People can now refill their water bottles for free at Youth Hostels throughout Devon. There are 4 youth hostels throughout Devon where people can refill their water bottles. The leading youth charity, YHA (England and Wales), has joined Refill, a national free tap water initiative designed to reduce plastic pollution by making refilling water bottles as easy, convenient and cheap as possible. All YHA locations are now listed on the The Refill scheme website and app. The addition of more than 150 youth hostel sites in England and Wales to the initiative, now means there are now nearly 12,...
More than 15 local dogs celebrated Devon Loves Dogs’ first birthday on Saturday, with prizes, games and treats for dogs, as well as a specially-made dog birthday cake.
Devon Loves Dogs joined forces with Pebblebed Heaths Conservation Trust to take dogs and their owners on a guided, waggy walk around the Pebblebed Heaths to learn about the special wildlife there. At the end of the walk the dog owners enjoyed breakfast, while the dogs enjoyed eating a cake made of dog-friendly ingredients. The dogs went on to enjoy playing games like ‘fetch’, the best trick and sleeping lions, with...
Festival-goers can now generate the perfect playlists for their car journey based on the length of their trip with a new interactive tool launched this week. Car insurance brand Veygo, owned by Admiral Insurance, created the Festival Sound Trip to help music lovers travelling to festivals automatically create personalised Spotify playlists based on their festival destination and favourite acts. Simply by selecting a festival and inputting a home address, the Festival Sound Trip maps the journey and collates a playlist bespoke to the user’s time on the road, making finding the right car...
Works to replenish the rock revetment in front of Exmouth’s historic listed seawall were given the go ahead at a meeting of East Devon District Council on 25 July 2018.
The repairs to the revetment, which is adjacent to the recently completed Mamhead slipway, are required in response to a continual lowering of the estuary seabed in this location. The rock revetment, which was originally constructed in the 1970s, has become increasingly ineffective over the past ten years. The rock at the western end is moving away from the toe of the seawall, leaving it unprotected and vulnerable....
Businesses in and around Exeter are being urged to get involved in the new Future of the Workplace initiative to help understand the best ways of improving workspaces in and around the city.
Backed by Exeter City Council and Exeter Chamber of Commerce, Future of the Workplace is looking at best practice around productivity and well-being of employees at different types of organisations.
A new survey has just gone live that is gathering data on different workspaces and work initiatives covering physical space, technology and well-being. The information will be used to shed...
Rum lovers, rum workers and rum’uns alike are advised to come with open taste buds, and to expect wacky and wonderful flavours...
Well into their sixth year, the team behind the rum festivals were keen to bring it back to Exeter for year two. However, this year, Exeter Rum Festival is being held in The Great Hall at the University of Exeter on Saturday the 1st of September, so no chance of the rain getting in the way of your perfectly mixed cocktails.
White rum, dark rum, gold rum, spiced rum and flavoured rum you’ve never heard of, this day-long festival will allow you to...
The Devon Fire and Spice Festival comes to Powderham Castle on 18th & 19th August for a celebration of barbecuing, chillies and spice. This fiery weekend takes place on Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th August, set between the castle ramparts and the Exe estuary, and this themed food festival will focus on hot sauces, spice rubs and mixes, chilli plants, barbecues, smokers and barbecue sauces, with plenty for the non-chilli lover too.
For those with a competitive nature, the organisers are encouraging entries into the barbecue competition on the Saturday, where teams compete...
The county of Devon is providing a chance to start life afresh free from fear for children who have arrived on their own in the UK having fled conflict in their native countries.
Devon has welcomed unaccompanied children seeking asylum since 2015 when under a Home Office programme up to 70 children, displaced from refugee camps outside Calais, were transferred to Devon.
Most moved quickly through the county to be reunited with relatives across the UK. A few remained and have since settled well to life in Devon.
Since then a further 41 children have arrived as part...
Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (10-12 August):
THEATRE
The League of Gentlemen Live Again! Friday, Exeter Northcott The League of Gentlemen return to the stage for their first UK tour in over 12 years with their brand new live show. See BAFTA Award winning comedy legends Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton, Mark Gatiss and Jeremy Dyson bring their dark and unhinged fictional village of Royston Vasey to theatres and arenas across the country. https://exeternorthcott.co.uk/
Handbagged Saturday, Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth Paul Taylor...
Harry Williams insists Exeter Chiefs can ill afford to dwell on the disappointment of defeat in May’s Premiership Final against Saracens.
Instead, the England international believes he and his team-mates must instead use that loss as ‘fuel to the fire’ as the Devon club look ahead to the new 2018/19 campaign.
The new season kicks-off in less than a month on September 1 against Leicester Tigers at Sandy Park and the 26-year-old is aiming to be part and parcel of Rob Baxter’s mix as they look to wrestle back their title crown from the Londoners.
