Two Exeter parents have joined forces to provide fun and affordable exercise classes for children and adults of all fitness levels.
From baby ballet to kickboxing, from karate to tap dance, there is an activity on offer at the DanSci studio for anyone with a desire to get fit.
Tim Anderson of UK Martial Arts & Fitness has moved his kickboxing, karate and weapons classes and gym to the spacious, air conditioned DanSci studio headed up by Ava Barron Thomas.
Black belt Tim has been a martial arts fitness instructor for 8 years. He said that both Ava and he were...
Thames Valley Police is appealing for information to locate a missing man from Reading who may be in Devon and Cornwall. Balazs Biro, aged 32, was last seen in Corwen Road, Tilehurst, at about midday on Sunday 7 September. Balazs is white, with short light brown hair and 5ft 10ins. When he was last seen, he was wearing blue jeans, a grey or blue T-shirt and red and white Nike trainers. Balazs has access to a red Nissan Micra. Thames Valley Police believe that Balazs might be in Bournemouth, Dorset, or the Devon and Cornwall area. If you have any information regarding Balazs’ whereabouts...
With entries for Devon’s foremost green awards arriving daily, the call is out for even more businesses and educational initiatives to get their own submissions underway.
The DEBI Awards are free to enter and open to any organisation, big or small, in the Devon region. Previous winners, chosen for their commitment towards environmental aims, include Ode True Food, Chunky Monkey, Naturalmat, Carbon Compost, the Arundell Arms, Fungi Futures and the Una Group.
The five categories are: Green Goods and Services, Sustainable Food, Retail, Hospitality & Leisure, Sustainable...
Five community colleges in Devon have been taking part in a special competition aimed at developing their business and entrepreneurial skills.
It’s part of the Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership’s Rural Growth Network pilot – one of five nationally, tasked with stimulating economic growth in rural areas – Devon County Council commissioned Devon and Cornwall Business Council (DCBC) to work with pupils at five colleges.
The idea is to help develop young people’s entrepreneurial skills, setting them true to life challenges and to encourage them to work...
Eight people have today been arrested after a series of successful warrants were carried out in Plymouth and Cornwall as part of a major investigation into human trafficking and modern slavery. Search warrants were executed this morning, Tuesday 16 September, under the Immigration and Asylum Act at five properties in Plymouth and one address in Bodmin. Police arrested eight people, five women, aged between 26 and 34, and three men, aged between 35 and 37, on suspicion of trafficking people into the UK for the purpose of labour exploitation and on suspicion of money laundering. They remain...
Visit Newton Abbot Racecourse on Friday 19th September and enjoy an afternoon at the races.
Racing starts at 2:15pm and gates open at 12:15pm.
Tickets for the afternoon can be bought online until 5pm on Thursday 18th September. There will also be the chance to buy tickets at the gates on the day.
Tickets cost £18 for the Paddock Enclosure and £12 for the Course Enclosure. Children aged 16 and under and students with a valid photographic student ID / NUS card can enjoy free entry.
For more information and to buy tickets, visit www.newtonabbotracing.com .
Ainsi Fideles stamped himself as an up-and-coming chaser for the future when beating the older and more experienced Lamb Or Cod to land the £11,000 North Devon Hospice Novices’ Chase at Newton Abbot on Monday 8th September.
The four-year-old Ainsi Fideles had shown real promise for trainer David Pipe, winning his last three races and earning a handicap mark of 145, just above that of his rival. He confirmed that good impression when taking the lead at the eighth fence and drawing right away from Lamb Or Cod for an easy 25 lengths win, with the other two runners even more strung out...
The fifth National Eye Health Week will take place on 22 – 28 September 2014.
The week aims to raise awareness of the importance of good eye health and the need for regular sight tests for all. 20 million people in the UK could be at risk of avoidable sight loss because they fail to have regular sight tests. Almost two million people in the UK are living with sight loss yet over half of sight loss can be avoided.
The number of people in the UK with sight loss is set to increase dramatically. It is predicted that by 2050 the number of people with sight loss in the UK will...
Exhibition runs Saturday 20 September – Sunday 9 November
Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Bovey Tracey, Devon, TQ13 9AF
The exhibition takes its direction from Common Ground, a Dorset charity who explored the relationship between nature and culture through areas such as music, sculpture, poetry and film. The Devon Guild is breaking new ground by using the media of craft to celebrate the charity’s idea of ‘local distinctiveness’ or ‘the unique characteristics such as customs, myths or plants’ - of a neighbourhood or small community.
Crowds large and small came out across Devon today (Thursday 11 September) as the Friends Life Tour of Britain raced through the county.
Stage Five of this year’s Tour, hosted by Devon County Council, was the eighth consecutive year that Britain’s biggest cycling race had visited the county. The Stage started in Exmouth on East Devon’s Jurassic Coast with a welcome from the fans as warm as the weather.
A huge crowd greeted the riders when they arrived in Exeter but along the route villagers (such as those pictured above in Bow) also lined the route.
