An exciting evening was had by all at Echoes Childcare when it was officially opened by Alex Brown from Exeter Chiefs.
The children's day nursery and holiday club opened it's doors on the 1st of September and is owned by Jo Cook and Michele Stevens, two childcare professionals who had a dream to open their own nursery over 24years ago.
Echoes (Every Child has the Opportunity for an Excellent Start ) is situated at the old Broadclyst station and was formerly the Hungry Fox public house.
The building has had extensive remodelling and an extension added to it...
A 12 foot community yarn-bomb has exploded in the orchard at Killerton National Trust estate near Exeter.
The culprits are an army of 50 knitters and pom-pom bombers from across Devon and as far flung as Oregon in the United States.
Their combined efforts have burst Killerton’s retired apple tree back to life by entirely covering it in 400 individually knitted leaves, 50 apple-pompoms and hand-knitted woolly wildlife including game birds, squirrels, hedgehogs, frogs and a swarm of Killerton bees.
The yarn-bomb will be on proud display throughout the Killerton Cider...
Work to upgrade the access road to Exeter International Airport is due to start on Tuesday 26 August.
The £1.4 million scheme will increase the width of the B3184, improving the link from the A30 to Exeter Airport and the nearby Exeter Airport Business Park.
The current narrow width of the road causes traffic congestion, particularly for larger vehicles and HGVs. Widening the existing layout will improve traffic visibility and increase safety for road users. It will also support growth of the airport and would enable the road to cope with any increase in vehicles.
Three fire engines from Middlemoor, Danes Castle and Cullumpton, a water carrier and a hydraulic platform from Danes Castle were sent to deal with a fire in a barn at a farm in Broadclyst just after midnight.
On arrival crews confirmed the barn 32 metres x 15 metres was well alight and got to work extinguishing the fire using compressed air foam and hose reel jets.
There were 20 bags of ammonia nitrate in the barn and a hazardous materials officer gave advice on these. The Environmental Protection Unit was requested to attend, and mobilised from Taunton.
A DOUBLE bill of comedy and supper evenings is on offer at Broadclyst Victory Hall.
Following on from the sell-out successes of Calendar Girls and this year’s pantomime Snow White, the Broadclyst Theatre Group is busy rehearsing two One-Act comedy plays.
“This will be a lovely relaxing evening, full of laughter, fun and food,” said the group’s spokeswoman Liz Straw. “Our previous comedy play evenings have proved very popular, so book early.”
Two Fat Men features Duncan and George who have been forced by their wives to attend Weight Busters. Surrounded by women and...
Appliances from Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service were called to rescue a man who had become stuck in flood water today ( Tuesday 4th February).
The man had become stuck in floodwater whilst driving his vehicle in Broadclyst.
The Fire Service were called to the incident at 7.19 am today ( Tuesday 4th February).
One fire appliance from Middlemoor, one fire appliance from Danes Castle and a specialist water rescue team from Bridgwater were mobilised to this incident.
Both the male and his vehicle were moved to safety by crews wearing dry suits and...
Every Friday and Saturday throughout December, visitors to Killerton house and parkland can enjoy the festive spirit and colourful light displays.
Three majestic 20ft Christmas trees greet visitors at the entrance to the house, while the parkland has a magical feel as spectacular coloured lights create beautiful shapes and shadows among the trees. Visitors familiar with Killerton’s paths, will see green, red and purple lights cast onto historic Sweet Chestnut trees, as well as willow reindeer and other estate landmarks.
Set to celebrate Christmas’ past, present and yet to come, Killerton is preparing to charm visitors with displays depicting Dickens’ timeless classic A Christmas Carol throughout the house and estate.
Killerton invites visitors to imagine Ebenezer Scrooge journeying through time to learn the meaning of Christmas.
Displays in the eighteenth century family home range from lavish Victorian shop-fronts lining the corridors, to old-fashioned silhouettes and wreath decorations setting the scene.
Stately rooms are decorated to capture both the traditional and the modern,...
Two churches in Devon are piloting hot cushions to keep worshippers warm during services during the winter.
The re-usable, portable ‘hot-bott’ cushion will be used in churches in Broadclyst and South Tawton.
Each church has been given 50 cushions to trial, with the aim of keeping worshippers warm and comfortable during services.
The pilot is part of the Diocese of Exeter’s ‘Shrinking the Footprint’ campaign to reduce carbon emissions. The Church of England in Devon is exploring a variety of new and efficient heating systems for church buildings. Three quarters of...
