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Ghostly Nights Named Paranormal Experience Provider of the Year for the South West

Ghostly Nights, the South West’s leading paranormal events company, has been officially recognised as the Paranormal Experience Provider of the Year for the South West, celebrating its authentic and immersive ghost-hunting experiences.

With autumn nights drawing in and Halloween around the corner, Ghostly Nights offers the perfect alternative night out. Guests can step inside historic venues - from manor houses to prisons - and take part in real paranormal investigations using professional equipment.

“This award is a huge honour” says Will Hodges, founder of Ghostly...

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30-year-old character comes to life

A children’s cartoon character, created 30 years ago in sketch form as part of a college thesis, has finally been brought to stunning interactive life thanks to modern technology.

Boris the Blob was the brainchild of Plymouth graphic designer Mark Hannon while he was studying for an honours degree in scientific and technical graphics.

He created Boris as part of his studies into the use of cartoons in education and for the past three decades the Boris sketches have been tucked away in a drawer.

But the character is now set to become a firm favourite with young...

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Polish war heroes remembered

More than 70 years after Exeter was protected by the Polish night fighters of 307 Squadron, two residents, Michael Parrott and Marcin Piórkowski laid a wreath on behalf of 307 Squadron at the Polish Memorial national ceremony at RAF Northolt.

In the last 12 months the two men have established a non-profit British-Polish organisation, ‘307 Squadron Project’ to both further research and promote the role of the squadron, as well as showing an example of British-Polish co-operation both in the war and today.

The ceremony, which took place on Saturday (13th September), is...

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Journalists to enjoy Devon heaven

A Visit Devon led tour of the county sets off next week - 16 September to 18 September - bringing five national journalists to the region who will visit a selection of Arts & Crafts businesses.

The three day trip will begin in Kenton near Exeter, with a visit to Powderham Castle where the group will have lunch with Lady Devon before visiting the Powderham blacksmith.

They'll then head to Bovey Tracey to meet local llamas at Spin A Yarn, specialists in locally produced organic wool and fleece, before heading to the English Riviera and a tour of the new Abbey Sands...

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TV presenter and coastal charity join forces for free fun day

Authored by Paigntonzoo
Posted: Mon, 09/15/2014 - 9:46am

Living Coasts is offering local people a free weekend of fun and games beside the seaside.

The coastal conservation charity is holding a marine BioBlitz and beach clean at Beacon Cove, with TV presenter Maya Plass and lots of additional activities to keep everyone entertained.

Clare Rugg, from Living Coasts, explained: “We will have divers in the water cleaning the seabed, because out of sight shouldn’t be out of mind. That is a first for us. Everyone else can help clean the beach, find coastal species and have fun. We’ll be doing rock pool rambles, seaweed pressing, shell...

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Devon Doctors amongst UK's best

Patients have again recognised Devon Doctors as one of the country’s leading providers of out-of-hours [OOH] GP care.

The results of NHS England’s latest GP survey rank the OOH care it provides in South Devon and Torbay as the eighth best in the country, while North East and West Devon, which includes Exeter, ranks 10th of the 214 areas assessed.

The Exeter-based organisation has been a regular fixture in top 10 nationwide providers over the course of the past decade.

What is more, across the two areas 87 per cent of those surveyed said they had confidence and trust...

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TV star launches Exeter retirement homes

Authored by Gill Vosper
Posted: Sat, 09/13/2014 - 2:46pm

Renaissance Villages celebrated a highly successful launch of their new show homes at Millbrook Village – Exeter’s first luxury retirement village – which were officially opened on Saturday 6th September by TV and radio presenter, Nicki Chapman, who hosts many popular TV programmes including Escape to the Country, the RHS Chelsea Flower and Wanted Down Under.

As expected, a huge number of people attended the long-awaited launch event from 4th to 6th September and the three show homes proved so popular that six similar homes were snapped up immediately.

After celebrating the...

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Students hope to minimise Freshers disruption

The University of Exeter Students’ Guild is gearing up to manage the community impact of some 7000 new student arrivals with the deployment of trained volunteers to support student integration and provide a key community link.

Now in its sixth year, the Students’ Guild Welcome Team comprises 180 unpaid student volunteers trained to signpost, support and help new students around the city during the ten day ‘freshers’ period, this year beginning on 13th September.

The Welcome Team works in partnership with police, venue managers and Exeter City Council to reduce night-time...

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Successful show home launch at Exeter’s only luxury retirement village Millbrook Village, Exeter, Devon

Authored by Gill Vosper
Posted: Fri, 09/12/2014 - 2:22pm

Renaissance Villages celebrated a highly successful launch of their new show homes at Millbrook Village – Exeter’s first luxury retirement village – which were officially opened on Saturday 6th September by TV and radio presenter, Nicki Chapman, who hosts many popular TV programmes including Escape to the Country, the RHS Chelsea Flower and Wanted Down Under.

As expected, a huge number of people attended the long-awaited launch event from 4th to 6th September and the three show homes proved so popular that six similar homes were snapped up immediately.

After celebrating the...

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Chiefs side to face Tigers

Authored by Mark Stevens
Posted: Fri, 09/12/2014 - 11:51am

Exeter Chiefs may have started the new Aviva Premiership season with a bang at London Welsh last weekend, but head coach Rob Baxter knows a much tougher challenge awaits his side when Leicester Tigers arrive in town tomorrow (3.15pm). A 52-0 drubbing of the league's newcomers is always nice to crow about after week one, but Baxter insists the Tigers are a totally different kettle of fish and a quick glance at the league history is testament to that very fact. The Midlanders have been crowned Premiership Kings on ten different occasions and having missed out on their annual pilgrimage to...

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Digital war memorials for the county

Devon County Council has been involved in the national launch of the Digital War Memorial.

The project, which has enabled public libraries to help community groups work with artists, was launched at the British Library by the Society of Chief Librarians and Ed Vaizey MP, Minister for Culture and Digital Economy.

Across Devon, projects started with the rich and diverse materials held by Devon County Council libraries and archive services – photographs, newspapers, letters and other documents. Community groups then worked with artists to reflect on how the First World War...

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