Exmouth

Exmouth Deputy Mayor Steve Gazzard and Exmouth Town Crier Roger Bourgein joined representatives of the Exmouth Town Football Club youth section and developer Blue Cedar Homes to officially launch the spectacular new sports pavilion and pitches created specifically for the town’s youth football teams.

The new purpose-built sports pavilion and three new football pitches have been designed in consultation with Exmouth Town FC by Blue Cedar Homes. Blue Cedar Homes – a specialist retirement property developer with developments across the South West – has invested £1.58 million in the...

Exeter Philharmonic Choir will begin its new concert season in November with Handel’s wonderful Messiah, the first work it performed in public in 1847, a year after the Choir was founded.

Handel composed his Messiah during 24 days of concentrated creativity in 1741. Since Exeter Philharmonic Choir’s first performance of this dramatic work, the Choir has returned to it many times - to the delight of members and audiences alike.

Exeter Philharmonic Choir’s Director of Music, Howard Ionascu, says everyone is very much looking forward to the concert at Exmouth’s Holy Trinity...

Flocks of visitors will soon be joined by flocks of birds enjoying the water and riverbanks of the Exe Estuary.

This annual event means that from 15 September to 31 December, the Exmouth Wildlife Refuge becomes active, marked with signage and yellow “WR” buoys. The Dawlish Warren Refuge is active all year round. South East Devon Wildlife ask everyone to avoid these refuges from land and water to give birds the space they need to survive.

Cllr Jackie Hook, Chair of the South East Devon Habitat Regulations Executive Committee and Executive Member for Climate Change, Trees...

As part of its commitment to create a positive legacy in the community, the team behind the McCarthy Stone Retirement Living Plus development, The Curlews on Merchant Avenue, has donated £500 to a vital community resource in the town, Exmouth Men’s Shed.

Exmouth Men’s Shed provides support and a safe and friendly meeting place for local people who might otherwise find themselves isolated and lonely. Located at Clayton House on Salterton Road, members are encouraged to pursue practical interests and enjoy ‘making and mending’, with further opportunities to be part of creative...

Beachgoers can get free legal advice by the ocean this summer thanks to the University of Exeter and local solicitors.

The University’s Law School Community Law Clinic already helps people with issues ranging from housing, employment and immigration.

Now the clinic is decamping to Teignmouth and Exmouth to run pro-bono sessions near the beach next month. People can get confidential advice on a range of issues and information about the next steps they should take.

“Law on the Beach” was the idea of Professor Sue Prince from the University of Exeter Law School and...

Courtlands Boardwalk on the Exe Estuary Trail has re-opened following the completion of repairs.

The section of the Trail between Lympstone and Exmouth has been undergoing a major overhaul after it was found that timber structural beams and deck planks had deteriorated and become unsafe.

Over 94 tonnes of timber have been removed during the repair scheme, and it has been replaced with 70 new spans of a more durable fibre-reinforced material, known as Glass Reinforced Polymer (GRP).

Around 6,000 GRP elements have been installed during the project, using more than...

Exeter local Katie Derrick and her team at Right at Home Exeter & Exmouth embarked on a hair-raising charity skydive last week to raise money for Alzheimer’s Society.

Katie, 34 who is Manager of the Devon homecare provider was joined by CareGiver Belinda Blackwell (60), along with Katie’s mum Anne Charles (60) for the skydive, which took place at Dunkeswell Aerodrome in Honiton.

The team all had a brilliant time and were delighted to find they surpassed their impressive fundraising target, raising £1865 to date. Alongside the fundraising efforts they have also been...