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Let there be light! Exeter Scientists urging us to Race for Life

This group of researchers from Devon are leading the way in transforming how cancers are detected and treated by harnessing the power of light.

The team, who receive funding through Cancer Research UK, are encouraging people to take part in Race for Life this summer and help fund more life-saving research.

Their innovative use of Raman Spectroscopy, which is based upon the interaction of light with the chemical bonds within a material, is forging a better understanding of treating cancers earlier.

Some of their work centres on patients with oesophageal cancer. A...

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Take a #RainbowSelfie for Devon charity

Devon-based charity Rainbow Living is looking for 5,000 people to take a #RainbowSelfie to help raise £15,000 towards buying a third Rainbow House and provide a home for a group of young disabled adults.

#RainbowSelfie is part of the charity’s #ThirdRainbowHouse campaign which launches today (Tuesday 28 July).

It’s easy to get involved – simply embrace the ‘rainbow’ theme, take your #RainbowSelfie, share on social media, and nominate 3 friends to do the same.

You can donate to the campaign by texting RNBW03 £3 to 70070 or online at https://campaign.justgiving.com/...

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Healthcare funding boost for city homeless

A joint bid to The Exeter Board to provide people who are homeless and vulnerably housed in the city with in-house healthcare support has been successful with an award of £9,000 being made to St Petrock’s, Exeter’s charity for people who are homeless and Gabriel House, the city’s hostel.

“We’re delighted that local and county councilors on The Exeter Board agreed to support our bid as this will provide much needed nursing and mental health support at both St Petrock’s and Gabriel House for six months while new integrated healthcare services are being designed," explained Mel...

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Award-winning FORCE charity shop set for temporary closure

The FORCE Cancer Charity Shop in Heavitree’s Fore Street has again been named the best in the country.

It’s won the award as the most profitable in its category from the Charity Retail Association.

The news comes as FORCE announces that the shop is set to close at the end of August for approximately 10 weeks.

“We need to carry out some essential building work and we can’t do that without shutting the shop completely,” said manager Anna Heard.

But she reassured customers: “We won’t be doing anything to change the identity of our shop. It will still be the...

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Vintage Variety Day in Exeter

Authored by metismedia
Posted: Tue, 07/28/2015 - 4:02pm

Vintage enthusiasts are set to flock to Exeter's Bike Shed Theatre for a packed day of activities and entertainment.

The Vintage Variety Day on Sunday, August 16, begins with a flashmob at 1pm in Princesshay, when singers, dancers and musicians, including members of the many Devon ukulele groups, will join cabaret star Tricity Vogue in a singalong of You Are My Sunshine. The gathering will then promenade through the Exeter streets to the Bike Shed Theatre, in time for the opening of the vintage fair at 2pm.

Tricity said: "The day will be a chocolate box of vintage treats. I...

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Think before you dial 999 for an ambulance

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 07/28/2015 - 10:43am

Now that the summer season is upon us and the holiday makers are arriving in all corners of the region, South Western Ambulance Service (SWASFT) is reminding people to Choose Well and only dial 999 in a life threatening emergency.

Over the last weekend (Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th July) the Trust attended a host of incidents including stabbings, cardiac arrests, a sky diving accident and an accident involving a glider.

Ambulance crews also attended countless road traffic collisions, especially as the wet weather hit across the patch, and staff are reminding motorists to...

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Aller Brake Road closure extended

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 07/28/2015 - 10:40am

Galliford Try, constructors of the new A380 South Devon Link Road, have announced that the temporary closure of the bottom of Aller Brake Road will be extended until Sunday 9 August.

The closure was necessary to tie-in the new Aller Link Road which will provide a two-way access route for residents towards Torquay.

The programme has been revised to carry out significant works near to the entrance for Hanson’s Quarry. This was originally scheduled for a later date, which would have incurred a further closure, but by carrying out the works alongside the existing phase the...

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Dawlish businesses join Riviera Line campaign

Thirty Dawlish businesses have joined the campaign ‘Get here on the Riviera Line’ launched by the Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership’s Citizens’ Rail project. Window stickers encourage visitors to shops and cafes to travel there by the train on the line which runs from Exeter to Torbay through Dawlish.

David Force, Chairman of Dawlish Chamber of Trade, said, “The Dawlish Chamber of Trade is proud to be associated with this positive initiative. Dawlish shops and businesses are ready and prepared for a bumper summer season and welcome the support from the Citizens’ Rail Project in...

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New maintenance boat for canal rangers

Rangers at Devon County Council’s Grand Western Canal are celebrating after receiving a new work boat donated by generous residents.

The Friends of the Grand Western Canal bought the new boat and outboard engine with money raised following the breaching of the Halberton embankment in 2012.

The boat, which is very stable and virtually indestructible, will be used by the canal’s rangers for accessing offside banks to carry out inspections and maintenance work including clearing debris and recovering fishing tackle lost in the branches of trees so it doesn’t cause harm to the...

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TTPL joins forces with Globe English Centre

An Exeter language school has teamed up with a Torbay-based work placement company to forge a new partnership set to bring business benefits to both.

The Globe English Centre, based at St David’s Hill in Exeter, provides English classes to people who want to learn it as their second language. The Training Partnership (TTPL) works with hundreds of Devon firms to provide placements in different sectors for trainees from across Europe and beyond.

The new partnership will see TTPL offer Globe’s teaching programmes to complement its own teaching packages and work placements,...

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Join the fun at Devon Blue Light Day

People with disabilities are invited to experience a festival of activities at Blue Light Day tomorrow (Wednesday 29 July).

The event will be held at St Lukes Science and Sports College, Exeter.

Supported by Devon and Cornwall Police and other public, private and charitable organisations, the theme of the day is ‘be healthy, be active and be safe’.

The event, which is the first of its kind in Exeter, aims to help people with disabilities keep safe and become more confident and independent in their community. It hopes to help break down any barriers that exist...

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