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Greendale Completes Purchase of Occombe Farm

Greendale has announced its purchase of Occombe Farm from Torbay Council, along with land north of Preston Down Road, Paignton. This marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter for this much-loved site.

Working with strategic partners, Greendale plans to make a significant phased...

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Taste East Devon returns - A 16 day food festival

Following the success of last year’s inaugural festival, Taste East Devon is delighted to announce its 2022 food festival is to run from 3-18th September, extending into a 16 day celebration.

Award-winning venues, producers, chefs and restaurants across East Devon have joined forces again to celebrate the incredible food and drink on offer across the region. Founder Members include...

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Exmouth flower bed displays solidarity with Ukraine

A special flowerbed display which shows solidarity with the people of Ukraine, can now be admired in Exmouth.

Visitors and residents are able to scan the QR code on signage by the display in Manor Gardens. This takes them to a page where they are able to donate to the Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal.

The East Devon District Council (EDDC) project was led by StreetScene...

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South Western Railway: incorrect use of customer alarms caused over 30 hours of rail delays in six months

The incorrect use of passenger communication alarms by customers on-board South Western Railway (SWR) services resulted in over 30 hours of delays between December 2021 and May 2022.

There were 176 incidents of customers incorrectly activating emergency alarms, causing 1,825 minutes of delays and nine service cancellations.

When an alarm is activated, the train guard must...

Foot Anstey welcomes new Legal Director to its Developer sector team

National law firm, Foot Anstey LLP has welcomed Phil Parrott as a Legal Director to its Commercial Property team

Phil will be based at Foot Anstey's Exeter office and prior to joining Foot Anstey, Phil worked for Nabarro LLP and Michelmores LLP as well as a period working in-house at Prydis. He has extensive experience in dealing with a variety of real estate centric matters, with...

Are YOU the New Face of Farming?

The Black Farmer and Writtle University College (WUC) are on a crusade to stop the drought in diversity within the food, farming and agricultural industries.

Today they begin a nationwide search to find the future faces of farming. The search is going to take place outside of traditional farming circles to encourage young people from diverse backgrounds to consider farming as a...

UK’s first Blue Carbon Artist in Residence set to open immersive exhibition at the UK’s National Aquarium

A new immersive art exhibit is opening in the National Marine Aquarium on the 8th July 2022. Titled ‘The Seagrass Walk’, the exhibit will be a blue carbon-inspired immersive experience that uses multimedia informed by scientific research to showcase the ocean’s wonder plant, seagrass.

Rosie Sherwood, the UK’s first Blue Carbon Artist in Residence, has been working with people and...

Important Things to Know About a Career in Education

Choosing to pursue a career in education means starting an incredibly rewarding and fulfilling professional path. You will be using your efforts and talents to have a positive impact on the lives of your students, and you might even be able to progress to a point in your career where you are able to have a wider influence on the field of education.

That being said, most people...

Huma Mulji’s ‘Your Tongue in My Mouth’ comes to MIRROR

South West Showcase artist Huma Mulji’s solo show opens on Friday 22 July and runs until Wednesday 14 September 2022

‘Your Tongue in My Mouth’, a solo exhibition of work by South West Showcase artist Huma Mulji , will open to members of the public at MIRROR in Arts University Plymouth on Friday 22 July, with the opening drinks reception on Thursday 21 July from 5pm to 7pm.

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The Mayflower returns to Plymouth

Royal Marines Band Plymouth, Plymouth Pavilions, 30 July 2022

In 2020, 400 years after the sailing of the Mayflower from Plymouth to the New World, Plymouth was due to host numerous events to mark this historic landmark. Unfortunately, the Mayflower commemorations were curtailed by the COVID19 pandemic and most of the planned events were not able to take place. These included a huge outdoor...

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Transforming Exmouth’s Seafront into a collaborative canvas

East Devon District Council and Exmouth artist, Anna Fitzgerald, are collaborating to rejuvenate a section of the Exmouth seafront, the Abode of Love .

The ‘Abode’ forms part of Exmouth's 342-foot-long flood defence and is popular with local residents and tourists who use the bays in various ways from picnics and music practice, to sheltering from the sun.

Exmouth has a...

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