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Exeter announces its bid to become the UK’s City of Culture in 2029

Exeter City Council has today announced it will be submitting an expression of interest (EOI) for the prestigious UK City of Culture title. 

The City of Culture bid follows the culmination of five months extensive engagement and consultation with artists, creatives, cultural organisations and residents to shape the council’s commissioned new five-year Cultural Strategy for Exeter.

This will set out a clear ambition to become a leading city of culture. The new Exeter Culture Strategy is ambitious and will be delivered in partnership with the city’s cultural organisations...

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Key milestone for East Devon’s Local Plan

A key milestone has been reached with East Devon’s Local Plan following official confirmation from the independent Planning Inspector that the plan, subject to a number of modifications, is now ‘sound’.

This means that East Devon District Council can now move forward to formally adopt the Local Plan and the additional Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) charging schedule. A meeting to adopt the plan is expected to take place at the end of January.

The Local Plan documents are the culmination of years of work as the Council has assessed many possible development sites and...

Pennon fundraises for WaterAid campaign

Exeter-based Pennon Group Plc, which owns South West Water, Bournemouth Water and Viridor, has been raising funds for WaterAid’s ‘Deliver Life’ appeal.

Every £1 donated to the campaign - which runs until 10 February - will be doubled by the UK Government. WaterAid is hoping to help 130,000 mums and their families in some of the world’s poorest areas through the provision of safe clean water and sanitation.

Pictured L-R: Group Financial Controller Paul Boote, Group Finance Director Susan Davy, Head of Investor Relations Sarah Heald and Internal Audit Manager Paul Ramsbottom...

Legacy and impact of over 100 years of Exeter City FC to be showcased

The legacy and impact of more than 100 years of Exeter City FC will be showcased at home ground St James Park thanks to the work of University of Exeter academics.

Researchers are working with Exeter City staff, supporters, fans, current and former players to develop a rich archive, which includes film, photographs, sound, and artefacts, to showcase the fascinating history of ECFC and illustrate the role the club and Supporters Trust have played in communities.

The creation of the archive is possible thanks to a partnership between University researchers and the football...

Chance to snap up RWC2015 balls and posts

Two signed Rugby World Cup 2015 balls will be up for grabs at an online charity auction on Thursday (21 January). Also available to the highest bidders will be three RWC2015 rugby posts, which for the last two and a half years have been situated in locations around Exeter.

All proceeds from the auction will be divided between the Lord Mayor’s charity - which this year is the Exeter Foundation, supporting 19 local organisations and charities across the area - and the ‘BEEP’ Programme, a highly successful RWC2015 Legacy project which helps young disadvantaged people into work and...

MP urges Devon businesses to back vital mentoring programme

A Devon MP is appealing to local businesses to support the next phase of a project helping young people who are out of work to kick-start their future.

The Business Powering Employment Programme (BEEP) gives 16-24 year olds in Devon the confidence and skills to secure jobs and training opportunities.

BEEP helps young people learn through performance coaching techniques and then on-going support from a mentor. Over 95 per cent of those who have been on the programme have gone on to secure work and training opportunities.

Now more businesses across Devon are needed if...

A396 roadworks to cause weeks of disruption

Work to replace a safety barrier and road surfacing on the A396, north of Cove, Tiverton, will begin on Monday January 25 and last 16 weeks.

The works will seriously disrupt traffic travelling between West Somerset and Mid Devon.

Throughout this period a mixture of traffic management will be used including traffic signals with a convoy vehicle and road closures.

During periods the road will be closed to traffic entirely. During the times that the road is closed, traffic will be directed to a designated diversion route which will be towards Tiverton, via the A361,...

Easier diagnosis for fungal infection of the lung

A new clinical imaging method developed in collaboration with a University of Exeter academic may enable doctors to tackle one of the main killers of patients with weakened immune systems sooner and more effectively.

The spores of the fungus Aspergillus fumigatus are tiny, everywhere in the air and breathed in by humans every day.

They do not usually cause a problem for healthy people as their immune systems kill the spores before they can grow and infect the body. But in patients with an immune system weakened by leukaemia or bone marrow transplantation, the fungus faces...

Greens call on councillors to reject bus station development plans

Exeter Green Party is urging councillors to reject outline planning permission for the redevelopment of the bus station site, saying the plans are a bad deal for Exeter.

Councillors are due to decide whether to grant outline planning permission at an extraordinary council meeting on Wednesday (20 January).

Greens are demanding that any deal must include a developer contribution towards a new bus and coach station. It was recently revealed that the current developer, The Crown Estate, has pulled out of funding a new public transport hub for the city. Greens also say that the...

Exeter School in top 1% of JustGiving donors

Exeter School succeeded in raising over £6,000 for charity during the autumn term and was placed in the top 1% of donors on the JustGiving website.

The school’s charity fundraising day which took place in September raised over £2,000 for local charity, Hospiscare, as well as the Karen Hill Tribes Trust run by alumnus Will Harnden.

In the Junior School, pupils raised money for Papyrus, the national UK charity dedicated to the prevention of young suicide, Children in Need and the Exeter Foodbank.

Senior School charities included the Tearfund Appeal for Refugees,...

Community projects invited to apply for award

Community organisations across Devon are being invited to apply for the 2016 Prince of Wales Award, organised by the Devon County Agricultural Association on behalf of HRH the Prince of Wales to recognise small scale projects geared to local sustainability.

The winning entry will receive £1,000 to boost its funds, as well as a certificate signed by Prince Charles, to be presented at the DCAA’s flagship event, the Devon County Show, which will be held this year from May 19-21.

DCAA Chief Executive, Richard Maunder, emphasised that applications would be welcomed from local...

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Exeter announces its bid to become the UK’s City of Culture in 2029

Key milestone for East Devon’s Local Plan

Pennon fundraises for WaterAid campaign

Legacy and impact of over 100 years of Exeter City FC to be showcased

Chance to snap up RWC2015 balls and posts

MP urges Devon businesses to back vital mentoring programme

A396 roadworks to cause weeks of disruption

Easier diagnosis for fungal infection of the lung

Greens call on councillors to reject bus station development plans

Exeter School in top 1% of JustGiving donors

Community projects invited to apply for award

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