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Free events are taking place in Devon - including Ottery St Mary - to mark National Racehorse Week, August 22-31. Photo: with permission.

Family-friendly free days out in Devon for National Racehorse Week, August 22-31

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National Racehorse Week comes to Devon from August 22 until August 31, offering family-friendly visitor free days out. Visitors will be able to go behind-the-scenes at working racing yards, meet the horses at the heart of the sport and find out what life is really like beyond the racetrack for retired racehorses. Racehorse trainers based in Ottery St Mary, Tiverton and South Molton, all in Devon, are among more than 75 locations across the country to host events for the public. Across the UK National Racehorse Week is offering more than 10,000 free places to visitors, with exclusive access to…

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Coffee break community news from East Devon – Photos, celebrations, schools and young people, free events, plus what’s on

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Coffee break news from East Devon. A round-up of celebrations, schools and young people news, community and free events, plus photos and what’s on – including Exmouth, Sidmouth, Cranbrook, Axminster, Seaton, Ottery St Mary. Half term, What’s On – Ottery St Mary A half term coffee morning in aid of East Devon Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA) returns to Cadhay House, Ottery St Mary, on Thursday, May 28, 10am until 12noon. Entry is free, donations are welcome. On the day there will be coffee, tea and cake, plus a plants and book sale and raffle with locally donated prizes.…

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The Battle Cancer Program launches this April at the Move Forward Gym, in Ottery St Mary. Photos: with permission.

Free fitness sessions to launch in Ottery St Mary, supporting cancer survivors and those living day-to-day with the disease

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Free fitness sessions are launching in Ottery St Mary for people living with cancer, or survivors of the disease. The Battle Cancer Program launches this April at the Move Forward Gym on the Finnimore Industrial Estate, Ottery St Mary, for people who have finished cancer treatment, or those living day-to-day with the disease. The Battle Cancer Program offers free, structured fitness sessions specifically tailored for individuals post active treatment. The programme focuses on helping participants rebuild strength, improve mobility, and regain confidence in a safe and supportive environment. Move Forward Gym hopes the fitness sessions will aid those across East…

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Clockwise: Richard Ashcroft, Badly Drawn Boy, Toyah Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp, and The Fisherman's Friends are among the Beautiful Days 2024 line-up. Photos: with permission.

Beautiful Days Festival announces its August 2024 line-up set to perform in East Devon

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Beautiful Days Festival has announced its 2024 line-up, with names heading for East Devon including Richard Ashcroft, The Saw Doctors, Levellers, The Damned, Inspiral Carpets, Badly Drawn Boy and New Model Army. This year’s festival’s dates are AUGUST 16-18, 2024, where scores of music lovers will head for East Devon for a packed line-up of fun and entertainment. The three-day festival, at Escot, near Ottery St Mary, has music and entertainment over six stages plus walkabout theatre, site art, a huge children’s area, a vast selection of food and traders plus real ale bars. The festival’s annual tradition of a…

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Street parties are among scores of Coronation celebrations in East Devon and Exeter: Full list of road closures

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Street parties, big lunches, and community events – sparking road closures – are taking place in East Devon and Exeter over the weekend to celebrate the Coronation of King Charles and Queen Camilla. Devon County Council said more than 70 communities across Devon will be marking the Coronation of Their Majesties, and scores have applied for permission to close streets to hold parties, fun days and galas. In East Devon, Colyton is hosting a live screening of the Coronation on Saturday, May 6, at St Andrew’s Church, and a party in the park, starting at 6pm. Exeter Hindu Cultural Centre…

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Poltomore village, in East Devon, is holding a scarecrow competition as part of its Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations. Photos: East Devon News.

Queen’s Platinum Jubilee East Devon: what’s on Exmouth, Sidmouth, Axminster, Honiton, Ottery St Mary, Seaton, Sidbury, Budleigh Salterton, Cranbrook, and the surrounding villages

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Towns and villages across East Devon are gearing up to hold a host of celebrations, events and street parties in a bid to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Picnics and parties in the park, beacon lighting, live music and children’s entertainment are among the family fun for all ages planned as part of the four-day Jubilee bank holiday celebrations, starting on Thursday, June 2. Residents across East Devon can look forward to packed programmes of events in Exmouth, Sidmouth, Axminster, Honiton, Ottery St Mary, Seaton, Sidbury, Budleigh Salterton, Cranbrook, and the surrounding villages, joining in with the rest of the…

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Photos of the 2019 Rainbow Run, left CHSW, right Simon Tutty.

Children’s Hospice South West announces new East Devon venue for 2022 Rainbow Run event

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The Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) has revealed a new East Devon venue for its summer Rainbow Run event. The colouful run – which for the last two years was held virtually because of the pandemic – has early-bird tickets on sale, with discounts of 10 per cent for those signing up before May 4 to take part. This year the CHSW Rainbow Run will be held at Escot Park, near Ottery – a move away from the 2019 event at Westpoint, near Exeter, where 1,000 people took part and raised thousands of pounds for the youngsters and their families…

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James Mason-Carney, who with his mum, Julie Claire-Carney, wrote and illustrated Tiggs and the Midnight Choir. They will be at Otter Garden Centre, Ottery, on Saturday, November 27. Images: with permission. Main photo: Emma Solley.

Meet Sidmouth singing schoolboy author at book signing event in Ottery

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A singing schoolboy from Sidmouth who lost his hair to alopecia will be in Ottery St Mary later this month to sign books he illustrated during illness and lockdowns. Chorister James Mason-Carney – who with his mum, Julie Claire-Carney, wrote and illustrated Tiggs and the Midnight Choir – will be at Otter Garden Centres on Saturday, November 27, where he will sing carols and songs he plans to record onto CD. And the Exeter Cathedral chorister is gearing up for the sequel to his book, with mum Julie working on the next adventure. They will be at the garden centre…

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Images: clockwise left, The Samosa Lady Tina Chauhan Challis/photo:Rosie Parsons, Michael Caines/Nick Hook Photography, and a demo dish.

Organisers announce line-up for ‘greenest ever’ Ottery Food & Families Festival

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The line-up has been announced for the free-to-enter Ottery St Mary Food & Families Festival, taking place in the town on Saturday, September 11. Jazzi Curley from Devon Cookery School, The Pig at Combe’s Dan Gavrilidis, Michael Caines, Liam Finnegan, Ottery St Mary’s Samosa Lady Tina Chauhan-Challis, Good Game’s ‘Salami Steve’ and Chris Piper of Christopher Piper Wines, are among those billed to share their knowledge with cooking demonstrations on the day. Food festival organisers have pledged the greenest event yet, with no single-use plastic, and the sale of reusable cups. Entry to the festival on Saturday, September 1, is…

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Sponsors and supporters of Ottery St Mary Food and Families Festival gather at Otter Garden Centre. Image: Sue Cade
Sponsors and supporters of Ottery St Mary Food and Families Festival gather at Otter Garden Centre. Image: Sue Cade

Ottery St Mary Food and Families Festival is back with new date and location

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The popular Ottery St Mary Food and Families Festival is to return with a new date and location. Festivities will take place on Saturday, September 11, on a site in Alfington Road next to Otter Garden Centres. The event has previously fallen victim to a number of postponements due to the coronavirus pandemic. We’re looking forward to seeing everyone at the new festival site in just a few weeks’ time… A new location means the festival will be all in one place – with a ‘real carnival feel’ promised. One of the event’s organisers, Ruud Jansen Venneboer, said: “Everyone is…

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