Devon has seen a significant increase in the number of two-year-olds accessing free childcare and early learning thanks to the County Council’s 2gether funding programme.
Since September, over 2,000 children have been offered a funded place at an approved childcare setting, but there are still 600 children who could be eligible for a free place this Spring term who are yet to apply. The 2gether funding was extended to children whose family receive certain benefits, have a household income under £16,190, or if the child has a disability, special educational need or if they are...
Frontman and songwriter for the three-piece alternative rock band I Am Kloot, John Bramwell – formerly known as Johnny Dangerously – will have two gigs in Devon.
I Am Kloot were shortlisted for the Mercury Prize in 2010 for their album Sky at Night, but it’s not the only time John received heady praise for his work. The Guardian called his 1989 mini-album You, Me and the Alarm Clock ‘one of the greatest albums you’ve never heard’.
It will be a ‘rare opportunity to see a real music legend up close and personal’, says the South Devon Arts Centre, one of the venues John will...
The Met Office has issued a fresh weather warning as heavy snow is forecast to hit Devon this weekend, with “blizzard conditions” predicted in parts of the region.
The warning is valid for the whole of Sunday and Monday.
Forecasters say further snow showers will affect parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland on Sunday leading to some locally large accumulations and the showers may spread along eastern and western coasts of England and Wales.
The showers will be associated with strong winds so drifting and temporary blizzard conditions are possible as well as icy...
Staff and volunteers at A la Ronde, the quirky sixteen-sided house near Exmouth, are delighted to announce that they will be reopening for the 2015 season on Saturday 31 January.
On that day, visitors can join the Mayor and Town Crier of Exmouth for the grand opening; and they will also be entered into a free prize draw to win a cream tea in A la Ronde’s tea room.
The house opens every day from 11am until 4pm and there will be guided tours every 20 minutes from Monday to Friday up until February half term. During weekends and after February half term, the house will be open...
This week a herd of 10 Dartmoor ponies took up temporary residence on an extinct volcano at Killerton estate near Exeter.
Dolbury Hill is the tree-lined backdrop to Killerton House, known locally as ‘The Clump’, which is steeped in 3,000 years of history.
The hill’s rare geology and relics of an Iron Age Hill Fort have led it to be designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a Scheduled Monument.
Ed Nicholson, Killerton’s Lead Ranger, explains why grazing Dartmoor ponies have had such a positive impact on the nature conservation of this sensitively...
Exeter’s Sandy Park is to host the third leg of Rugby Europe’s 2015 Grand PRIX 7s series, it has been announced.
This will take place over the weekend of 11 and 12 July.
Council Leader Pete Edwards welcomed the news.
He said: “This is another fantastic boost for Sandy Park and the city of Exeter and will serve as an appetizer for the Rugby World Cup 2015 a couple of months afterwards.
"To have two major sporting events on our doorstep within weeks is a major coup for city and the eyes of the world will surely be on Exeter this year.”
Police have confirmed that the pedestrian who died after being hit by a lorry in Pinhoe yesterday afternoon is an 80-year-old man from Broadclyst.
Police officers and paramedics, were called to Exhibition Way, Pinhoe at 2.30pm today, 27th January, after reports that a pedestrian was seriously injured.
The pensioner was pronounced dead at the scene. His family have been informed.
The heavy goods vehicle did not stop at the scene, but was located a short while later at Cullompton.
The 53-year-old male lorry driver, from Street, Somerset, was arrested on...
Couples seeking a magical setting for their wedding day are in for a real treat from January 2015, when Bridwell – the beautiful Georgian country home of Lord Ivar Mountbatten – is set to open its doors to the public for the first time in its 240-year history. Ideally located moments from the M5 in rolling Devon parkland, and complete with its own red and fallow deer herd, Bridwell is already creating a name for itself as one of the region’s hottest new exclusive-use wedding venues.
Lord Mountbatten and his team have created a relaxed, yet stylish venue, featuring a plethora of...
The second year of the Venus Business Women Awards National Finals doubled in size with 124 regional winners compete for a National Venus Award Trophy.
The Venus Awards National Finals is something quite unique and special. It brings together all the regional winners, a group of truly inspirational and influential women, to an event where the crème de la crème vie for the National title in their respective categories. This year 23 winners from eight regions were crowned at a lunchtime celebration held at the beautiful and stunning Hand Picked Hotel - Audley’s Wood, Basingstoke. The...
Stagecoach South West has thanked bus passengers for their patience after bus services were heavily delayed yesterday following a series of accidents around the city which brought traffic to a standstill.
Traffic from Pinhoe was diverted along Hill Barton Road towards Middlemoor Roundabout, which quickly became gridlocked. Queues then formed towards Sandygate which was already busy following the closure of the M5. This meant that traffic along key arteries such as Heavitree Road and Topsham Road was already at a standstill by rush hour.
