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Bridge panels portray life in Devon

The pedestrian and cycle bridge over the A379, called Blisses Bridge, has been brought to life with newly added decorative panels.

The 36-metre span bridge, which opened in February 2024, has been designed as a “gateway” feature to the new development area. Its name is derived from Blisses Hill and Blisses Meadow which feature in the old tithe mapping of the area where the bridge is located.

The 58 panels on the parapet of the structure feature the latest public artwork of South Brent-based sculptor Isabel Coulton. The designs on the panels depict life in Devon, with a...

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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe brings a festive chill to Killerton

Killerton House will throw open its festive doors on Saturday 21 November to unveil its much anticipated Christmas transformation inspired by ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’, by C.S. Lewis.

The National Trust property, just outside of Exeter, invites visitors to step through the wardrobe and embark on a festive journey to experience the magic of this Christmas classic.

A beautifully transformed mansion themed on the story will send shivers down spines, each room adorned with decorations and sparkling displays. The house will reflect places from the classic story,...

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Northcott announces spring/summer season

Exeter Northcott Theatre is delighted to announce its exciting spring/summer 2016 season. The season will see the theatre produce two new shows and will mark artistic director Paul Jepson’s directorial debut for the theatre.

Harold Pinter’s Betrayal begins at the end of an affair and pursues an enthralling journey to its very beginnings. As memory reels backwards towards the moment the affair started, the lies tangle into a web of deception. Smart, darkly funny and full of yearning, this is one of Pinter’s most accessible and riveting plays.

Exeter Northcott will also...

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Charity wins top award for green education

Devon Wildlife Trust is the 2015 recipient of the Devon Environmental Business Initiative (DEBI) Environmental Education Award.

This award category is aimed at those who ‘promote environmental education across Devon recognising schools, colleges, universities, as well as community groups and the business sector who has made a significant contribution to improving environmental education’.

The award was made on Thursday night at a ceremony at the Met Office’s Exeter headquarters. Devon Wildlife Trust was chosen for its Wildlife Champions programme which has inspired hundreds...

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Council critical of Pay to Stay housing scheme

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 11/20/2015 - 3:00pm

A government scheme to make social housing tenants pay higher rents if they are earning more, has come under criticism from Exeter City Council.

The City Council has been critical of the Pay to Stay scheme which is due to be introduced from April 2017. The Council believes there should be greater freedom for local authorities to decide on the level of rents and not be dictated from by central government.

It is also critical of the scheme for ruling that any increased rents should be ploughed back to central government and not the City Council. The City Council has fed its...

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Woman arrested over school bomb hoax

Children at a Devon primary school were evacuated this morning (20 November) following a bomb hoax.

Police received a report of a bomb threat at Heathcoat Primary, Broad Lane, Tiverton at around 9.15am.

The school decided as a precaution to evacuate all pupils at the school to a nearby Church, which the police supported.

Following police investigation at around 11.05am officers arrested a 32-year-old local woman in connection with the incident.

Police can confirm that this was a hoax call and at no time was anyone in any danger.

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Good Schools Guide award for Exeter School

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 11/20/2015 - 10:54am

Exeter School is the recipient of a 2015 Good Schools Guide Award for A Level Physics for the second year in a row.

This is the seventh year that the co-educational independent school has received a Good Schools Guide Award for Science.

Every year, the Good Schools Guide gives awards to schools to celebrate teaching excellence in individual subjects, basing these awards on WOW Factor calculations which are a combination of relative popularity, relative performance, absolute performance and percentage taking.

Dr Wilson, Director of Science at Exeter School, said he...

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Researchers devise new diabetes diagnostic tool

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 11/20/2015 - 10:16am

Researchers at University of Exeter have developed a new test to help diagnoses diabetes, which they say will lead to more effective diagnosis and patient care.

Research published in the journal Diabetes Care, shows how a genetic test can help doctors to differentiate between type 1 and type 2 diabetes in young adults.

With rising obesity levels it is sometimes difficult for doctors to distinguish between type 1 diabetes, which requires treatment with insulin injections and type 2 diabetes, which can be controlled through diet and weight loss. The Exeter team has devised a...

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Alternatiba Festival in Exeter

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 11/19/2015 - 10:10pm

A better life without fossil fuels: Is it possible? A group of community organizations in Exeter think it is.

In the lead up to the Paris climate change negotiations starting this month, Alternatiba Exeter is creating a ‘Village of Alternatives’ on Saturday 21st November, demonstrating how a low carbon life can also be better.

Local projects in energy and economics, health initiatives, community farms and others are coming together and inviting the public to come in and see. These will all be on show at Southernhay United Reformed Church Hall from 11am.

Rupert Read...

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City's new leisure plans go on show

A public exhibition at Exeter’s Guildhall will show progress on plans to deliver a new sustainable Leisure Centre to replace Pyramids in the heart of the city.

Exeter Active, the City Council’s leisure centre project, is taking shape, and initial designs for the complex will go on display at the Guildhall at the end of this month (November).

The project will see the current bus and coach park at Paris Street redeveloped to deliver two swimming pools, fitness suite, health spa, exercise studios, café and crèche contained within the UK’s first ultra-sustainable “Passivhaus”...

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Exeter music project awarded community grant

Bluebird Care, an Exeter and East Devon based home care agency have awarded a grant of £500 to the Soundwaves Music Project to enable them to purchase new musical instruments so they can continue providing music activities and help unlock the creative potential for adults with and without learning difficulties.

Bluebird Care opened in Exeter in 2011 and has, ever since, been working hard to support other organisations across Exeter as well as providing a daily care service to local people.

The home care agency awarded the Community Grant to the Music Project after receiving...

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