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Exeter charity launches free "Joy Rides" to help people get cycling again this summer

Ride On – is launching a new, free cycling programme aimed at beginners, people returning to cycling after a break, or anyone looking for a sociable ride to help them get back outside this summer.

Called Joy Rides, the sessions launch on Saturday 18 July and run weekly through to September, alternating between Saturday mornings and Wednesday evenings to fit around work, family, and shift patterns. Each ride follows one of three easy, mostly traffic-free routes around Exeter Quay, the Exe estuary, and Topsham, led by trained ride leaders and open to all abilities.

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Exeter volunteer honoured

Authored by LauraHew
Posted: Thu, 10/29/2015 - 9:24am

Devon Community Foundation hosted its annual Volunteer of the Year Awards sponsored by Quilter Cheviot, honouring the hard work and achievements of the many volunteers making a real difference in our Devon communities. Irfaan Jhetam from Hikmat Devon was awarded the Bringing People Together Volunteer of the Year Award sponsored by Cathedral Appointments.

Hikmat Devon, which has its own allotment in Exeter, seeks to address the issues of health inequalities, as well as to tackle the issue of social isolation faced by many people from Black and Minority Ethnic communities. Group...

New information board for nature reserve

Members of Axe Vale and District Conservation Society (AV&DCS) have been celebrating the installation of a new board at the Borrow Pit nature reserve.

This interpretation panel gives visitors an insight into the history and wildlife of the site. With a wonderful map, vibrant illustrations and engaging information, it adds to the quality experience for visitors to this part of Seaton Wetlands.

This is a great place to see birds such as Kingfishers as it has an important area of deep water used for feeding. The site has a pond dipping platform, seating, a section of easy...

Respect for everyone this Hallowe'en

Devon and Cornwall Police want to ensure that Hallowe'en is a happy and safe time for everyone, whether young or old.

If you are going trick or treating this Halloween we want you to have fun and be safe but remember not everyone wants you to call at their home.

The ‘Sorry, No Trick, No Treat, No Thanks’ campaign encourages members of the public who do not want to be bothered by trick-or-treaters to download and print this poster and place it in the front door or window of their homes.

Crime Reduction Team Leader, Bob Bunney said: “In recent years we have seen an...

Dr Nicola Ryley appointed interim director of nursing

The Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Nicola Ryley as interim director of nursing.

Nicola joined the Trust this week from Aneurin Bevan University Health Board in South Wales, where she had been assistant director of nursing for five years.

Nicola was responsible for the leadership and professional regulation of over 6,000 nursing and allied staff at the Health Board, one of the largest and most complex integrated NHS organisations in the UK.

She has held senior clinical, operational and leadership roles across a...

Families for Children receive £1,000 from local Freemasons

Every Spring and Autumn Freemasons from around Devon gather to give support totalling £40,000 to local organisations who are in need of assistance, among which this year included Families for Children who support adopted children and their families throughout the South West.

The money is raised through the “WAKE Fund” a trust conceived by the Right Worshipful Brother William Alexander Kneel, our Provincial Grand Master from 1970 to 1984, the late owner of Kneels laundry & dry cleaners. This fund now stands at £1.8 million the interest earned is given annually to local non...

Plight of Syrian Exiles showcased in film

A powerful and heart-warming film about a group of Syrian refugee women is being shown at the University of Exeter.

A free screening of Yasmin Fedda’s award-winning documentary ‘Queens of Syria’, is being hosted by the University of Exeter’s Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies and Department of Theology on Thursday 12 November, and is open for everyone to attend.

The film follows a 2013 theatre project run with Syrian women who are living in exile as they prepare to perform the ancient Greek tragedy, ‘The Trojan Woman’; a play that although separated by two thousand years...

Exeter Sunday Market and Car Boot Sale to close temporarily

Stagecoach have unexpectedly brought forward the start date for work on the new bus depot at Matford, meaning a temporary closure of the weekly Sunday market and car boot sale at the Exeter Livestock Centre.

This week's market (Sunday 2 November) will be the last until the new year, with the market re-opening on Sunday 3 January.

It had been expected that the works on the depot would start in February and the market would have been able to operate alongside it. However the Livestock Centre is currently undergoing major works to replace its roof and install solar panels, two...

Corey Soper wanted for recall to prison

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 10/28/2015 - 3:57pm

Police in Exeter are appealing for the public’s help to trace a 23-year-old man who is wanted for recall to prison.

Corey Soper, (pictured) was originally charged with theft, but has failed to comply with the conditions of his license as part of his probation. Numerous enquiries have been made by police to try and locate him.

Police are asking the public for information about his whereabouts and to report any sighting to them.

Soper has connections to Exeter, Devon and Cornwall.

He is described as being 5ft 8 in height, of proportionate build and with...

Traffic signals to be replaced in Exeter

Essential work is planned on traffic signals in Exeter next week.

Maintenance replacement work is planned on the traffic signals at the Gordon’s Lamp Junction in Heavitree from Monday 2nd November 2015.

Gordon’s Lamp Junction is the junction of Magdalen Road and Fore Street.

This Devon County Council scheme is expected to be completed on Friday 20th November 2015.

This work will be coordinated with the works at Butts Road to minimise the signals costs, by treating the replacements as one scheme.

The traffic signals, poles and electrics – which are at...

Exeter launches Humanities Festival

The University of Exeter will launch a national humanities festival with a touch of magic this year as experts and academics come together to discuss our modern view of the mystical.

‘Magic: from the Inquisition to Harry Potter’ takes place on 12 November at Exeter Community Centre and brings together a group of experts on magic in history and literature to debate the mystery surrounding magic; why people are fascinated by it and how far our modern image of magic in novels such as Harry Potter reflect the lives of real people in the past.

There will also be an opportunity...

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