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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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Artist follows Alice to Wonderland

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Mon, 10/05/2015 - 10:57am

‘Lost Alice’, the new collection from surrealist artist Peter Smith celebrating 150 years of Alice in Wonderland, launched at Castle Fine Art, Exeter on Friday 2 October. Inspired by Lewis Carroll’s famous children’s novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass (1871), the series of six new oil paintings and four sculptures feature familiar characters including Alice, the Hatter, the Caterpillar and the White Rabbit. Yet this ‘Wonderland’ is also unfamiliar – a place that is now under threat from Alice's last visit when she left behind seven sins...

Fire crews tackle barn blaze

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Mon, 10/05/2015 - 10:37am

Fire crews were called to a barn fire in East Devon earlier today (Monday 5 October).

Fire Control mobilised appliances from Seaton, Colyton, Axminster and the water carrier from Exeter to reports of a fire within a barn at a farm near Musbury.

On arrival crews found one building measuring 120m x 20m containing straw and livestock, efforts were made to remove straw and farm vehicles.

Three hose reel jets, a thermal imaging camera, drag forks and two breathing apparatus were in use.

The cause of the fire was believed to be accidental.

One appliance...

Charge for carrier bags comes into force

The 5p charge for single-use plastic carrier bags comes into effect today (5 October).

The charge, which will apply for all retailers with 250 or more full-time employees, is expected to significantly reduce the number of plastic bags taken from shops. It follows the success of similar schemes in Scotland and Wales – in Wales the charge led to a 79 per cent decrease in plastic bags in three years.

In 2014, 7.64 billion single use plastic bags were given out by major supermarkets in England.

Environment Minister Rory Stewart said: "The more bags we take from the...

Exeter professor takes up new role

Professor Roy Sambles has taken up his position as the new president of the Institute of Physics (IOP).

Professor Sambles, from the University of Exeter’s Physics and Astronomy department, succeeds Dr Frances Saunders in the prestigious role and will serve as president for two years. He has served as president-elect since October 2013, having been chosen by the IoP’s Council.

Professor Sambles has been professor of experimental physics at the University of Exeter since 1991, where he is academic lead of the large electromagnetic and acoustic materials research group....

Resurfacing work planned in East Devon

Two extensive resurfacing schemes will be carried out in Devon next month.

Devon County Council is investing £150,000 to improve the surface of roads in Broadhembury and Chardstock.

Work on the A373 Colliton Cross to Broadleaze, Broadhembury, is due to start on Monday 26 October. The road will be fully closed, 24 hours a day, until Saturday 31 October. During the closure, traffic will be diverted via the B3181 and A30.

The A358 Chard Road at Chardstock will be resurfaced from Monday 9 November.

The road will be closed overnight from 7pm to 7am with traffic...

Teenager arrested after nightclub stabbing

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 10/05/2015 - 7:21am

Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was stabbed outside a Devon nightclub at the weekend.

The man in his 30s, from Plymouth, suffered multiple stab wounds as a result of a disorder outside the Crash Manor on Union Street in Plymouth at 5.30am on Sunday 4 October.

He was taken to Derriford Hospital with superficial stab wounds and discharged later following medical treatment.

A 16-year-old boy from Plymouth has been arrested on suspicion of assault causing grievous bodily harm. He remains in Charles Cross police station for questioning.

Enquiries...

Cyclist hailed winner in Redrow's green commuter challenge

A 12 strong team of competitive-commuters met at Exeter central train station on Friday 25 September for our commuter ‘Top Gear style’ race to determine the fastest, greenest, cheapest, safest and easiest way to commute across the city to our office in Pynes Hill.

As the clock hit 8.45am, the busiest time for travel, the green chequered flag waved the competitors off in a bundle of chaos, consisting of runners, a cyclist, an electric bike, BMW i3 electric car, a taxi, walkers, a bus and a train to Newcourt, who completed the last leg by walking.

As this is was a green...

Summer rain adds sparkle to Killerton cider

August was a rainy month for tourists and locals. There was one upside to the downpours however; the wet weather has made for a bumper crop of apples in the National Trust orchards at Killerton and the trees are heavy with fruit ready to be made into cider.

2014 was a memorable summer, but an apple crop to forget, producing only 3,000 litres of cider. But this year the trees are so full that the National Trust hopes to double its production.

To help harvest all the apples five local schools are lending a hand, with 199 pupils enjoying a trip to the orchards to learn about...

Children's author hosts storytime session in Exeter

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Sun, 10/04/2015 - 12:30pm

As part of Dyslexia Awareness Week 2015, Tom McLaughlin, children’s author and illustrator will be hosting a story time session at Waterstones in Exeter (High Street branch).

Tom will be showcasing showcasing two of his children’s books by Bloomsbury Publishing, as well as sharing his own personal experiences of dyslexia on Monday 5 October.

At the story session, Tom, who is local to Exeter, will be reading from The Story Machine and The Cloudspotter.

The Cloudspotter tells the story of a young boy called Franklin, but everyone calls him The Cloudspotter. He doesn’t...

Street art comes to Exmouth

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Sun, 10/04/2015 - 10:56am

The writing was on the wall for Exmouth’s mayor at the opening of a new graffiti wall at Phear Park

On Saturday 26 September, 75 enthusiastic young people picked up cans of spray paint to help local artist Ryan Stuart create a vibrant example of street art on a new graffiti wall at Phear Park in Exmouth as part of a joint East Devon District Council and Exmouth Town Council community initiative.

The event, which also featured a mini skateboard competition run by Hurtle skateboards and a circus skills session, was organized by East Devon District Council’s Housing SWITCH...

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