This May Day (1 May) a badger flash-mob - led by Queen’s Brian May - will descend on the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), protesting the Conservative-led badger cull.
Brian May will front the flash-mob – dressed as a badger and with a black stripe in his hair – as they dance and call for the badger cull to be replaced by badger vaccination.
The flash-mob will last five minutes as the badgers dance to May’s own version of the YouTube Badgers song (with over 17 million hits) which he has produced about the badger cull and was inspired by Queen's hit...
A couple in South Devon were delighted to be able to bring a taste of the tropics to their recent wedding with the help of their local National Trust property.
The bride, who is from Ecuador, really wanted a banana leaf in her bridal bouquet as the plant reminded her of her homeland and therefore had huge sentimental significance. Her florist Linsay Johns searched high and low for a suitable leaf with no success and, on the day before the wedding, approached National Trust’s Overbeck’s in desperation.
More people than ever visited the Exeter Festival of South West Food & Drink in Northernhay Gardens and Exeter Castle from Friday 26 to Sunday 28 April to enjoy the region’s best food, drink, producers and chefs and celebrate the Festival’s 10th anniversary year. Close to 20,000 people attended the Festival with record numbers of visitors on Saturday and Sunday.
The highest ever number of visitors in the 10-year history of the region’s biggest foodie event ensured many of more than one hundred South West artisan food producers sold out of produce and the cookery theatre was...
Exeter Community Bikes (ECB) is a Project that is just starting in Exeter. It aims to provide unemployed people with the skills, confidence and knowledge to recycle and recondition unwanted and abandoned bicycles and in the process reduce landfill, encourage more environmental awareness and enhance our community’s health and well-being. Cycling reaches out to people of all ages, gender, and social class and can act as a vehicle for engagement with diverse and hard to reach groups.
Have you been meaning to get rid of an old bike cluttering up your garage, garden or home but didn’t...
How many times do we go to networking events, exchange business cards with several individuals and then… not follow up! We are all guilty of this to a lesser or greater degree and yet we have made the initial investment in the design, print and exchange of cards, attending the function and introducing ourselves, so what goes wrong?
Is it our typical British reserve? Why do we feel so awkward about making follow up contact? Could it be that our expectations are so high that it stops us from thinking about the most appropriate approach? Is it that we feel that it’s obvious these...
Are you a a keen swimmer? Then we have just the event for you! Come along and have a swim in beautiful surroundings, and raise funds for Devon Air Ambulance Trust (DAAT) at the same time. The one mile swim, which takes place on Sunday 15 September 2013, starts and finishes on Broadsands Beach in Paignton. Entry is just £20, although swimmers are asked to raise £30 sponsorship too.
We are also proud to announce that our sponsor this year will once again be The ATASS Group.
You can enter online now at http://www.daat.org/sea-swim-enter-here/ and set up your online sponsorship...
Gary Evans was looking for a unique way to support Devon Air Ambulance Trust ( DAAT ) through his VIP taxis business and came up with just the thing! Travelling over 60,000 miles a year, Gary decided to offer the charity the opportunity to brand the outside of his executive vehicle with signage displaying Devon Air Ambulance which is creative and bold. Gary Evans, Owner of Destination UK VIP Travel provides the best in long-distance travel and can carry up to eight passengers. They travel to all of the UK and specialise in airports, seaports, train stations, sport events, concerts,...
A series of special events for anyone interested in fostering continue next month, as Devon County Council continues its drive to recruit carers.
The Council is hosting a mixture of information events and stalls in a bid to encourage more people to consider becoming foster families and give those interested the chance to find out whether fostering would be suitable for them.
Devon has over 700 children in care, and just over 300 fostering households. However many current foster carers are approaching retirement age so the County Council needs to recruit new carers.
A 38-year-old woman from Ernesettle in Plymouth is due to appear before Plymouth Magistrates this morning (Tuesday 30 April 2013) charged with murder.
Angela Douglas was arrested during the evening of Sunday 28 April 2013 and detained at Crownhill Police Station.
The arrest was made after a 73-year-old Plymouth woman had been admitted to hospital. She died the following morning.
The suspect was detained and interviewed by detectives before being charged with the offence and detained at the police station pending her court appearance.
Hackers have claimed responsibility for taking down the website of popular photo sharing app Instagram.
The website, Instagram.com, was down for a number of hours yesterday. The company have not released a statement but members of the internet hactivist group Anonymous claimed responsibility.
Hackers claimed that the site was down in 35 countries and Twitter user @AnonymousOwn3r claimed responsibility. (NewsPoint)
