In this edition: Plus... Roman Discovery Page 3 - Wildflower delight Page 4 - Loans for homeowners See page 10 Page 5 - Riverside update Autumn 2017 Autumn Excitement builds for new festival Many of the city’s creative young people will be The Smart Choice! encouraged to pursue their Your LOCAL timber & future careers at a series of builders merchants. seminars and workshops with All your building & landscaping needs from leading industry experts. the “Smart Man” The festival showcases Throughout Lost Weekend SMART FOR what is new, innovative and ickets are selling fast for an artists will perform, play and DECKING, FENCING challenging, and seeks to expand create work in interesting and AND LANDSCAPING Texciting, new festival of music, boundaries of practice and share little-known city locations. ideas with new audiences. art, ideas and technology. Tech will be celebrated and For more information go to Lost Weekend comes to Brotherz Grimm, Muncie Girls, explored at a host of workshops lostweekend.co.uk and check Exeter from 6 to 8 October in Mis En Scene, Neurotic Fiction, and hands-on events across the social media. venues across the city. Ziggy Splynt, Billy Bobby & city. A collaboration between The Wry Smiles, Eliza & the “A Smart the City Council, Met Office Bear, Solarference, Souera man uses Informatics Lab, TEDxExeter, and Gravity Drive. TV and Smart Build” Kaleider, Exeter Phoenix and radio presenter Bob Harris is Exeter Cavern, Lost Weekend hosting a special edition of one celebrates Exeter as a home to of his Under The Apple Tree world-leading technologists and sessions on 6 October at Exeter scientists. Cathedral. Headlining will be The festival will promote Exeter’s own Wildwood Kin, and celebrate the city’s playing their biggest hometown thriving cultural scene and its concert to date. 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Councillors’ phone numbers & email addresses Party Ward Councillor Telephone Email address L Alphington BOB FOALE 410567 [email protected] G Alphington CHRIS MUSGRAVE 660389 [email protected] L Alphington STEVE WARWICK 07954 549771 [email protected] LD Duryard & St James KEVIN MITCHELL 420646 [email protected] L Duryard & St James KEITH OWEN 413075 [email protected] C Duryard & St James PERCY PROWSE 209024 L Exwick PHILIP BIALYK 07976 362159 [email protected] L Exwick OLLIE PEARSON 07725 554385 [email protected] L Exwick RACHEL SUTTON 275886 [email protected] L Heavitree ROSIE DENHAM 204850 [email protected] L Heavitree OLWEN FOGGIN 660430 [email protected] Exeter’s Independent Steel Stockist L Heavitree GREG SHELDON 667948 [email protected] L Mincinglake & Whipton STEPHEN BRIMBLE 07712 506885 [email protected] L Mincinglake & Whipton EMMA MORSE 07564 109503 [email protected] L Mincinglake & Whipton PETER EDWARDS 465114 [email protected] Staircases STEEL SUPPLIES L Newtown & St. Leonard’s RICHARD BRANSTON 210815 [email protected] Balustrades UNIQUEUNIQUEWe can guide you from design stage through to Handrails installation. 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T: 01392 273 095 ALSO AT HONITON YEARS Find us on Facebook OF EXCELLENCE www.havills.org City Council worker Bradley Perkins (left) with Cllr Stephen Brimble and Emily Stalworthy, of Devon Wildlife Trust Visit our website at exeter.gov.uk or call 01392 277888 Page Four Page Council gets tough on dog fouling and littering og fouling and littering is to be Dbrought under the spotlight in Exeter The City Council is to ramp up “People are fed up with a small which can cause long-term effects “Having a more pronounced The Council is looking at an its enforcement of dog fouling and minority of dog owners that don’t such as toxicaris, which can lead to focus on the enforcement of dog initial campaign of education and littering across Exeter as part of a pick up.