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EX2 Group at Building Greater Exeter work experience week

Supporting Building Greater Exeter for Work Experience Week

In July EX2 Group was proud to support Building Greater Exeter’s Work Experience Week, an inspiring initiative aimed at introducing Year 10 students to careers in the built environment.

EX2 group team member James Rayner TMIET, led an engaging hands-on solar masterclass for Year 10 students from the Ted Wragg Trust.

Building Greater Exeter brought together a strong network of industry and educational partners, to educate and inspire, including:

New Roots Workshop CIC Vistry Group Taylor Lewis Western Counties Roofing Ltd Exeter College & Exeter College...

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Tony Rowe appointed independent chairman for Red One

Red One Limited (Red One) is pleased to welcome Tony Rowe OBE to its Board of Directors.

Tony has been appointed to the position of Independent Chairman as of 21 October 2015 and will assist Red One and the board with strategic development, as the company looks to significantly grow its business in the years to come.

Tony is currently the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the South West Communications Group. Over the last 30 years South West Communications Group has grown to become the largest independently owned communications company in the south and south west....

Devon shopkeeper held at knife-point

Police are appealing for witnesses following a knife-point robbery at a newsagent in Tiverton on Tuesday 27 October.

Officers were to Exe Valley News and Cards in Bampton Street around 7.40am after a masked man threatened the shopkeeper with a small knife and demanded cash from the till.

The male shopkeeper was unharmed but the suspect got away with a small amount of cash and made off towards Tiverton Market.

Police are seeking a man who is described as aged in his 20s, around 5ft 7ins tall and of slim build. He was wearing a dark-coloured hoody with dark-coloured...

Lizards under threat from climate change

An Exeter University academic has contributed to a new study which demonstrates that common lizards are under threat from the climate predicted for the year 2100.

While there is no doubt that climate change is affecting many organisms, some species may be more sensitive than others – particularly reptiles, whose body temperature depends directly on environmental temperature.

Scientists examined the consequences of a 2°C warmer climate on the persistence of populations of common lizards, Zootoca vivipara, a widespread European reptile. Their results show that many common...

Costa Tiverton to host book-signing

Regular visitors to Costa Coffee in Tiverton will be familiar with seeing best-selling romance novelist, Jenny Kane with coffee cup in hand, tapping away on her laptop writing her latest novel in her very own dedicated corner of the town’s favourite coffee shop.

On Monday 23rd November, 6pm-9pm, the successful author of such books as Another Cup of Coffee (Kindle best seller and dedicated to Costa Tiverton) and Abi’s House (which reached no.1 in the Amazon Romance, Contemporary Fiction, and Women’s Fiction charts) will be doing a live book signing, selling copies of her books and...

Opening date revealed for Smiggle store

Smiggle, Australia’s most colourful stationery brand is set to open its doors in Princesshay on 30 October 2015.

The new store will be located at the Bampfylde Lane entrance to Princesshay off the High Street offering bright and bold stationery, bags, lunchboxes, accessories, gadgets and more.

Smiggle prides itself on delivering original and fun products for children, from pencils and pens, to backpacks, lunchboxes and drink bottles, and ‘must-have’ gadgets and gizmos.

Wayne Pearce, Princesshay Centre Director said: “Smiggle is a fun new brand offering something...

Four arrests in Exeter graffiti operation

Four men have been arrested as part of a police operation to crackdown on a growing problem of graffiti damage in Exeter.

Exeter neighbourhood police are working with Exeter City Council to tackle the issue after numerous tags were sprayed on city buildings in recent months.

Officers have been focusing their efforts on the prolific tags ‘PHOKS’, ‘UKS’ and ‘REGS’ which have appeared across the city.

On Sunday 18 October, St Martin’s Lane, Musgrove Row, and a van belonging to a market trader were all targeted with the tags ‘UKS’ and 'REGS’.

Police attended and...

Don’t suffer effects of breast cancer alone

This October for breast cancer awareness month, Macmillan Cancer Support wants to raise awareness of the side effects faced by people living with or beyond the disease.

Breast cancer survival rates have been improving for 40 years. More women are surviving breast cancer than ever before, thanks to improvements in treatment and earlier diagnosis. In the 1970s around 5 out of 10 women with breast cancer survived the disease beyond five years. Now it is more than 8 out of 10.

Alison Authers, Lead nurse of the Macmillan Lymphoedema team at Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation...

Cast announced for A Christmas Carol

The Exeter Northcott Theatre and Creative Cow are delighted to announce the cast for their magical new adaptation of Charles Dickens’ much-loved Christmas classic.

Leading the cast is celebrated local actor, Derek Frood, in the role of Ebenezer Scrooge. Derek was recently seen in BBC1’s Poldark and has previously entertained Devon audiences in his work with Theatre Alibi.

Derek said, "The prospect of stepping into the shoes of Ebenezer Scrooge fills me with delight. In 1843 Dickens intended the story as a strong condemnation of greed, and the transformation of Scrooge...

Fresh appeal after beach huts arson attack

Police have renewed their appeal for information into arson attacks which caused more than £30,000 damage at a Dawlish beach.

Eight beach huts at Coryton Cove were destroyed after being set alight in the early hours of Wednesday 16 September.

The fire spread and gutted a nearby boat while two benches were also wrecked by fire in a separate incident within a day of the attack.

Officers are continuing their enquiries into the arson attacks and appealing for the public’s help with the investigation.

PC Ray Faichney, neighbourhood beat Manager for Dawlish, said...

Views sought on extended recycling trials

Households taking part in East Devon District Council’s recycling trials in new Feniton and Exmouth (The Colony) will soon be receiving a questionnaire to find out how the new service is working for them.

From mid-September, residents in these two areas have been using an improved service and have been able to collect cardboard and mixed plastics for the first time. These items, along with their usual extensive number of other recyclables including glass, metals, paper, plastic bottles, textiles and food waste, are collected from the kerbside every week.

As households in...

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Supporting Building Greater Exeter for Work Experience Week

Tony Rowe appointed independent chairman for Red One

Devon shopkeeper held at knife-point

Lizards under threat from climate change

Costa Tiverton to host book-signing

Opening date revealed for Smiggle store

Four arrests in Exeter graffiti operation

Don’t suffer effects of breast cancer alone

Cast announced for A Christmas Carol

Fresh appeal after beach huts arson attack

Views sought on extended recycling trials

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