in East Devon not to travel unless absolutely necessary.
Snow is still falling in the area, making driving conditions extremely hazardous and motorists have been advised only to make essential journeys.
Road conditions are said to be difficult anywhere east of Honiton – particularly on the A375 Honiton to Sidmouth Road and the A3052 in the Seaton area.
Officers have dealt with a number of minor collisions.
Updates will be added to Twitter by @DC_Police to the hashtag#winterready.
The Met Office is predicting the current light but persistent snow falling in Exeter will gradually change to sleet and then light rain later this afternoon.
A379 Bridge Road in Countess Wear is partially blocked with queueing traffic in both directions at the Glasshouse Lane junction, because of an accident.
There is currently queueing traffic and hazardous driving conditions on the A35 in both directions between the A35 King's Road junction in Honiton and the B3261 junction in Axminster.
Hazardous driving conditions are also reported on the M5, where there is a...
