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Choir’s ‘Carols in the Cathedral’ bring festive sparkle to winter nights

Audiences in Exeter can start Christmas in sparkling style as Exeter Philharmonic Choir brings its signature sound to the festive season in the atmospheric setting of Exeter Cathedral.

Winter nights are the perfect time to share the joys of Christmas music, and the Choir’s two nights of carols in Exeter Cathedral on Tuesday 16 and Wednesday 17 December are a magical way to get into the festive spirit.

The Choir will be in excellent company - joined by popular trumpeters Cameron Todd and Ross Brown, the enchanting voice of solo soprano Katie Trethewey, and Stephen Tanner...

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Exeter schoolboy reaches Bananagrams Challenge live final

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 04/15/2016 - 8:15am

Eleven-year-old Taylor Murphy of Whipton Barton Junior School in Exeter has beaten almost 25,000 other UK primary school children to win a place in the live Grand Final of The BANANAGRAMS Challenge.

After triumphing over his classmates in the first stage of the free-to-enter national tournament earlier this year, Taylor’s impressive word skills in the online rounds secured him one of just 12 coveted places at the Final, which will see the UK’s Top Banana crowned on 30 April 2016.

Taylor and his fellow finalists will spend the day at the Magic Circle, the world-famous...

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Guildhall Car Park closed on Sunday morning

The Guildhall Car Park in Exeter will be closed on Sunday morning (17 April) to allow essential work to be carried out on the car park gates.

The car park will reopen at midday.

People are requested to use other nearby car parks during the morning closure. Mary Arches Street Car Park is the nearest alternative but to find out about all other city centre car parks go to www.exeter.gov.uk/carparks

Engineers will need to return to the car park to carry out further works in the near future. A date has not yet been set for this follow-up work.

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Parents: Get real nappies for free

Parents across Devon have the chance to try out real nappies free for a month as part of the 20th annual Real Nappy Week 2016 next week. The Devon Real Nappy Project is supporting the Real Nappy Week, which runs between 18-24 April, by holding a number of events.

This national event, organised by Go Real, is designed to raise awareness, promote the benefits and show parents how easy modern real nappies are to use.

Parents are invited to get hands on and ask questions about choosing and using real nappies.

For parents who want to try before they buy, the Devon Real...

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Flood defenders spring into action

Sandbags were at the ready in Exmouth over the weekend (April 9-10), as East Devon District Council’s StreetScene and REACT (Respond, Enforce and Clean) teams, took fast and efficient action in preparation for predicted south/easterly 50-60mph winds, heavy rain, exceptionally high Spring tides and the risk of potential coastal flooding through wave overtopping.

The council had staff on site throughout the high tides, closely monitoring the situation and liaising with the public on both Saturday and Sunday.

Approximately 900 sandbags were placed in key areas of Exmouth by...

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Teignmouth group win RAMM Art Show

Teignmouth-based art group Flying Colours has won the opportunity to display their work in Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum. Their exhibition will be from Saturday 30 April to Sunday 29 May.

The 2016 Local Art Show competition was supported by the Express & Echo with readers voting for their favourite. The exhibition is part of RAMM’s Naturally Inspired season of botanicals, gardens and landscapes and Exeter Art Week.

Gahan Oliver, group founder and mentor, said ‘To have won this highly prestigious competition is a wonderful reward for the members of Flying Colours...

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Flood Risk Management Action Plan for Devon approved

More than 250 properties in Devon will benefit from the County Council’s Flood Risk Management Action Plan this financial year.

The County Council’s Cabinet today approved a £1.3 million programme which will address a range of flood problems in communities across Devon.

As a result of Devon County Council schemes in the past financial year, flood protection has been improved at more than 50 properties. It’s estimated that more than 4,000 properties in over 24 communities have also benefited from Defra-funded Flood Resilience Community Pathfinder Projects over the last two...

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Community Road Wardens trial pothole repairs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cN2oHCfsVow&feature=youtu.be Minor pothole repairs are being carried out by some of Devon’s Community Road Wardens in a number of pilot areas of the county.

Devon County Council launched its Community Road Warden scheme 18 months ago to enable communities to do a wide range of highway work for themselves, which the County Council can no longer do due to reduced levels of funding.

The initiative builds on the already successful schemes in place for public rights of way and the county’s Snow Wardens. It enables a Road Warden to act as the...

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Appeal for help with family reserach

Authored by Newshound
Posted: Thu, 04/14/2016 - 4:05pm

Wendy Smith from Jersey is appealing for help to find a relative who may still be living in Exeter.

Wendy is researching her family history and would like to hear from anyone in knows or knew Marjorie Wild nee Lovatt-Smith.

Marjorie Lovatt Smith, who will now be in her 90s, was born in 1925 and joined the ATS as a Kine Theodolite Operator towards the end of the Second World War.

She then served a two and a half year tour in Uganda, followed by a tour of service in Nigeria, where she met her first husband Algar Robertson, in 1955.

Algar died in 1975.

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RD&E domestic makes final three ITV Good Morning Britain’s Hospital Health Star Awards

A domestic the RD&E has been shortlisted for ITV Good Morning Britain’s Hospital Health Star Awards.

Linda Shelton is a cleaner on the Clyst stroke ward and was nominated for the popular awards by Margaret Ford, the daughter of Roger Johnson who spent several weeks on the ward this year and was looked after by Linda and the ward team.

In her nomination, Margaret praised Linda for being ‘always cheerful and welcoming’ while working in the ‘challenging environment’ of a stroke ward.

She went on: “Linda is very dedicated in carrying out her cleaning duties, often...

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University of Exeter part of £13m mental health biomarker study

Researchers from the University of Exeter are involved in a major European £13.3 million funding initiative which aims to unpick the biological reasons underlying social withdrawal.

Withdrawing from family and friends is a common symptom of Schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s disease and Major Depressive Disease, and discovering the cause could pave the way for new drug treatments.

Professor Jonathan Mill, Professor of Epigenetics and his team at the University of Exeter Medical School, are part of the PRISM project (Psychiatric Ratings using Intermediate Stratified Markers), a...

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