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Exeter Returns to City Category in South West in Bloom and Wins Gold

Exeter has proudly scooped a Gold Award at the South West in Bloom Awards, held in Torquay this week. This prestigious recognition follows months of dedicated preparation and showcases the exceptional planting and greening delivered across the city by InExeter BID, Exeter City Council, and the University of Exeter.

This year marked a significant milestone, as Exeter entered the competition as a unified city-wide application for the first time in several years.

This award is not the first recognition from South West in Bloom - previously, InExeter and University had...

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Taylor Wimpey gives raffle boost to jazzy Topsham hospice fundraiser

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 08/09/2023 - 10:45pm

Taylor Wimpey has continued its support for people with life-limiting diseases and their families by donating the main raffle prize for a musical fundraiser in Topsham.

The housebuilder lent a hand to Topsham Friends of Hospiscare , giving a £50 cash prize for the fundraising group’s Jazz in the Garden event on 2nd July.

Now in its 11th year, Jazz in the Garden is a major event on the Topsham calendar and is always a sell-out. The event raises much-needed funds for Hospiscare, which provides end of life care for 2,500 patients and families at home or in its specialist...

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Wet weather helps Exeter attraction pull in huge numbers

Unseasonably wet weather has helped one of the South West’s attractions pull in its highest number of visitors since the covid pandemic.

More than 2,100 people visited Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery (RAMM) last Wednesday (2 August).

It wasn’t the first rainy day of the school holidays but the dry conditions and warm welcome from staff at RAMM, certainly proved a hit. The museum and its permanent collections is free for all visitors to explore, although there is a charge for some exhibitions throughout the year.

Among the draw for...

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Council Leader pauses plans to stop funding support for homeless people

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 08/09/2023 - 12:16am

Devon County Council leader John Hart is pausing plans to stop funding support for homeless people.

The council currently provides financial support to organisations helping people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless even though it does not have a statutory responsibility to do so.

The proposal to cut the discretionary spending was originally made to help the council balance its books in response to soaring demand for its statutory services.

The council’s contracts with providers will now be extended until the end of March 2024.

In the...

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South West marketing agency seeing significant growth with key new client wins

Authored by Program
Posted: Mon, 08/07/2023 - 11:21pm

Positive impact marketing agency welcomes five new clients following recent growth

Exeter and Bristol-based marketing agency Program is celebrating recent growth, welcoming five new clients in recent weeks; IT support provider Acronyms; software development company CoreBlue; Plymouth social enterprise Engaged Communities; multinational hospitality company Accor; and innovative pipeline monitoring company Klarian.

Program is a creative positive impact marketing agency, working with tech, education and infrastructure sectors, including business organisations and government...

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Have your say on county council proposals to take on powers that could ease traffic congestion

Devon residents can have their say on county council proposals to take on new powers to enforce ‘moving traffic offences’ in Devon by filling in a short on-line questionnaire.

The scheme, which could come into force next March, would improve road safety, reduce congestion, increase the reliability of public transport and improve air quality on some of the county’s busiest roads.

Moving traffic offences (MTOs) are currently enforced by the police and include driving through a no entry sign, making banned turns, entering a yellow box junction when the exit isn’t clear and...

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£5,000 raised for Blood Bike charities at Devonshire Homes’ popular Golf Day

West Country house builder Devonshire Homes has raised a fantastic £5,000 for its chosen charity partners, South West Blood Bikes and Cornwall Blood Bikes.

Devonshire Homes welcomed guests from across the housing and construction industry to Dainton Park Golf Club in Newton Abbot for its biennial Charity Golf Day. Teams of four took to the green in high spirits. Despite the grey weather, 18 teams attended to support Devonshire Homes in raising vital funds for the two Blood Bike charities. The day consisted of 18-holes and a range of competitions including the longest drive,...

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Dementia research charity awards Exeter scientists £370k to accelerate progress for a cure

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 08/06/2023 - 11:12pm

Alzheimer’s Research UK, the UK’s leading dementia research charity, has funded three researchers from the University of Exeter to carry out projects aimed at finding new treatments, boosting early diagnosis, and understanding the disease’s causes.

The £370k grants are part of a wider a £3 million funding announcement that will help to accelerate effective treatments for dementia.

Over the last two decades, Alzheimer’s Research UK has provided funding worth over £3.1m to research at the University of Exeter, which is a major national hub for dementia science.

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Thousands of trees to be planted to mark the coronation of His Majesty King Charles III

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 08/06/2023 - 10:49pm

Thousands of trees are set to be planted to mark the coronation of His Majesty King Charles III with a new government fund launching today (Saturday 5 August), celebrating His Majesty’s passion for the environment.

The new £2.5 million fund will enable local authorities to create green spaces and connect communities with nature as a permanent reminder of the Coronation, while helping meet the government’s targets to treble tree planting rates by the end of this Parliament and ensure that 16.5% of land area is under tree cover by 2050.

The projects could include...

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Exeter Street Arts Festival returns

Entering its 7th year, Exeter Street Arts Festival promises, as always, to be one of the most vibrant and diverse events on the South-west music and arts calendar this year, with acts of national and international pedigrees spread throughout the city at multiple locations between 10am and 6pm on 26th August.

The day culminates in a Festival after party at Exeter Phoenix from 8pm until 1am, with a heady mix of some the South-west's finest musicians and DJs combining with some stellar touring acts, including headlining act London Afrobeat Collective.

The festival was...

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Regenerative farming courses start to bear fruit at Apricot Centre

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 08/06/2023 - 8:50pm

Devon is proudly leading the way in the education of regenerative farming, sparked by funding from Devon County Council.

Following a successful pilot funded by the County Council’s Natural Capital Challenge Fund last year, the Apricot Centre Community Interest Company (CIC) in Dartington is now the only location in the country offering Level 2, 3 and 4 Diplomas in Regenerative Land Based Systems.

Rachel Phillips, one of the Directors at the Apricot Centre , says: “The Natural Capital Challenge Funding has been a huge springboard which has helped us move into a different...

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