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Local disability support service awarded £5,000 from The Cadbury Foundation

Local disability support charity, Community Equality Disability Action (CEDA), has received a £5,000 donation from The Cadbury Foundation, thanks to the support of local Mondelēz International employees in Crediton.

CEDA, which is a Devon-based charity dedicated to promoting the social inclusion of people with physical, sensory or learning disabilities, was selected by employees based at Mondelez International’s Crediton site, as part of The Cadbury Foundation’s annual ‘Your Charity, Your Choice’ programme.

Now in its fourteenth year, the initiative is designed to give...

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Showjumping action delights at Bicton

Bicton Arena's six day show, the largest ever competition staged at the venue, has been hailed a huge success by riders who travelled from across the UK to compete in a range of showjumping classes from novice to Grand Prix.

Robert Whitaker, a member of the famous showjumping clan bearing that name, was attending the show for the first time and was richly rewarded with some stunning results.

The Talent Seekers class attracted some 87 horses with the first four earning tickets to the Horse of the Year Show. Whitaker claimed two of them with the Brendon Stud's Fabrics Van...

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Table tennis aces to launch Ping! Exeter

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 06/17/2015 - 11:59pm

The start of the sixth annual national street ping pong festival is upon us and once more, Exeter gets in on the action with a spectacular launch at the city’s Princesshay Shopping Centre this Friday 19th June.

Centre stage will be the true stars of the show – 10 full sized table tennis tables located right at the heart of Exeter’s busy shopping district.

The tables will be there for anyone to play on in ‘Random Acts of Ping Pong’, but the tables will also play host to master classes from local and national tennis table stars throughout the day on Friday.

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What makes Killerton special?

The team at Killerton are seeking views from the local area about the historic estate to help to capture its new ‘Spirit of Place’ statement.

A special open evening on Friday 19 June in Broadclyst is inviting Exeter and East Devon residents to share their thoughts, views and memories about the National Trust estate.

The team would like to know what makes Killerton different, how it makes people feel and any memories of the estate.

Shaped by views of those that know it well, the statement will sum up the unique, distinctive and cherished characteristics of the...

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Sexual abuse involving children rises

Devon and Cornwall Police have responded to a report from the NSPCC released today, Wednesday, June 17, 2015, regarding reports of sexual abuse involving children.

The NSPCC suggests reports of sexual abuse involving children have risen from 747 in 2012/13 to 1,125 in 2013/14. The figures have come as a result of Freedom of Information Act requests to police forces nationwide.

Head of the Devon and Cornwall Police’s Public Protection Unit Detective Superintendent Paul Northcott said: “It is important to highlight the figures quoted by the NSPCC today specify the age of the...

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Unite launch campaign to defend community hospitals

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 06/17/2015 - 11:35am

Unite Community members from across Devon will be starting a summer long campaign today (Thursday 18 June), to highlight cuts to community hospital beds with a protest outside County Hall in Exeter. Plans have been put forward to replace community hospital beds in Devon with a system of home care called “care closer to home”. Concerns are mounting that the loss of the beds will leave elderly and vulnerable patients recovering from operations and other treatments isolated, as well as putting pressure on over stretched critical wards at district hospitals. Unite Community member James...

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Tee off for charity

There is still chance to tee off for charity at this year’s ‘Charlie’s Trophy’ on Friday 3 July. Set to return for its third successful year, the charity golf day is a fantastic fun-filled event for budding pro and novice golfers alike to dust off their golf clubs and take to picturesque greens of Dainton Park Golf Club.

Organised by Firewatch CEO Martin Smith, the event is named after Martin’s 4-year old grandson Charlie Lawlor, who has a condition called Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome [RTS].

Charlie’s parents, Becky and Gary both work for Firewatch and are very keen to raise...

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Plans underway for new Park and Ride

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 06/17/2015 - 11:03am

Plans are underway for a new site for a proposed Park and Ride on the edge of Exeter.

Devon County Council is set to begin pre-application discussions on a new location for the Park and Ride at the A30 Alphington Interchange junction.

Previous proposals had looked to develop the Oaklands Stable site, accessed off Alphington Road. However, following recent evaluations a new site at “Round Field” is proposed, which is on the other side of the A30 junction between the westbound slip road and the road that leads out towards Ide.

The County Council has recently revisited...

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Help Spacex to reach Kickstarter target

Spacex thanks go out to those who have continued to share, tweet and get others involved in their Kickstarter campaign.

Spacex have just added four new artworks and a publication to the rewards list, see the campaign page for details: http://kck.st/1SgFXIR

If they hit their target, the money raised will cover the cost of two artists residencies and a series of associated events in 2015–2016, bringing artists, writers and many others to Exeter.

However, the success of this campaign is about more than this one individual project - it will also send an important and...

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DCET apprentice recruitment session

DCET Training specialises in Electrical, Health & Safety and Green Training qualifications and has training centres throughout the South West.

We are holding an apprentice recruitment session this Friday 19th June at 1:30 based at our office in Exeter for motivated school leavers and job seekers.

Successful applicants will then be invited to take part in our Electrical Traineeship that we are running from 30th June 2015 over a 6 week period.

The Traineeship is designed to prepare the candidate for a career in the Electrical Contracting Industry giving them the...

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Exeter celebrates Armed Forces Day

Exeter city centre will be full of servicemen and women, past, present and future as it celebrates Armed Forces Day on Saturday (20 June).

As part of the city’s annual celebrations of the work of the Armed Forces, almost 400 servicemen and women from all branches of the armed forces will be marching through the City Centre with the Lord Mayor of Exeter (Cllr Olwen Foggin), the Vice Lieutenant of Devon (Sir John Cave) and the Deputy Commandant General Royal Marines (Brigadier Richard Spencer) taking the salute at the Guildhall.

Lead by the Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines...

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