Helmores, a Crediton based estate agent, located on the high street, are taking over The National Property Centre in Park Lane, London, on 13th March to showcase their Devon homes to city dwellers hoping to relocate and buy a slice of country living. The event will give high exposure to clients in the heart of London and is the perfect opportunity for local sellers to get their property in front of the lucrative London market.
The National Property Centre is situated in the high-end business district of Mayfair, close to Marble Arch and Oxford Street. For one day Helmores will...
One of the UK’s top divorce lawyers, who is based in Exeter, is part of a line up of top speakers at a London event for senior women in surgery.
Liz Allen, head of the family law team at Stephens Scown LLP will join speakers including the psychologist, child therapist and media personality Professor Tanya Bryon and fashion designer Amanda Wakeley at the Senior Women in Surgery Day on Friday, 6 February. The event will take place at Amanda Wakeley’s showroom in Mayfair and is hosted by The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Passengers enjoyed the first ever SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) therapy train carriage on the First Great Western 7.06am train from London Paddington Station to Penzance, Cornwall on Monday 2 January.
First Great Western collaborated with charity SADA, the Seasonal Affective Disorder Association, to see how they could brighten passenger’s journeys as the winter blues take their toll.
The carriage was decked out with special, bright SAD Lumie lights, which are used to help treat SAD – a type of winter depression that affects an estimated half a million people every...
Sense, the national deafblind charity, is offering budding athletes from Devon the opportunity to take the challenge of a lifetime and run this year’s London Marathon.
The charity that supports and campaigns for people who are both deaf and blind across Devon, has guaranteed places for the iconic race in April.
Tara Hamdi from Sense, said: “The London Marathon is one of the world’s greatest but getting a place can be difficult, so Sense wants to give local runners the chance to run for a cause close to home. Whether you’re a seasoned runner or a novice we’ll support you...
Godspell, Wicked composer Stephen Schwartz’ legendary rock musical is back.
Following the enormous success of 2014’s gala performance at London’s Shaftesbury Avenue’s Lyric Theatre, in support of the charity Make-A-Wish-Foundation®UK, Godspell In Concert is set to tour the UK in 2015, opening at the Hackney Empire on 4 April.
The show's producers have th is week launched an exciting search, as for the first time in British theatre history, fully formed choirs from all over the country are being given the opportunity to take part in a professional touring musical production...
East Devon Dance Academy presents Triple Fantasy 2015 'London, Paris and New York'
Take a journey in dance around three of the most exciting cities in the World - the Swinging Sixties in Carnaby Street, the famous Moulin Rouge, and scenic Central Park.
Ticket Prices £12/£8 under 12's Tickets on Sale from Monday 16th Feb 2015.
Tickets on sale Monday 16th Feb 2015. Please note no performances on Thursdays or Sundays. Evening performances at 7.15pm. Sat Matinees at 2.15pm.
Rail Minister Claire Perry has welcomed the first major redesign of First Great Western’s mainline timetable in Devon and Cornwall for seven years by waving off the first new 0706 retimed service.
The changes launched yesterday (15 December) see an improved service for the South West, providing an earlier morning direct service from London to Plymouth and Cornwall and shaving over 30 minutes off the current quickest journey time.
Key improvements include:
The 0706 Paddington-Paignton service will now also call at Plymouth, and retimed to arrive 40 minutes
Officers from the Sexual Offences, Exploitation and Child Abuse Command investigating an allegation of rape have released details of a man they are keen to trace.
The incident happened at an address in Wembley in the early hours of Wednesday, 30 June 2004.
Officers would like to speak to Gonzales Santana, 58 (2.8.56) in connection with the incident. He is of Spanish heritage but was born and raised in the UK and has a British accent.
In the past he has been known to frequent the Notting Hill area of west London but is believed to move around a lot. He also has links...
Exeter Deaf Academy students took to London earlier this month to conduct their own ‘Parliament Question Time’ in the Houses of Parliament with Exeter MP, Ben Bradshaw.
Following a very successful visit to the Deaf Academy from Ben Bradshaw last year, Exeter Deaf Academy’s School Council were invited to the Houses of Parliament to meet with him and to tour around the Houses of Commons and House of Lords.
The School Council’s visit to London began with a bird’s eye view of the Houses of Parliament and Westminster skyline as they embarked on a trip on the London Eye. The next...
A pilot working for Exeter-based airline Flybe was arrested on suspicion of being over the drink drive limit before take off after a fellow crew member raised the alarm.
He was due to fly from Newquay Airport to London Gatwick yesterday morning.
Passengers faced a five-hour delay as a resuilt of the incident.
A Devon and Cornwall Police spokesman said: "A 48-year-old man from Crediton, Devon, was arrested on suspicion of being over the drink-drive limit."
It is understood he was released on police bail last night until December 8.
