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Donations to local group will be doubled this week as part of national match funding campaign

Topsham based charity, Estuary League of Friends, have launched their appeal to raise £10,000 in a week to provide vital services to support people in need of care, comfort and support in rural communities between Exeter and Exmouth.

The appeal is part of national match funding campaign #SmallCharityWeek . Donations made to Estuary online at BigGive.org between 23–30 June 2025 will be matched £1 for £1. So, a gift of £10 becomes £20, £50 becomes £100, and so on!

All the funds raised will be used to deliver vital services for the community such as:

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Exeter Family Friendly support Business Games

Exeter Family Friendly have donated £1100 to the Exeter Foundation in support of the Exeter Business Games run by Bigwave Media.

The award-winning insurance provider partially pound-matched £50 for each of the 22 teams that are competing in the games, which hosts a variety of team-based sports events through May and June.

Currently eighth place in the results table, this is the fifth year running that Exeter Family Friendly have competed in the games against other local businesses.

The business games, which is aiming to beat the £10,000 raised last year, host a...

Caledonian Society elects new president

The Annual General Meeting of the Exeter & District Caledonian Society took place on Friday 22 May at Southernhay URC Hall in Exeter.

Over thirty members attended and current Vice President Greenock born Hilda Sterry has been elected to serve a two year term as President.

The chain of office was handed over by Sandy Garrity the outgoing President.

Rab Cross has been elected to serve as Vice President.

For more information and membership details please please go to www.exetercaledoniansociety.co.uk

Exmouth to attract world class kite racers

Top sailing figures are flocking to Exmouth this June to participate in the annual kitesurfing competition organised by Edge Watersports. The Edge Race Cup, due to take place on 6th and 7th June, has become the biggest national kitesurfing competition and is attracting worldwide interest as the warm-up event for the International Sailing Federation World Cup (ISAF) in Weymouth just days later.

Now in its fifth year, the event will see top racers compete for the British Championship with entrants already confirmed from France, Germany, Ireland and Poland.

Steph Bridge, owner...

Slimming groups worth their weight in gold

A Slimming World Consultant from Pinhoe, Exeter has struck gold not once but twice this year for the exceptional work she does in helping more than 250 members to lose weight at her local group every week.

Penni Ball, who runs the America Hall Slimming World groups, has been awarded ‘Gold’ status by the national slimming club because of her success in supporting slimmers to reach their dream weight and the super service she provides to those members.

The accolade is given to Slimming World Consultants who consistently have 100 or more members in their group over several...

Exeter ranked one of the top 10 UK universities

The University of Exeter has been ranked as one of the top 10 UK universities in the influential Guardian University Guide 2016.

Exeter is now in the top 10 of all the main UK higher education league tables – the first time such an accolade has been achieved - as well as being ranked in the top one per cent of institutions globally.

The latest league table ranks Exeter ninth out of 119 UK higher education institutions.

The guide is accompanied by rankings showing how universities perform across the main subject areas. Universities are ranked according to a number of...

Tales from the organ loft

Exeter’s most experienced choirmaster will shed light on his life’s work with choirs over a busy career at a lunchtime lecture next week.

Andrew Millington has worked in Cathedral music for his entire working life and has been Director of Music at Exeter Cathedral since 1999. The lunchtime talk on 3rd June at 13.00 (part of the Cathedral’s Lunchtime Bite series) is a repeat of the sold-out event that took place in February this year, and will look back on a lifetime’s career in church music, with reminiscences of Worcester, Gloucester, Guildford and Exeter Cathedrals. There will be...

Mystery moggy at Exeter Hospice

A moggy mystery has unfolded at Hospiscare’s Exeter hospice – a stray ginger cat, who staff have nicked named Boris, regularly pops into to see nurses and patients.

Boris jumps in through open windows or ambles through open patio doors and is a regular sight in the offices and ward.

He enjoys cuddles from cat loving Hospiscare nurses and patients and sometimes snuggles up on staff chairs in the ward office but there are concerns that he might get locked in the numerous different rooms at the Dryden Road building. Also, Boris has recently lost weight.

So Hospiscare...

Tourism meeting to address Gove Effect

Tourism Society Westcountry’s next meeting is on June 11th at Castle Drogo to discuss the ‘Gove effect’ and what can be done to address the huge loss of business now being seen in the region. The so-called 'Gove Effect' has had a huge impact on tourism in the Westcountry over the last 18 months, with changes to Education Regulations introduced by Michael Gove applying tighter restrictions on holidays in term time.

This has resulted in an £87 million loss of business to the visitor economies of Devon and Cornwall, stemming from families no longer booking term time trips and the...

Climate engineering may save coral reefs

Geoengineering of the climate may be the only way to save coral reefs from mass bleaching, according to new research.

Coral reefs are considered one of the most vulnerable ecosystems to future climate change due to rising sea surface temperatures and ocean acidification, which is caused by higher atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide.

Mass coral bleaching, which can lead to coral mortality, is predicted to occur far more frequently over the coming decades, due to the stress exerted by higher seawater temperatures.

Scientists believe that, even under the most...

Have you seen missing Lesley Beard?

Avon & Somerset Police are appealing for the public's help in locating a missing woman from Yeovil.

Lesley Beard, 47, of Goldcroft Court, Yeovil, was last seen in Exeter on May 18th.

It is believed that Lesley was seen at the Post Office on Sidwell Street, Exeter, at 10.30am on May 18th.

She is also seen on CCTV in the vicinity of Bedford Street, Exeter, on May 20th at 3.50pm.

Lesley might still be in the Exeter area or back in Somerset.

She is described as white, of a slim to medium build, 5ft 5 ins tall with shoulder length dark brown hair with...

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Donations to local group will be doubled this week as part of national match funding campaign

Exeter Family Friendly support Business Games

Caledonian Society elects new president

Exmouth to attract world class kite racers

Slimming groups worth their weight in gold

Exeter ranked one of the top 10 UK universities

Tales from the organ loft

Mystery moggy at Exeter Hospice

Tourism meeting to address Gove Effect

Climate engineering may save coral reefs

Have you seen missing Lesley Beard?

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