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Keep up with the latest interior design trends

David Wilson Homes has teamed up with one of its interior designers to show homeowners in Plymouth what the current top trends in interior design are this winter.

Interior Design Richard Ornelas from Claude Hooper has given his top trend tips for this season, to help you get the look for winter.

Now that winter has arrived, there are some fantastic new interior design trends...

NEWTON Margery Mavis

On 20th November 2015 passed away peacefully in Barnfield House aged 81 years of Exeter.

Dearly loved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

Funeral Mass Wednesday 2nd December Sacred Heart RC Church, South St, Exeter at 10am followed by burial at Crossways Burial Ground, Cheriton Bishop.

Flowers by 9am c/o M. Sillifant & Sons, Funeral Directors, 19-20 Holloway...

LLOYD Gerald Edward

On 22nd November 2015 passed away peacefully at Dennyshill Care Home aged 87 years of Alphington.

Beloved husband of Pat, devoted father of the late Alan, much loved brother, brother-in-law and uncle.

Will be sadly missed by all of his family and friends.

Funeral Service Monday 30th November Exeter Crematorium 2.45pm St. Peter's Chapel.

Family flowers only,...

Lending support to carers

This Carers Week (8-14 June) Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service as part of the Fire Kills campaign is reaching out to local carers and reminding them that help is available to keep them, and the people they care for safe from fire.

A recent survey showed that more than half of the people who had tested someone else’s smoke alarm had done so for an older family member. But...

Start the weekend early at Newton Abbot Racecourse with an afternoon of racing and live music – Friday 12th June

Enjoy an afternoon of thrilling jumps racing at Newton Abbot Racecourse on Friday 12th June.

Racing for the afternoon starts at 13:50 and gates open at 11:50. The last race will be at 17:05.

Tickets can be bought online until 17:00 on Thursday 11th June. Tickets are priced at £12 for the Course Enclosure and £18 for the Paddock Enclosure. There will also be tickets available on the gate on the day.

You can also enjoy music from popular local band Station Road, who will perform after the last race of the afternoon.

Why not celebrate with friends and family?...

DECC announce £100m more for Green Deal Home Improvement Fund

Ed Davey has announced there will be a second phase of the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund (GDHIF) totalling £100m.

Applications for the new phase of the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund, designed to help people make energy saving improvements to their home, will open to applications before the end of November. The Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) are looking to...

Polar Bear

Venue: 
Calstock Arts, The Old Chapel, Sand Lane, Calstock
Event Date: 
Sunday, October 26, 2014 - 19:00
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The closing night of this year’s festival features an exclusive south west gig for Polar Bear, led by the wondrously inventive drummer and producer Sebastian Rochford. This year sees them back on the road with an acclaimed new album In Each And Everyone with Rochford, a musician known for his numerous category-defying projects, leading the band in a new direction.

Rochford has worked with a mind-boggling array of musicians, including Yoko Ono, Andy Sheppard, Paul McCartney, Patti Smith and Damon Albarn’s Africa Express project. He appears along with a stellar line-up of musicians,...

Antonio Forcione & Adriano Adewalo

Venue: 
Calstock Arts, The Old Chapel, Sand Lane, Calstock
Event Date: 
Saturday, October 25, 2014 - 19:00
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Award winning guitar virtuoso Antonio Forcione joins dynamic Brazilian percussionist Adriano Adewale in a breathtaking duo which masterfully blends soul-jazz and Brazilian guitar with African and Latin rhythms. Passionately melodic, inventive and heartwarming, this is original world class music.

Hailed as the ‘Jimi Hendrix of the acoustic guitar’, Forcione is a charismatic and inventive performer, with admirers that include Paul McCartney and Paco de Lucia.

Creator of dynamic projects of all kinds – from visual arts to dance and theatre – Adriano Adewale has toured the...

Craig Milverton

Venue: 
Calstock Arts, The Old Chapel, Sand Lane, Calstock
Event Date: 
Saturday, October 25, 2014 - 14:00
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Acclaimed jazz pianist Craig Milverton pays homage to sixteen great players from James P Johnson through to Bill Evans. Craig will talk about each of these ground breaking performers, their style and their influence on piano technique. Best of all, we get the chance to hear Craig play a selection of music by each of them.

Winner of the 2010 British Jazz Awards, Craig Milverton is one of Britain’s top jazz pianists and performs regularly with the best musicians on the UK jazz scene.

“A master of whatever he chooses to perform”. Humphrey Lyttelton

“A pianist with an...

Ian Shaw & Claire Martin

Venue: 
The Old Chapel, Calstock Arts
Event Date: 
Friday, October 24, 2014 - 20:00
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The headline act of this year’s festival is not just one, but two of the most popular performers on the UK jazz circuit. Award winning vocalists Ian Shaw and Claire Martin will perform their own 70th birthday tribute to Joni Mitchell, whose beautifully crafted songs range from the legendary Blue album to her later musings on world issues. This powerful and intimate show in the beautiful setting of The Old Chapel is not to be missed.

BBC Radio 3 presenter Claire Martin has spent the last 27 years honing the craft of jazz singing. To worldwide critical acclaim she has established...

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