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Exeter funeral home makes eggs-tra special donation

A funeral home in Exeter has helped bring Easter joy to the local community and children in need after donating 205 chocolate eggs and ‘bags of hope’.

The treats were gathered through a collection donation drive organised by the team at Co-op Funeralcare Exeter on Cowick Street, in St Thomas Shopping Centre, with some of the Easter eggs donated to children living in temporary accommodation in the city.

The Bags of Hope initiative, run by The Salvation Army, aims to spread joy and kindness during the Easter period. The Exeter team spotted the project and launched a call-...

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Human Rights Tour comes to Exeter

The British Institute of Human Rights (BIHR) and the South West Equality Network have announced that the Human Rights Tour 2015 will be coming to Exeter on 6 October for a community day.

Now in its fifth year, the BIHR's Human Rights Tour partners with local groups from across the UK bidding to bring BIHR to town for free-to-attend pop-up community education and debate days to raise awareness about human rights.

This year the tour will stop by in Exeter to discuss and debate with local people about how human rights are relevant in our lives and what the future holds...

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Mediclinic opens in Exeter

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 10/05/2015 - 1:50pm

Dr Pradnya Apte, Clinic Director, welcomed clients, guests and press to celebrate the launch at Sommerville House on September 17th. Guests enjoyed Champagne and canapés in the new, state of the art Mediclinic on Southernhay. revitalise rejuvenate Mediclinic is one of the first clinics in the Exeter area to offer Silhouette Soft, the non surgical facelift. Using threads and cones this procedure takes approximately 40 minutes, with no downtime and the effects can last up to 18 months. Dr Apte is also offering the latest anti ageing procedures including wrinkle reducing treatments and...

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Baby rescued from locked garage

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 10/05/2015 - 1:26pm

A three-month-old baby was rescued from a locked garage in Newton Abbot today.

Firefighters from Newton Abbot were sent to the garage in Jetty Marsh Road just after 11am, following a call reporting a car with a baby inside, which had been accidently locked in a garage.

Crews rescued the baby girl by gaining access to the garage via a ground floor window and used small tools to gain entry to the vehicle.

The baby was reunited her mother, uninjured.

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Fun day celebrates Newcourt Station opening

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Posted: Mon, 10/05/2015 - 12:50pm

A community fun day was held at Newcourt in Exeter recently to enable local residents to celebrate the opening of the station and to thanks them for their support during its construction.

The Newcourt Community Association organised the event with the help of Devon County Council. There was plenty of fun for all ages, with a BBQ, bouncy castle, and face painting, and with entertainment provided by the Lympstone Training Band.

The Travel Devon roadshow, Stagecoach and the Network Rail Safety Team were also on hand to give out information on rail safety, sustainable travel...

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Devon solicitor takes command on stage

Authored by Sharon Goble
Posted: Mon, 10/05/2015 - 12:28pm

A partner of Honiton-based law firm Beviss & Beckingsale is preparing to assume command on stage, playing the Major General in a new production of “The Pirates of Penzance” starting in Exeter this week.

Solicitor Mark Ollier, who lives in Exeter, is reprising the role he’s played twice before, in Seaton for the Testudo Players and in Sidmouth for the town’s Arts Club Operatic Society.

Mark says: “Although I’m a lawyer by day, I love performing to an audience and strutting my stuff on stage. In this role I get to sing the well-known patter song "I am the very model...

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Teignbridge launches recycling rewards

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Mon, 10/05/2015 - 11:44am

Community organisations and residents who pledge to recycle and reduce food waste are in with a chance of winning prizes in a new initiative launched by Teignbridge District Council.

Teignbridge, which is rolling out its new waste and recycling service, has unveiled a Recycling Together Rewards scheme aimed at rewarding those who support recycling with cash prizes and drive up recycling rates even higher.

The scheme is supported by £40,000 from the Department for Communities and Local Government and is part of Teignbridge’s new bin and recycling collection service which...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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....

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