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Amy Martin during treatment for breast cancer and recently with her family

Amy tackles huge challenge to thank FORCE

Twelve months ago, Amy Martin could barely run at all after a tough regime of cancer treatment.

But on Sunday May 24, she’ll be one of 440 people lining up as part of Team FORCE at Exeter’s Great West Run.

Amy aims to raise £1,000 for FORCE Cancer Charity to say thank you for all the support she has received from them since a diagnosis of breast cancer in late 2023.

She has signed up for the 10k — the 13.1 mile half marathon option wasn’t on the cards — and admits: “I will be walk-running, but I will finish it because I am a bit stubborn and — let’s be real— I’ve...

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Champions come together to kick off the Big Devon March

The launch event for the Big Devon March went off with a blast as 28 staff from across Devon came together to pledge their support to get their workplaces walking more during March.

The Big Devon March is a Devon-wide walking campaign being run by Active Devon on behalf of Devon County Council. It is specifically designed to help employers to take their first steps to getting everyone in their office more active in simple, achievable and free ways.

“There are so many simple ways to walk more every day” said Scott Kendall from Active Devon, who ran one of the workshops at...

Devon’s Community Composting groups set for reprieve

Measures aimed at softening the impact of proposed changes to the amount the authority pays community groups to compost, will be recommended to Devon County Council’s Cabinet.

A consultation held last year included proposals to reduce the discretionary community composting credit rate, the amount per tonne the authority pays to local community groups, from £58 to £25.

The proposed change, which would start from April 2017, aimed to bring the rate paid to the county’s 25 voluntary composting groups broadly into line with the new contract rate offered by DCC’s new contractor...

Have your say on new measures to help bats

People are invited to have their say on new measures aimed at giving greater protections to one of the rarest and most threatened species living in Teignbridge.

Teignbridge is encouraging people to comment on a document that looks at preserving bat flyways where different developments are taking place and make sure that they don’t affect bats moving around.

Teignbridge enjoys an exceptional status as host to some very rare bat species, including Greater Horseshoe Bats, one of the rarest and most threatened animals in Europe.

Parts of the district are designated as a...

Countryside service announced as Exeter Living Award finalists

East Devon District Council's Countryside team is delighted to announce that it has made it to the finals of the Exeter Living Awards in the Leisure and Tourism category.

The team, which manages ten nature reserves across East Devon, including the flagship site at Seaton Wetlands, is thrilled to be recognised for its contribution to residents, tourists and the local economy.

Seaton Wetlands offers nearly 4 kilometres of paths and boardwalks through beautiful marshland and reed beds alongside the river Axe. The site is home to an abundance of wildlife, and is popular with...

Plans to close Exeter Bus Station temporarily on hold

EXETER City Council has revealed that it is putting plans to close Exeter Bus Station temporarily on hold.

The council said it needs more time before appointing contractors to create its part of a major new redevelopment at the bus station site.

It had planned to start construction on the state-of-the-art new leisure complex St Sidwell’s Point, and a new Exeter Bus Station, at the end of March. Completion was due in December 2018.

But due to the nature of the tender returns submitted by contractors bidding for the contract, the council has announced that it needs...

Share your views on the future of Greater Exeter

People are being invited to share their views about the future of the Greater Exeter area and the key issues that need to be addressed.

The comments received will help to inform a new joint plan that will identify the housing, jobs and infrastructure needs across the four districts in years to come.

To help bring forward a better future for the wider area East Devon, Exeter City, Mid Devon and Teignbridge councils, in partnership with Devon County Council, have teamed up to write the joint Greater Exeter Strategic Plan (GESP), which looks forward to 2040.

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Artists invited to submit ideas for Street LAB commissions

Exeter Phoenix and Blind Ditch are offering two £1,000 commissions to develop itinerant new work for new project Street LAB, a micro-festival of live art busking hitting the streets of the city during Art Week Exeter (13 – 21 May 2017).

The festival organisers are looking for entertaining and politically engaged concepts that bring audiences in public sites into lively encounters with contemporary live art practice with a musical twist. Street music is at the heart of historical debates around taste, place and disruption; often described as being democratic and open to anyone,...

Next generation of construction specialists at Exeter College visit innovative development

The next generation of construction specialists studying at Exeter College had a behind-the-scenes tour of an innovative low energy building project.

Seventeen first-year students studying for their Construction and the Built Environment BTEC Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma visited the development next to Rennes House, Whipton, in Exeter. The project is being built on behalf of Exeter City Council.

Contractors C G Fry and Son Ltd and architects Gale & Snowden Architects gave a tour of the project and gave insights into its modern Passivhaus or ‘Passive House’ design and...

Fourth successive year of growth at Exeter Airport

Exeter Airport has notched up its fourth successive year of growth in 2016 with passenger numbers up to 847,372.

Latest CAA figures show that 25,583 more passengers used Exeter last year, up 3% on the year before. The figures include the airport’s best August in eight years, when more than 100,000 people passed through the terminal.

But the strongest growth was in November and December, up 11% and 13% respectively on the back of new winter sun flights to Alicante and Malaga in Spain, which started at the end of October.

The flights were made possible by an...

Citizens Advice Exeter marks national Student Volunteering Week

Leading local advice charity, Citizens Advice Exeter, is using Student Volunteering Week (20 - 26 February) to thank their student volunteers who gave their time to the local charity over the last 12 months.

Citizens Advice student volunteers support people at the charity’s reception, in face-to-face interviews and over the phone. In 2016, the charity helped over 8000 local people by:

Dealing with debt, designing payment plans and negotiating with lenders
Improving people’s financial skills, for example by finding ways to cut fuel bills
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Amy tackles huge challenge to thank FORCE

Champions come together to kick off the Big Devon March

Devon’s Community Composting groups set for reprieve

Have your say on new measures to help bats

Countryside service announced as Exeter Living Award finalists

Plans to close Exeter Bus Station temporarily on hold

Share your views on the future of Greater Exeter

Artists invited to submit ideas for Street LAB commissions

Next generation of construction specialists at Exeter College visit innovative development

Fourth successive year of growth at Exeter Airport

Citizens Advice Exeter marks national Student Volunteering Week

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