The next Lord Lieutenant of Devon has been appointed by the Queen.
Downing Street has announced that David Fursdon DL will replace Sir Eric Dancer when he retires on 17 April.
David’s career has spanned the civil service, teaching and surveying. He farms in Mid-Devon and was CLA President after his term as Devon Chairman. He is President of Devon Young Farmers and runs the SW Rural and Farming Network.
A keen sportsman, he played cricket for Devon and chaired the SW Board for the 2012 Olympic Games.
He is also a Crown Estate Commissioner and, as High Sheriff...
The challenges faced by blind and partially sighted people in busy city centres will come under the spotlight in Exeter this week.
Tracy Wilson and her guide dog Mardle will take leading councillors and key officers on a tour around Exeter city centre on Wednesday (1 April ) to demonstrate the difficulties faced by those who have sight difficulties in an urban environment.
Tracy, who is the Eye Clinic Liaison Officer at the West of England Eye Unit at the RD&E Hospital, said: "Every day blind and partially sighted people face real challenges navigating streets that most...
The Devon Lions, especially set up as a gay-friendly team, won Exeter City Football Club’s One Game One Community Futsal tournament yesterday (Sunday 29 March).
The Lions, inspired by some outstanding goalkeeping, edged out the Open Space International Legends, who included several Afghan players, 2-0 in the final.
The tournament, organised by Exeter City Football in the Community, attracted a diverse range of community teams from the local YMCA to a group of University of Exeter students from Hong Kong. Many countries were represented including players from Nigeria,...
The Met Office has issued a severe weather warning of strong winds across parts of Devon during this evening and overnight.
Gusts of 50-60mph are expected, with isolated gusts of 65-70mph in exposed locations.
Forecasters say the westerly wind will become north-westerly by Tuesday morning, and although easing for a time, it will become very gusty through the day, particularly near showers.
The public should be aware of the risk of localised damage from these winds and for minor disruption to travel.
The warning is valid until 7.30pm tomorrow (Tuesday)....
An East Devon heathland is being nursed back to health thanks to the work of a leading local wildlife charity.
Clayhidon Turbary nature reserve sits in the heart of the Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Its 34 acres are made up of heathland, marshy areas and wet woodland – a series of landscape types that were once common but which have disappeared from much of the English countryside in recent decades.
Clayhidon Turbary was once used by local people who grazed their cattle there and who also cut peat from the site to use as fuel to heat their homes....
Bikeability cycle training is helping families in Devon to cycle together, according to a new survey by Devon County Council.
The survey results come as the County Council has successfully secured £264,000 of funding from the Department for Transport to provide cycle training for another 6,600 children in 2015/16.
Bikeability is a national initiative providing “cycling proficiency” for the 21st century which has been adopted by Devon County Council as the cycle training standard in the county.
Just over 350 parents in Devon completed the County Council’s Bikeability...
The Dissenters Graveyard in Exeter will be open to visitors between 11am and 4pm on Easter Saturday.
At least 1,300 people are buried at this site on the corner of Magdalen Street and Bull Meadow Road.
This is the year of the 4 Rs - the Exeter Dissenters Graveyard Trust team will be repairing, rebuilding and re-bonding the broken fragments of some of the nearly 100 monuments on the site and re-pointing boundary walls. And they would love to meet potential volunteers willing to spend half a day being trained and at least a couple of days over the summer on some of the...
The Dissenters Graveyard in Exeter will be open to visitors between 11am and 4pm on Easter Saturday.
At least 1,300 people are buried at this site on the corner of Magdalen Street and Bull Meadow Road.
This is the year of the 4 Rs - the Exeter Dissenters Graveyard Trust team will be repairing, rebuilding and re-bonding the broken fragments of some of the nearly 100 monuments on the site and re-pointing boundary walls. And they would love to meet potential volunteers willing to spend half a day being trained and at least a couple of days over the summer on some of the...
With warmer weather on its way, reptiles will be waking from their winter sleep and coming out to bask in the sun.
East Devon District Council countryside team is offering two opportunities to join them on a reptile ramble on the heathland nature reserves at Fire Beacon Hill and Trinity Hill.
The team’s rangers will show you to spot and identify our native snakes and lizards.
Two walks are available:
Wednesday 1 April – Fire Beacon Hill Local Nature Reserve near Sidbury 8.30am – 10.30am
Wednesday 8 April – Trinity Hill Local Nature Reserve near...
After a hugely successful season opener, Newton Abbot Racecourse is expecting bumper crowds at their second fixture of the season on Easter Saturday 4th April.
As one of the most popular fixtures of the season for families, the racecourse will again be welcoming the first 200 children through the gates with a free chocolate Easter egg to celebrate the extended weekend.
The racecourse will also continue with its commitment of making a day at the races affordable for all with its continued money-saving offer of free entry for children aged 16 and under, plus students with a...
