Exeter-born Olympics swimmer Liam Tancock took time out from the fast lane recently to help an East Devon holiday park make a big splash with its guests. Gold-medallist Liam was at Ladram Bay Holiday Park in Budleigh Salterton where he declared open the new Splash Zone, aimed especially at energetic youngsters. The 160-square metres of wonderfully wet activities and challenges is already proving a hit with grown-ups as well. Set alongside the park's main swimming pool, the zone includes interactive water features, spray guns, and even a sea serpent that sprays water. In front of a large...
An exciting opportunity to experience the island paradise of Madeira is being offered to holidaymakers flying from Exeter Airport.
Super Break has announced the launch of a brand-new route to the region, on a break that includes Madeira: Funchal and the Islands.
The new chartered service by Super Break will offer a direct flight from Exeter Airport to Madeira, helping more people access the popular Portuguese island destination than ever before.
This is the third chartered flight service to launch from Exeter Airport by Super Break, following the success of its...
A wildlife charity is inviting the local people of Exeter to go wild and celebrate nature at a family fun day in one of Exeter’s best-known Valley Parks: Mincinglake.
The event marks day 16 in Devon Wildlife Trusts’ month long 30 Days Wild challenge; in which members of the public pledge to complete a ‘random act of wildness’ each day, during the month of June.
With guided wildlife walks, wild crafts, bug hunting, and other wild activities on offer, the charity hopes to re-energise participants and inspire more people to take part.
Exeter Chamber of Commerce & Industry has announced that Mark Pellow, a current Vice Chair, has been appointed as the new Chair of the Chamber. Mark is the Managing Director of Vickery Holman and specialises in strategic advice on commercial property matters and is an experienced negotiator and valuer.
Mark will succeed David Savill, who is retiring from the chamber council after 9 years of valuable service.
Mark Pellow, who has over 10 years’ experience as a Chamber board member, chairs Exeter Chamber’s property initiative subgroup, ECPIC.
Up to the Dissolution of the Monasteries by Henry VIII, the skills of herbal usage were often the province of the religious houses.
Our Herbal Wives ancestors might have worked as lay-persons - perhaps in the instances of Mistresses Elinor and Christina - at the 12th century Polsloe Priory also known as St Katherine’s Priory in Pinhoe Exeter, their knowledge and expertise being passed through the generations.
Using a variety of plants from their own physic garden in the wild places of the former Polsloe Priory, the hedgebanks and verges of the country lanes, Mistresses...
Dartmoor National Park has now installed pay and conserve parking metres at its car parks at Haytor (upper and lower car parks) Postbridge and Meldon Reservoir.
The context for introducing the new pay and conserve scheme follows a 40% reduction in National Park funding since 2011, making the maintenance of car parks and other visitor facilities in the National Park a significant financial challenge. A voluntary parking donation scheme set up in these carparks, which it was hoped would raise income, proved unsustainable as donations were as low as 15 pence per vehicle.
The Environment Agency’s work to protect 3,200 homes and businesses in Exeter reaches an important milestone this week. Work on Station road is due to complete on time and the road will re-open on 8th June as planned. On both sides of the river large, steel gates have been installed and will sit behind the footpaths housed in brick clad walls with the exposed gate face clad in timber. When a flood is expected the gates will be closed completing the flood defences and protecting the properties behind them. The new flood gates on Station Road and the adjacent flood defence walls are integral...
Devon’s libraries attracted 2.7 million visits and welcomed over 135,000 regular library users last year.
Devon County Council and charity Libraries Unlimited, which is commissioned to run Devon's libraries, says the high visitor numbers are a reflection of the broad range of services that appeal to a variety of audiences.
But while the diversity of services on offer in Devon’s public libraries has expanded beyond the traditional book lending service - with digital technologies such as 3D scanning and printing in FabLabs in Exeter and Barnstaple libraries; support for...
Set sail for Greece with Exeter Little Theatre Company (ELTC) this July as it brings to life William Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors.
The Barnfield Theatre will transform into the Greek city of Ephesus, a summer destination where crowds can enjoy a perfect evening of entertainment and laughs.
Meet Egeon (played by Andrew Mimmack), a merchant of the rival city Syrcause after being caught upon Ephesus’ shores and is facing execution unless he pays a huge ransom by sunset. He is brought before Duke Solinus (Richard Flack) and decides to share with him (and the audience) a...
As the summer months return and people spend more time enjoying the countryside, Public Health experts in Devon are encouraging the public to be ‘tick aware’.
Ticks are small spider-like creatures that feed on the blood of animals, including people. They are found in woodland, grassland and moorland where there is a dense vegetation layer and can be found in some urban parks and gardens. Ticks don’t jump or fly, but they attach themselves to animals or people as they brush past something the tick is on. Adult ticks are more active in late spring and summer. Some ticks carry may...
