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Alanis Morissette joined by Pale Waves and The Big Moon for Devon date

Guitar indie-pop band Pale Waves and Mercury-nominated The Big Moon are the latest acts heading to the south Devon countryside for the county’s biggest music event this summer.

The bands are joining the line-up for seven-time GRAMMY Award winning Canadian / American artist Alanis Morissette ’s headline show with special guest musical powerhouse Skunk Anansie at TK Maxx presents Live At Powderham on Friday June 26.

The Devon date is the first of just seven shows Morissette is playing in the UK this year and comes on the heels of her most acclaimed UK shows ever last...

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New chapter written for Science Park

The next chapter in Exeter Science Park’s rapid development has been written.

Foreign Office Minister & MP for East Devon, Hugo Swire, joined SWH Civils at the Exeter Science Park to celebrate the start of work on the park’s climate cluster, where the Met Office recently announced their next generation supercomputer would be based, subject to planning permission.

The cutting of the first turf heralded the start of work on the road opening up this new cluster, which has been aptly named ‘Upper Richardson’ after meteorologist Lewis Fry Richardson, who first proposed...

Exeter air cadet wins gold

Cadet Adam Brooks, 16, from 2469 (Exeter St Thomas) Squadron, Air Training Corps, recently competed in the South West region Swimming Championships, winning a gold medal for coming first in the 100m individual medley.

Not content with his gold medal, he also won a silver medal in the 50m butterfly as well a bronze medals as a member of both the 4x50m medley relay team and the 4x50m freestyle relay team.

Adam has been a member of the Air Training Corps since October 2011, when he first joined 2469 Squadron as a junior cadet. Since then he has progressed to senior cadet and...

Work on Cost of Living in Exeter continues

Work to find out more about the cost of living in Exeter continues to take place following the conclusion of a comprehensive survey.

The University of Exeter carried out the research on behalf of Exeter City Council into the impact that low wages and high costs of living has on people living in Exeter. The work is part of a City Council-led Cost of Living Forum which was set up last year.

Although a report by the University on the findings of the survey has now been produced and will go before the City Council's Scrutiny Economy Committee on Thursday (13 November), the...

County's adoption team win top industry award

Devon County Council's adoption team has won a major industry award as part of National Adoption Week.

The British Association of Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) has announced Devon County as Local Authority Adoption Team of the Year 2014.

The team received their accolade at the awards ceremony last night week at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London.

The evening was hosted by BAAF patron and broadcaster Nicky Campbell and the Children’s Minister Edward Timpson MP will be the charity’s special guest.

BAAF Patrons, actress and adoptive mother Clare...

Would-be Exeter MP presses transport case

Prospective Exeter MP Dom Morris held discussions with the Transport Minister Patrick McLoughlin to press home the importance of the roads infrastructure to the city.

Yesterday (Monday) Prime Minister David Cameron reaffirmed his commitment to make improvements to the A303 which it is hoped will help relieve congestion and improve Exeter's connections to the rest of the country.

After the meeting, Dom said: “With unemployment down by 49% in Exeter since the Conservatives came to power, we are leading the South West’s recovery but improving our transport system is crucial to...

Even cleaner seas for Teignmouth

A £659,000 project to deliver even cleaner seas off Teignmouth gets under way today.

South West Water will be constructing a 500 cubic metre underground storage tank in Teignmouth station car park.

This additional storm water storage capacity will reduce the number of discharges from the sewerage network during extremely wet weather. The project is designed to improve bathing water quality at Teignmouth ahead of the European Union's revised Bathing Water Directive, which comes into effect in 2015.

Senior Project Manager Mike Court said: "This represents a major...

Exeter scoops award for best international student satisfaction

The University of Exeter has been named the best university in the UK for international student satisfaction. The StudyPortals International Student Satisfaction Awards 2014 are based on 16,427 comments made by 6,923 international students in Europe. These reviews provide rare insights into universities’ performance from an international student perspective. The universities included in the award had to have received more than 20 reviews during the last academic year. Institutions were given an Outstanding Student Satisfaction Award if their average rating was 9.5 or higher out of 10. The...

Digging into new ground in Christow

A unique development that will provide 18 affordable highly energy efficient homes in Dartmoor National Park, is about to start on-site.

The £3.6million project in Christow is being led by the Christow Community Land Trust (CCLT) and supported by Teign Housing, which has invested £574k and will manage the properties once built.

Most of the properties will be built to full PassivHaus standards, which is one of the highest standards of environmental building. Almost no heating is required and it is believed that the total energy bills for these properties will be just £100 a...

£6 million Tour boost for Devon

This year’s Devon Stage of the Friends Life Tour of Britain generated more than £6 million for the local economy, according to an independent report.

The report, commissioned by The Tour, has revealed that the Devon Stage on Thursday 11 September, hosted by Devon County Council and sponsored by SWH Ltd, attracted 230,000 spectators.

The crowds that turned out along the 110mile (177km) route from Exmouth to Exeter to be part of the UK's largest free-to-watch sporting event were on par with last year’s record breaking figures.

The report highlights that Britain’s...

SW house price growth of 24% predicted over next five years

The UK housing marketing is entering a new phase. It has been through a boom, a bust and a recovery cycle, and as we head into 2015 and a year that will see the formation of a new Government, we are now entering a more stable, yet still challenging era.

That’s according to leading property consultancy JLL’s new Residential Market Review, published this month which predicts that South West house prices will rise by 4% in 2015 and 24% over the next five years. This rate of increase is second only to London and the South East and faster than the UK average.

The new report The...

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Alanis Morissette joined by Pale Waves and The Big Moon for Devon date

New chapter written for Science Park

Exeter air cadet wins gold

Work on Cost of Living in Exeter continues

County's adoption team win top industry award

Would-be Exeter MP presses transport case

Even cleaner seas for Teignmouth

Exeter scoops award for best international student satisfaction

Digging into new ground in Christow

£6 million Tour boost for Devon

SW house price growth of 24% predicted over next five years

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