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New report reveals UK's happiest places to be a dog

Exeter comes 9th in Dogs Trust's Happy Place Index, but we all have room for improvement

For dogs, a happy place can be somewhere physical, like cuddling up next to their owner on the sofa, dozing by the fire or rolling around in a muddy puddle. But it can also be a feeling, like the excitement of a new toy, the comfort of being with their favourite humans, or the relief of just being somewhere safe.

To examine the various factors that contribute to a dog's satisfaction, an academic has developed a new formula – the Canine Happiness Score (CHS).

The new scoring system...

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Exeter Rugby World Cup 2015 flags and banners go on sale

A one-off sale of Exeter’s Rugby World Cup 2015 official city dressing items has opened to the public.

Up for grabs are banners, flags and bunting used to decorate the city during the Tournament in September and October when Sandy Park hosted 3 pool matches.

All proceeds of the sale will be split between the Lord Mayor's charity, the Exeter Foundation, and 'BEEP', Business Empowering Employment Programme, a successful Exeter Rugby World Cup 2015 legacy project which attracted the attention of HRH Prince Harry when he visited Exeter during Rugby World Cup 2015. BEEP makes a...

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Travel Grobag wins gold at Mother & Baby Awards

Wednesday 2nd December saw the experts in safe sleep scoop up a gold award at the annual Mother & Baby awards in London.

Genius in its design the travel Grobag has a clever opening allowing a five point travel harness from a car seat or pushchair to pass through enabling you to swap your baby from pushchair or car seat to cot without waking them and disturbing their sleep.

CEO Christian Jones comments; “We were thrilled to have achieved this coveted consumer award last night for Best Travel Product. The products are tested by consumers who put the travel Grobag through...

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Exeter hotel raises grand total for charity

The Magdalen Chapter in Exeter have this week announced a grand total of £1,500 raised for Farms For City Children this year. 2015 is the hotel's first year working with the charity and this figure will fund entirely for six children to experience a whole week on one of the Farms For City Children farms.

To celebrate the total, General Managers Fiona Moores and Louise Todd of The Magdalen Chapter invited the team in to raise a glass - christmas cocktail even! - to this wonderful figure.

Guests of The Magdalen Chapter have been generously donating since December last year,...

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Still time to apply for new ‘safer’ Electoral Register

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Mon, 12/14/2015 - 10:19am

East Devon’s Electoral Registration Officer praises his young electoral services team for doing a great job on new 2016 Electoral Register

East Devon District Council has just published its new electoral register for 2016. This is the first register to be published following completion of the transition to Individual Elector Registration (IER).

The new IER replaced the discredited householder registration system, which the previous Government had decided was no longer fit for purpose and, which was potentially open to significant fraud. It is now a legal requirement for...

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Successful year for Exeter Junior Chamber

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Mon, 12/14/2015 - 10:15am

Exeter Junior Chamber has delivered business skills training to over 100 young business men and women in 2015. Over the past year, the group, a sub-committee of Exeter Chamber of Commerce and Industry has run training on topics including presentation skills and self-management with the seminars led by local training consultant and business coach, Judy Salmon.

Judy said: “It is great to see so many young business people willing to learn and develop important skills which are needed for business. There is a great pool of talent in the next generation of business leaders in Exeter and...

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Waldrom keen to build on win

Two-try hero Thomas Waldrom insists Exeter Chiefs always believed they could beat Clermont Auvergne despite going 14-3 down inside 20 minutes.

The Chiefs got stung by two early converted tries from Hosea Gear and Aurelin Rougerie but responded brilliantly with a brace from Waldrom and late scores from Don Armand and Mitch Lees.

It secured the bonus point for Rob Baxter’s side and puts them top of pool two after three games, ahead of next weekend’s vital return fixture in Clermont.

“It’s a big result,” said Waldrom, who scored tries in both halves. “We talked in the...

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Increase in visitors to county libraries

Devon is continuing to lead the way nationally when it comes to library services.

Recent figures from the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy’s (CIPFA) annual library survey showed that the number of libraries across Britain has fallen and visits to libraries are down by 3.9%. In the South West there has been a 1.4% fall in usage in the past year.

However, Devon is bucking the trend. Not only has it kept all 50 of the county’s libraries open, but over three million visits to Devon libraries in 2014/15 ensured a 10% increase across the county. PC and WiFi...

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Prisoners face 10,000 additional days in jail

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 12/14/2015 - 5:10am

More than 10,000 days of additional imprisonment were imposed on prisoners in the South West region who were found to have broken prison rules last year, a report published by the Howard League for Penal Reform reveals today (Monday 23 November). Punishment in Prison: The world of prison discipline looks at how jails in England and Wales operate disciplinary hearings called adjudications, where allegations of rule-breaking are tried. Nationwide, the total number of additional imprisonment imposed during 2014 was almost 160,000 days – or 438 years.

The hearings, which cost between £...

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A Birthday Party for Jesus

Authored by Liz Straw
Posted: Sun, 12/13/2015 - 5:18pm

Isca Church held a big birthday party for Jesus!

Children came dressed in nativity costumes, the hall at St James School, Exeter, was decorated with banners and balloons and band members wore Santa hats.

Children joined in the nativity story, sang songs, played a game of pass the parcel, decorated crowns and after the service were given party bags which contained very loud party blowers which of course they loved!

Then it was time to cut the amazing birthday cake made by Heather Knee and tuck into party food brought by the congregation.

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Cranbrook Railway Station opens

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 12/13/2015 - 5:04pm

Cranbrook residents celebrated the opening of the town's new railway station yesterday (Sunday 13 December).

The first train to arrive was the 08:46 from Salisbury, which took passengers to Exeter Central before continuing on to Exeter St David’s.

The opening of the new station means residents in the town will be able to travel to Exeter in less than ten minutes.

Devon County Council and the Cranbrook New Community Partners have funded the project, which has been delivered on their behalf by Network Rail.

The single platform station will be served by hourly...

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