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Mary Beard brings More Secret Histories of Ancient Rome to Exeter

One of Britain's best known ancient historians, Professor Mary Beard is set to embark on a new tour across the UK in 2026, following her sold out dates in 2025, which includes a stop in Exeter.

More Secret Histories of Ancient Rome will see Mary explore how we uncover the truth about the ancient world and what those discoveries can tell us about the way we understand the present day.

Drawing on decades of research, Mary explains how historians have stitched together a picture of the past from fragments of archaeological and sometimes surprising written evidence. Things...

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Great West Run route and road closures

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 10/15/2015 - 12:14pm

Exeter’s Great West Run will be taking place on Sunday 18th October 2015.

This established half marathon is an annual fixture in the city’s calendar, and expects to attract around 4,000 runners, many of whom are fundraising for local and national charities. Using the city’s streets for the race will cause changes to usual traffic routes for a limited period on Sunday 18th October.

In planning the event every effort is made to minimise the disruption caused with the closing of roads.

Where closures occur, and where possible, diversions will be in place to ensure...

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£100m investment for Exeter Science Park

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 10/15/2015 - 12:10pm

A £100 million investment and further growth will be unlocked at Exeter Science Park, thanks to additional funding provided by Devon County Council.

The County Council’s Cabinet today (Wednesday 14 October) agreed to use the remainder of a £2.5 million funding package to develop vital infrastructure at the Science Park. It is using Growth Deal Funding awarded from the Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership in April.

The infrastructure is needed to meet challenging targets for the opening of the Met Office’s £100 million supercomputer facility and collaboration...

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Coastal access improvement plans welcomed

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 10/15/2015 - 10:21am

Work is set to commence on the Devon coastline as part of Natural England’s plans to create an England Coast Path, it has just been announced.

The news is welcomed by the South West Coast Path Association – the charity set up to represent everyone who loves the Coast Path, as it will see the implementation of new ‘coastal access’ legislation that will help to improve the route and safeguard its future.

Steve Church, the Secretary of the Association, said: “The announcement made by Natural England is great news for us as it will help to secure the existing route of the Coast...

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Park opens swimming complex year round

A Devon holiday park is set to open its doors all year round, launching a new pool membership as a thank you to local residents.

For the first time in its 73-year history, Ladram Bay Holiday Park, on the Jurassic Coast between Sidmouth and Budleigh Salterton, will open its swimming pool complex from November to March.

The redeveloped complex, including a main pool, children’s zone, sauna, steam room, Jacuzzi, gym and poolside café, will open at the family run park, which first saw campers pitch up in 1943.

Ladram Bay enjoyed its most successful summer this year,...

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Exeter cricket coach honoured

Andy Baylis a cricket coach from Exeter, was rewarded for his work promoting grassroots cricket after receiving the MCC Spirit of Cricket Award at the Chance to Shine Annual Awards last week (7th October).

The awards lunch at Nomura Bank in London celebrated and rewarded the achievements of people involved in the Chance to Shine Schools programme.

Special guests included England and Kent rising star Sam Billings alongside England women coaching ambassadors Tammy Beaumont and Kate Cross and Chance to Shine Vice-President Mark Nicholas who hosted the event.

Since 2005...

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Devon’s JSA Claimants rise

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 10/15/2015 - 7:26am

Devon’s Job Seeker’s Allowance (JSA) claimants increased by 56 claimants between August and September 2015 to 3,297 claimants in total.

However, the overall claimant rate for Devon - the proportion of the county’s working age population - remains the same at 0.8 per cent, still far below the UK average of 1.7 per cent.

At a district level, Exeter and East Devon have experienced falls of 20 and 24 claimants each, while the remaining districts, with the exception of North Devon, experienced increases no higher than 15 claimants

In North Devon, JSA claimants rose by 53...

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Exeter support group raise awareness of IPF

Staff and patients at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital have been showing their support for IPF Week 2015 (5th – 11th October) – a national campaign run by the British Lung Foundation (BLF) to raise awareness of a lung condition called idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).

IPF, a type of Interstitial Lung disease (ILD), is a condition that causes scarring of the lungs. This build-up of scar tissue makes lungs stiff and less able to take in oxygen, so people with IPF often feel breathless from simple everyday activities. It has no known cause or cure and the number of people...

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From burger flipper to TV star

Local business woman Sarah Wilde, 42 from Exminster, is excited for her highly anticipated TV debut since making the decision to swap her spatula for mascara.

Sarah, who once worked at a roadside café satisfying hungry tourists, now runs her own successful Avon business and is the star of a new Avon Cosmetics TV advertising campaign.

A self-confessed ‘workaholic’, Sarah lives and breathes Avon and wants to share her story to empower women everywhere.

The entrepreneur started her Avon business as a way to earn extra money alongside her job at the Transport Café. She...

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Exeter Monopoly board launches

The city dubbed too posh to have an Old Kent Road on its own official Monopoly board, launched today (Wednesday 14 October), is to be honoured with TWO "Mayfairs".

Exeter hit the national headlines earlier in the year, as social media went into overdrive, after it was claimed Devon’s ancient capital city was just too well-heeled to have its’ own equivalent of Old Kent Road. This square is the most moderately priced location on the world’s favourite family board game.

The Monopoly: Exeter Edition will be launched in spectacular style today, as a gigantic replica of the board...

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A local taste of Christmas in Exeter

The Christmas season starts with the delicious sights, smells and tastes of Exeter Street Food’s Christmas Markets.

The first market is being held at the Guildhall Shopping Centre every day from 1st December – 23rd December, with late night shopping every Thursday in December until 9pm. The ever-popular Christmas Night Markets will be held at Exeter Quay on Thursday 3rd December under the transit shed and on Wednesday 23rd December at Piazza Terracina. There will be live music from local musicians and jazz band The Locked horns. If you haven’t already joined the Street Food...

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