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Let's turn the tide on sarcoma cancer, says Exeter Lord Mayor

The Lord Mayor of Exeter, Cllr. Kevin Mitchell is calling for greater awareness to turn the tide against rare and aggressive sarcoma cancers

This month is Sarcoma Awareness Month, and as part of national activities to raise awareness, the Sarcoma Specialist Team at Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital held a sarcoma awareness-raising day on Friday. The Lord Mayor, who also works at the hospital as a sarcoma specialist nurse, hosted an informational stand at the hospital entrance. The stand drew significant interest with hospital patients and medical professionals stopping by to find...

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DC Martin Hearn awarded for his dedication to duty in corporate manslaughter case

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 07/25/2024 - 8:57pm

Detective Constable (DC) Martin Hearn has been awarded a Chief Superintendent’s Commendation for his meticulous investigative skills and dedication to duty in investigating a complex corporate manslaughter case at an awards ceremony hosted by Devon & Cornwall Police.

In November 2017, the police started investigative work into the death of a worker at H&A Recycling, a recycling plant in Redruth, following the death of a young employee who became trapped in a bailer machine. Due to the meticulous investigation and dedication by DC Hearn and the team, H&A Recycling...

Exeter students create ‘Diversi-trees’ to celebrate differences

Authored by Daisy Hall
Posted: Thu, 07/25/2024 - 7:07pm

West Exe School , part of the Ted Wragg Trust , has celebrated Schools Diversity Week this term.

West Exe School’s Cultural Champions led the way in helping to design, create and sell badges to raise money for the school’s charity Exeter Food Action to help celebrate and support both diversity within their community and the wider world.

Exeter’s Devon Diversity group led several workshops for Year 7 students, helping them to understand the importance of cultural diversity. The students showed real enthusiasm and a keen interest, asking some really thought-provoking...

Exeter professor selected as Parliament’s new research lead for health

A prominent University of Exeter Medical School professor has been named as one of eight Thematic Research Leads, who will act as a bridge between the new Parliament and the research community on health issues

The Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) announced the second-ever cohort of Thematic Research Leads today. Professor David Strain, Associate Professor in Cardiometabolic Health at the University of Exeter, is the new Thematic Research Lead for Health.

Professor Strain is also an honorary consultant in medicine...

Care home managing director competes in charity cook off

Authored by Daisy Hall
Posted: Thu, 07/25/2024 - 5:57pm

Staff and residents at Lucerne House care home in Exeter are celebrating because their wonderful Managing Director, Natasha Lazovic, from Barchester’s South Division, has stepped completely out of her comfort zone to compete in the Barchester Charitable Foundation Cook Off 2024.

Natasha went head to head with the Managing Directors from Barchester’s four other divisions and cooked up a storm to raise a phenomenal £24,595 for Barchester’s Charitable Foundation which helps connect vulnerable people and those living with a disability to community groups in their local area by...

Police in Exeter ditch uniform to tackle shoplifting

Neighbourhood police officers in Exeter have taken part in a successful Shoplifting Safer Business Action event (SaBA) to tackle the problem of theft from retailers in the busy city centre.

The recent operation aimed to raise awareness and focus on the issue which causes local shop workers and owners a financial headache. The plain clothes action day was a success with officers ditching their usual police uniform to blend into the mix of shoppers.

Andrew Sharman, from Exeter Business Against Crime, said: “The shoplifting action day saw policing at its finest with crime...

City plots route ahead as traffic barriers come down

The last of the traffic barriers from Exeter’s controversial Active Streets trial will be removed within days.

The‘filters’ in Heavitree and Whipton are being dismantled in Ladysmith Road, Park Road and St Marks Avenue on Wednesday and Thursday.

Devon County Council’sannouncement came as its highways and traffic orders committee (HATOC) heard calls for unity as the city tries to solve its traffic problems.

In June the committee suspended the trial early in the face of fierce opposition from the local community. It had been due to run until early 2025.

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“Lifesaving barber” Tom Chapman honoured by the University of Exeter

Devon lifesaving barber Tom Chapman has been honoured by the University of Exeter for his work to prevent suicide.

Tom was given an honorary degree in recognition of his creation of The Lions Barber Collective, an international network of barbers who have come together to help raise awareness about mental health.

He has also created an innovative education programme which trains hair and beauty professionals, and now anybody, to recognise, ask, listen and help those around them. It aims to bridge the gap between communities and mental health resources.

Tom’s...

Killerton Gardens in full bloom

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 07/23/2024 - 10:40pm

Visitors are invited to take a leisurely stroll through the glorious garden of Killerton this summer, taking in the sights and scents of the terrace garden now it's in bloom.

Karl Emeleus, Head Gardener at Killerton said: "Midsummer is a great time to visit as the mixed borders are full of colour.

"There is also plenty to see elsewhere in the garden, including Cornus ‘Norman Hadden’, one of my favourite small trees that is growing near the Lady Cott.

"It has glorious white bracts that mature to pink, which are followed by strawberry-like fruits in autumn."...

Connecting Devon and Somerset's Mobile Boost scheme re-opens

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Posted: Tue, 07/23/2024 - 9:13pm

Connecting Devon and Somerset’s successful Mobile Boost scheme has re-opened this week with a fresh £430,000 investment.

The scheme had previously run for two years, until March 2023, with more than £1.1 million of funding through the Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership’s (HotSWLEP) Growth Deal.

In that time, it helped over 1,700 residents and businesses benefit from a better mobile phone signal, and many of them say it has “transformed” their lives.

Peter Samwell, who lives near the Blackdown Hills, was among those who applied through the...

An full house at St Peter's Church for Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival

From politics to nature - the 2024 Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival reveals its brilliant line up

The 16th Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival begins on 18th September for five days packed with over 80 events featuring bestselling authors, celebrities, lively panel conversations and inspiring events for families.

Leading the programme this year are the celebrity cookery writer Rick Stein, Great British Sewing Bee judge Patrick Grant, Gardener’s World presenter Carol Klein and multi-million selling author Robert Harris.

Best-selling authors the Rev Richard Coles, Clare Mackintosh and Susan Fletcher will thrill with their latest crime fiction, and the Times columnists...

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