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Lifting the lid on the Napoli

By Nitida

Thanks for this heads-up. I wasn't living in Devon when the Napoli beached and remember seeing it on...

By TheGreenMan at 10:03 on 24/07/10

ON 20 JANUARY 2007, the stricken 62,000 tonne container carrier MSC Napoli was deliberately run aground at Branscombe beach, near Sidmouth, Devon. This Tuesday (27 July), a TV documentary will lift the lid on the Napoli, revealing how emergency teams fought to prevent an environmental disaster and the problems of trying to remove the ship from the Jurassic coastline. The Napoli incident made national headlines: environmental groups and...
Children Only Want Chips, Jamie Oliver!

By pobox112

School Food Trust - Another money wasting Labour Quango. Apart from that what percentage of so...

By CoastalMummy at 13:43 on 01/07/10

Yesterday, the new Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley, claimed that Jamie Oliver’s drive to improve pupils’ diets has flopped. So was all that hard work for nothing? How good are Exmouth schools at providing healthy lunches and at encouraging pupils to eat them? Can you comment on your child’s school experience? Or maybe you know Exmouth’s best school cook? Do your dinner ladies work magic? They'll have to next...
Could you garden share in Exmouth?

By landsharer

Good luck with your Landshare project Exmouth! I'm sure you'll find plenty of willing gardeners.

By TheGreenMan at 21:10 on 24/06/10

A SIMPLE but brilliant idea could soon be up and running in Exmouth. It aims to put owners of unloved, or underused gardens in contact with people who want to garden and grow their own food, but don’t have access to a space. The gardener would gain access to a piece of land (bypassing the lengthy queue for allotments) where they can grown their own vegetables and fruit. The garden owner gets to look at a well maintained vegetable...
Woodbury in the fast lane

By Naomi1991

I always stick at 30mph along this road, but my first car got written off by a homecare worker...

By blackandblue1 at 21:41 on 08/09/09

Concerns over new road safety in Woodbury seem to be far from settled, with many residents angry and disappointed with their new zebra crossing on Broadway, the main through road from Budleigh Salterton to Exeter. Despite substantial money being spent on new traffic lights and crossroads in Ebford and Exton, Woodbury residents seem to have been short changed when it comes to council efforts. Many established residents have...
DRASTIC PLASTIC: why Endless Bottles makes you think

By Chrissy4547

I saw the plastic bottles when I walked through the park - and though I thought they actually looked...

By TheGreenMan at 14:17 on 03/06/10

ENDLESS BOTTLES - an art installation comprising a thousand empty plastic bottles strung together - has caused quite a stir at the Exmouth Festival... And for one young man – 16-month-old Ralph Lawrence Needham of Exmouth – the installation did exactly what its creators intended. Ralph is pictured in the midst of the installation, clearly contemplating how the problems of plastic bottle disposal will affect us all in the...

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Roadshow keeps children on the ball

By Exmouth-People at 11:00 on 30/07/10

DOZENS of youngsters took part in the latest Exeter City Soccer Roadshow in Exmouth. The event, organised by Exeter City’s community team, involved children aged from five to 13. They took part in football training, learning new skills and drills, entered competitions and played matches. The soccer roadshow ended with trophies awarded to competition winners and runners-up and goodie bags for all who attended. The roadshow...
Stairs on fire

By Exmouth-People at 11:00 on 30/07/10

FIRE crews were called to a fire at a property in East Devon yesterday. The incident happened around 2.40am in Victoria Road, Exmouth. Two fire crews from the town attended and found a burning wooden staircase at the rear of the property. No one is believed to have been hurt and the cause of the fire is not yet known.
Cabaret-style show for Wurzels

By Exmouth-People at 11:00 on 30/07/10

THE Wurzels are performing a one-off concert in Devon on September 1. The concert takes place Exmouth Pavilion and there will also be a raffle in aid of Devon Air Ambulance. Doors open at 7.30pm and the gig starts at 8pm. It will be a cabaret-style show. Tickets cost £13. For more details telephone 01395 222477.
Serviceman killed in road crash ‘loved by everyone’

By Exmouth-People at 11:00 on 30/07/10

Tributes have been paid to a serviceman killed in Afghanistan. Devastated relatives and colleagues of RAF Senior Aircraftman Kinikki Griffiths have paid their respects to the 20-year-old man from Exmouth, saying he “could light up a room with his intoxicating smile” and who was known to his friends as Griff. He died in a road crash on patrol near Camp Bastion, Helmand province, earlier this month. Senior Aircraftman...
Family remembers ‘beaming’ Kinikki

By Exmouth-People at 11:00 on 30/07/10

TRIBUTES have been paid to an Exmouth serviceman killed in Afghanistan. Devastated relatives and colleagues of RAF Senior Aircraftman Kinikki Griffiths have paid their respects to the 20-year-old, saying he “could light up a room with his intoxicating smile”. Known to his friends as Griff, he died in a road crash on patrol near Camp Bastion, Helmand province, earlier this month. Kinikki, who grew up in Hampshire before...