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Teachers given the gift of Exeter’s independents

Exeter Supply Partnership switched from Amazon vouchers to the Exeter Independent Gift Card for its supply team reward and referral programs, funnelling support to the city’s independent sector.

An Exeter based not for profit organisation providing supply staff to over 180 schools in Devon is using a popular city gift card to reward its team, and has praised the initiative for its ability to support independent businesses.

Exeter Supply Partnership rewards its supply teachers who have gone above and beyond in their role each half term. After initially using Amazon...

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Celebrating Devon Wildlife at RAMM

Starting on Saturday 28 March, Ebb & Flow: Seasonal sounds through the Devon Year, a new installation at Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM), will be a celebration of the incredible range of habitats and variety of species to be found within a 20mile radius of Exeter.

Award-winning sound recordist Chris Watson combines the sounds of birds, insects, crustaceans, molluscs and the elements to create a compelling tribute to Devon wildlife. Sounds include limpets scraping algae from rocks in rockpools, the rubbing wings of chirping crickets, the sonic boom of pistol shrimps...

Tributes paid to boy killed in crash

Dozens of floral tributes have been laid at the scene of an accident in which a 10-year-old Devon boy died.

The side of a house has become a temporary memorial to Samuel Crocker

One of the tributes read: "To dear Samuel. We are all missing you and are devastated that your life was ended early. We hope you are OK and we will never forget you. From Tristan".

A resident, who asked not to be named, said Samuel was a popular boy and that the whole community was in shock.

Samuel William James Crocker, from the Crediton area, was involved in a collision with a...

Weed out the politicians making bad decisions, say Exeter Greens

Exeter Green Party has slammed the Labour controlled Council for 'distorted priorities' by proposing an amendment to Devon County Council’s budget seeking an additional £250,000 for weed control in Exeter.

The move comes amid worries about how the city will look to visitors during the Rugby World Cup.

However, the Greens say the focus on weeds at a time when the Conservative led County Council is about to embark on extensive cuts to bus services, as well as deep cuts to other public services, is misguided.

Diana Moore, Prospective Parliamentary Candidate...

University of Exeter Chancellor to step down

It was announced today (2 March) that Winter Graduation 2016 in the University’s Diamond Jubilee year, will be the last to be presided over by Baroness Benjamin OBE DL after ten fantastic years as Chancellor.

Baroness Benjamin said: “One of my main and most enjoyable duties as Chancellor has been attending graduation and being able to personally greet each and every student. During the last nine years, this has been exceptionally important to me and it has been a pleasure and a privilege to meet so many wonderful young people and do my best to inspire them. Due to the incredible...

MP secures debate on broadband rollout

Neil Parish, Member of Parliament for Tiverton and Honiton, has secured a debate in Westminster Hall on the management and delivery of broadband for Wednesday 4th March. Supporting Neil is this debate will be Tessa Munt MP and Richard Bacon MP.

The debate will focus on the Government’s £1.7 billion nationwide rollout to extend superfast broadband to 95 per cent of UK homes and businesses by 2017 and the work of Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK), which is part of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and is responsible for delivering superfast broadband and better mobile...

SW real estate investment volumes rise by 23% to £1.5bn in 2014

New data released by leading property consultancy JLL shows that direct real estate investment in the South West hit £1.5bn in 2014, up 23 per cent on the previous year, and accounted for 5.3 per cent of all direct real estate investment into the UK regions in 2014. This figure included TIAA Henderson Real Estate's acquisition of Land Securities’ 50 per cent stake in Princesshay Shopping Centre in a deal worth £127.9 million, the single largest transaction in the region in 2014. Looking ahead, there are many big investment projects already in the pipeline in Exeter, including Princesshay...

Crime Commissioner to move office

As part of ongoing efficiency savings, Devon and Cornwall's Police and Crime Commissioner is moving office.

Next year Mr Hogg and his team will leave privately rented offices in Exeter, inherited from the former Police Authority, and move into vacant and unused space at Middlemoor Police HQ. The new space is also slightly smaller than the current premises.

The lease on the OPCC's base at Pynes Hill runs out in 2016, and Mr Hogg is taking that opportunity to further reduce OPCC running costs. They will now become lower than the Police Authority.

There will be an...

Results in for Bishops Clyst outdoor gym

The results are in! A voting event was held by Bishops Clyst Parish Council for residents of Bishops Clyst to choose their new £7,000 free to use outdoor gym.

The turnout was impressive, with 40 residents from all age-groups coming along to vote at the event in January.

Residents got to vote on which one of three designs they wanted installed, the winner with all 40 votes was a design from a company called HAGS SMP. The result has been ratified by Bishops Clyst Parish Council EDDC will now look to ratify the result to release the available money.

East Devon District...

Devon and Jack make their mark on national gymnastics scene

The acrobatic gymnastics season is well and truly under way for Honiton Gymnastics Club men’s pair Devon Roe-Lavery and Jack Britten, who have taken two silvers in two competitions.

But it’s their performance at the Bristol International that really made the pair stand out, as they were competing against gymnasts from the top clubs in Great Britain. Nine-year-old Devon, a pupil at Honiton Primary, and 14-year-old Jack, a student at Westfield Academy in Yeovil, were competing in the Grade 4 men’s pair discipline.

“The first competitions of the season are often an anxious...

Has your dog got talent?

Could your dog take on a starring role?

If so, you may want to go to the stage door of the Princess Theatre on Saturday 7 March at 10.30am.

Toads Stage Musical Company, who are presenting one of the first amateur productions of Legally Blonde there, from 23-27 June 2015, are looking for two dogs - a Chihuahua, or similar type, to play Bruiser, (the leading lady - Elle Woods’ dog) and also an interesting, characterful large dog, to play hairdresser Paulette's dog, Rufus.

Auditions will be on the stage to enable director Ruth Bettesworth to see how the dogs react to...

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Teachers given the gift of Exeter’s independents

Celebrating Devon Wildlife at RAMM

Tributes paid to boy killed in crash

Weed out the politicians making bad decisions, say Exeter Greens

University of Exeter Chancellor to step down

MP secures debate on broadband rollout

SW real estate investment volumes rise by 23% to £1.5bn in 2014

Crime Commissioner to move office

Results in for Bishops Clyst outdoor gym

Devon and Jack make their mark on national gymnastics scene

Has your dog got talent?

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