Here at The Community Church Honiton, both myself and Sean are passionate about seeing children reach their full potential. Quite often children can be disheartened by academic pressures and lose the drive to engage their vocational talents. We run The Vault, an after-school drop in with a relaxed, “youth club” vibe. We noticed quite quickly that one of the most popular activities we provided was karaoke. We also noticed some unique and fantastic vocal talent amongst the young people. Most of these children are shy and understating when it comes to their talent and need an environment away...
Police are appealing for witnesses after a teenager had his teeth knocked out during an assault in Sidmouth at the weekend. The incident happened at around 1am on Saturday 10 August in Ham Lane. The lane, by Sidmouth swimming pool, leads up to the sea front and esplanade. The 16-year-old boy who was assaulted was kicked in the face and his upper two front teeth were completely knocked out. PC Jason Colcutt said: “We would like anyone who may have seen the incident or who was in the area at the time to come forward. This happened on the last night of the Sidmouth Folk Festival and there...
It's that time of year again! EDDC’s Countryside team kick off their annual Wet ’n’ Wild Summer Festival at 8pm on Thursday evening 15 August with Meet the Bats.
The Axe Estuary Wetlands is known as an excellent habitat for bats; more than half of our 17 native species of bat have been found there, including the rarest of our natives; the grey long-eared bat.
Visitors will have the opportunity to learn to use an electronic bat detector to identify the different species. The Meet the Bats session will be repeated on Friday evening 16 August at 8pm.
A call has gone out to a range of local and regional land agents to put forward proposals on potential sites for a new office location.
This follows the Cabinet and Council decisions that Knowle is neither fit for purpose nor a financially sustainable option for the Council Headquarters and that other locations must be examined.
Honiton and Cranbrook sites have been explored to test the viability of alternative locations for the Council to move to. Now that the decision has been made to move, the Council wants to hear about other sites in the district that might be suitable...
To celebrate the start of the summer holidays, RUBY Modern Diner and Otter Valley Dairy have teamed up to offer a one day tasting event.
From 10am on Monday 29 July at RUBY Modern Diner on Queen Street, customers will be able to try the delicious range of Otter Valley Ice Cream for FREE!
Otter Valley Dairy produces the highest quality, handmade, luxurious gelato ice cream at Aplins Farm near Honiton. Using milk from their own dairy herd, four generations of the same family work together to create and deliver luxurious farmhouse ice cream at its very best.
An exciting family community festival held by East Devon District Council in Honiton on Saturday featured the official unveiling of a special Queen’s Diamond Jubilee sculpture.
The new sculpture on the side of Honiton Leisure Centre has been in place for a little while, but was formally celebrated and officially unveiled at 1.30pm by East Devon District Council's Deputy Chairman, Councillor Christine Drew, as part of the event.
The mosaic sculpture was designed by six-year-old Alfie Gibbins from Fenny Bridges near Honiton after the previous EDDC Chairman, Councillor Peter...
An exciting family community festival is being held by East Devon District Council in Honiton on Saturday 6 July and will feature the official unveiling of a special Jubilee sculpture.
The community festival will be at Allhallows Field from 1pm to 4pm. Children can enjoy face painting, circus skills, a bouncy castle and many other attractions, all for free!
The new sculpture on the side of Honiton Leisure Centre has been in place for a little while, but will be formally celebrated and officially unveiled at 1.30pm by EDDC Deputy Chairman, Cllr Christine Drew, as part of the...
Police are appealing for witnesses to a serious road traffic collision near Honiton, which left two people injured. Officers were called to the A303 at Marsh at 6.25pm yesterday (5 June) after a Ford Focus C-Max car was in collision with a parked and unattended Honda CRV. The female passenger of the Focus, a 73-year-old woman from Exmouth, sustained serious multiple injuries and was flown by air ambulance to Frenchay Hospital in Bristol. The male driver of the Focus, also 73 and from Exmouth, sustained minor injuries and was taken by ambulance to Musgrove Hospital in Taunton. He was later...
Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward following a serious collision between a Honda motorcyle and a Vauxhall Astra on the westbound carriageway of the A30 near Honiton on Friday (31 May) afternoon.
Officers are particularly keen to speak to the driver of a blue car seen in the area at around the time of the collision who may be able to assist the investigation.
The male motorcyclist was treated by paramedics at the scene then airlifted to Derriford Hospital. He remains in a serious condition. The male driver of the Astra was uninjured.
