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Ocean Film Festival World Tour dives into Devon

All aboard for a big-screen ocean adventure! The Ocean Film Festival World Tour is bringing a new collection of thrilling ocean-themed films to venues around the UK this autumn.

Starring gripping ocean adventures and mesmerising marine-life, the Ocean Film Festival showcases the wonder and power of the sea, through a selection of short films from around the world.

“The Ocean Film Festival is more than just a film event; it’s a celebration of our planet’s blue heart,” says tour director Nell Teasdale. “The festival aims to inspire a deeper connection with the sea,...

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Community group to put solar powered vegetables on the menu

A local energy co-op have signed an agreement with Exeter veg-box scheme and online farm shop Shillingford Organics to set-up the city’s first ever source of community-owned electricity – and in turn create an income for much needed community projects.

Exeter Community Energy (ECOE) is getting local people to team up and invest in solar panels which will supply the farm with cheap electricity. By selling electricity to the farm, they will create an income which can be used for community projects that tackle fuel poverty and energy efficiency.

The two parties signed a heads...

M5 police crackdown catches 291 drivers

The first ever policing operation covering the entire length of the M5 has resulted in 291 people being dealt with for traffic and other offences.

Operation Unity brought together officers from seven police forces working jointly as a team to proactively police the M5 corridor, from its start at Junction 1 in West Bromwich, near Birmingham, to its end at Junction 31 at Exeter where the Devon Expressway and A30 both commence.

The aim of the operation was to crackdown on travelling criminals and target traffic offences over a two-day period, between Thursday 2 October, and...

Doubt cast on plans to capture Devon beavers

Government plans to capture wild Devon beavers have been cast into doubt after Freedom of Information requests by Friends of the Earth revealed that Public Health England (PHE) does not believe the animals would increase risk to human health from disease.

The Government says that the beavers should be captured because of fears that the beavers living in the River Otter near Exeter would increase the risk to human health from the tapeworm, Echinococcus multilocularis. However, information obtained by Friends of the Earth casts doubt on Government justifications.

An email...

Digital event will inspire next generation

Exeter College is part of a collaborative group staging Connected Exeter - a digital design weekend - across the city on 18 and 19 October.

Working with the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and the Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM), Exeter, along with the Phoenix, the Met Office and the Fab Lab at Exeter Library, the college will stage a number of design-based challenges in its Centre for Creative Industries (CCI) building situated off Queen Street, across the weekend.

The event is open to the public and aimed at young people of secondary school age up to college age...

Steam evaporates from SW housing market

Greater caution appears to be being exercised across the South West housing market as price expectations hit the lowest level since April 2013, according to the latest RICS Residential Market Survey.

Although price momentum remains positive, and has been positive over the last three months – with 47 percent more respondents seeing a rise in prices, a more modest figure of 9% more chartered surveyors are predicting a rise in prices over the coming three months. In the South West, new buyer demand slipped for the third consecutive month.

Meanwhile, stock coming onto the...

Scrutiny review of community hospital consultation

Public consultation on proposals to reform the way health services are delivered in Devon will be the focus of review by Devon County Council’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

The proposals from NEW Devon Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) are part of their Transforming Community Services programme. A major consultation is now underway, and Devon County Council’s Health and Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee will oversee this process.

The purpose of the Transforming Community Services (TCS) Programme is to set the strategic direction, design and delivery for community services...

Face 2 Face with climate change

A striking new exhibition which opened yesterday (8 October), presents 12 of the Exeter based (either at the University or Met Office) IPCC authors through a series of striking large-scale black and white portraits.

Entitled ‘Face 2 Face with climate change’, the artwork is the brainchild of Exeter-based One Planet MBA graduate David Mansell-Moullin.

The scientists featured in the exhibition were all authors (Coordinating, Lead or Contributing) on the latest IPCC 5th Assessment Reports on climate change. The photographic portraits are overlaid with fine text from the IPCC...

Yolonda Henson to be considered for Freedom of the City

Long serving former Exeter City Councillor, Yolonda Henson is being recommended for the Honorary position of Freeman of the City.

An extraordinary meeting of the Council will be held on Wednesday 15 October to consider the recommendation to bestow the freeman of the city honour on Yolonda in recognition of her unstinting duty of public service over a total of 32 years elected service on the City Council.

This includes a number of years as Leader of the Conservative Group, as well as Mayor of the City in 1992. Throughout that time, she has always put the interests of the...

Exeter girl competes for Miss England title

Molly-Anne Keehner, 19, a supervisor from Exeter, is currently one of 30 contestants competing in the first Miss England semi final heat for 2015.

The public vote is now well underway and she needs the support of her local community before voting lines close in order to secure a place in the Miss England semi-final held in June 2015.

Molly-Anne is hoping to win by being voted one of the top 3 in the heat. If she does reach the top 3 her fate will then be in the hands of the panel of judges, which includes Miss England 2013, Kirsty Heslewood, who will decide who is the most...

New scheme to cut city congestion

A new scheme aimed at cutting congestion in Exeter is set to launch to businesses on the 22 October at Exeter Chamber’s monthly networking lunch.

Exeter Chamber of Commerce and Devon County Council are working together to make Exeter a more sustainable city along with Exeter Chamber’s sub group ESBN (Exeter Sustainable Business Network).

By launching the new scheme together it is hoped that all three will be able to interact with local organisations, building a wider network and greater awareness for the scheme from environmentally conscious companies.

Chris Lorimer...

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Ocean Film Festival World Tour dives into Devon

Community group to put solar powered vegetables on the menu

M5 police crackdown catches 291 drivers

Doubt cast on plans to capture Devon beavers

Digital event will inspire next generation

Steam evaporates from SW housing market

Scrutiny review of community hospital consultation

Face 2 Face with climate change

Yolonda Henson to be considered for Freedom of the City

Exeter girl competes for Miss England title

New scheme to cut city congestion

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