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Gandy Street is the place to be on the First Thursdays of the month this summer

First Thursdays is a new event you won’t want to miss.

From June to September, Gandy Street will come alive on the first Thursday of each month, with a festival atmosphere in the early evening.

The first event takes place on Thursday 4 June, 5–8pm. Expect late-night shopping, live music, street entertainment, extended opening hours at cultural venues and a cocktail trail. All your favourite businesses on Gandy Street and in the surrounding area will be open, including:

Boston Tea Party : Will be hosting an indoor market with Circular Social, featuring

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Researchers discover ‘Nano-pixels’ that promise thin, flexible high-res displays

A new discovery will make it possible to create pixels just a few hundred nanometres across that could pave the way for extremely high-resolution and low-energy thin, flexible displays for applications such as ‘smart’ glasses, synthetic retinas, and foldable screens.

A team of UK scientists, including Professor David Wright from the University of Exeter, explored the link between the electrical and optical properties of phase change materials (materials that can change from an amorphous to a crystalline state).

They found that by sandwiching a seven nanometre thick layer of...

Rotten egg gas holds key to healthcare therapies

It may smell of flatulence and have a reputation for being highly toxic, but when used in the right tiny dosage, hydrogen sulfide is now being being found to offer potential health benefits in a range of issues, from diabetes to stroke, heart attacks and dementia.

A new compound (AP39), designed and made at the University of Exeter, could hold the key to future therapies, by targeting delivery of very small amounts of the substance to the right (or key) places inside cells.

Scientists in Exeter have already found that the compound protects mitochondria – the “powerhouse” of...

Nursery brings back flowers to city centre

Exeter’s High Street is enjoying a welcome injection of colour thanks to the goodwill of a local nursery.

Tim and Simon Boyce have kindly offered to sponsor and plant up some of the hanging baskets in the High street for a second successive summer.

The brothers, who own and run a specialist hanging basket nursery at Shillingford st George near Alphington, had noticed that due to Council cut backs, the hanging baskets near McGaheys on the High Street had not been refilled. They decided that it would be a nice gesture to fill the baskets and maintain them during the summer...

MP Supports Royal Mail’s Dog Awareness Session

Neil Parish MP for Tiverton and Honiton attended a drop-in session at Westminster, supported by Battersea Dogs & Cats Home and Dogs Trust, with Royal Mail Group Director of Safety, Health, Wellbeing and Sustainability, Shaun Davis. Around 70 MPs attended and the session provided them with advice on how to react around dogs when out in their local areas.

This forms part of Royal Mail’s wider campaign to reduce the number of dog attacks on postal workers and to encourage responsible dog ownership during Dog Awareness Week which runs to the 4 July. However, postal workers are not...

Dog walkers urged to pick up after their pets

With almost half of the 5,000 people who visit East Devon’s Pebblebed Heaths every day walking their dogs on the Commons, landowner Clinton Devon Estates is taking steps to help people pick up after their pets.

One of the biggest complaints among visitors to the Heaths, which are one of the region’s most important wildlife sites, is dog fouling, so now Clinton Devon Estates is starting a trial of dog bins at a number of key car parks on the Commons.

The initiative is in collaboration with East Devon District Council, whose dog warden will be keeping an eye how the public...

Exeter College dance photos go on show at Exeter central station

Dance at Exeter College is a photo exhibition on show now in the walkway gallery at Exeter Central train station. The photos have been taken by Andrew Clarke who is on the Foundation Degree Course in Photography and Digital Arts at Exeter College. The work is on show now until late August and will be part of a continuing series of exhibitions showcasing creative work produced at Exeter College.

The Foundation Degree Course in Photography and Digital Arts at Exeter College is an exciting practical programme that will enables the student to explore photographic practice through the...

Runner takes on 50 mile challenge

Geoff Beale, 49, will be taking on a very special challenge this October, as he plans to run 50 miles to celebrate his 50th birthday.

He will reach the pinnacle of his challenge when he completes his final mile at Exeter’s Great West Run on 19 October.

The event will also be particularly poignant for Geoff, as Exeter is home to his first ever running event, the Sport Aid 10k which took place in May 1986.

Geoff, a Key Account Manager for Thames Water, said: “I always wanted to celebrate turning 50 with a big challenge, and I came up with the idea of running 50 miles...

Appeal for on-call firefighters in Cullompton

Cullompton Fire Station is hosting an open day for prospective on-call firefighters on Monday 14 July 2014 from 2pm-8pm.

Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service is looking for people in the Cullompton community to be on-call or ‘retained’ firefighters. No previous experience of fire-fighting is necessary for this role – the ideal prospective firefighter starts with a commitment to the community, a positive attitude and a good level of fitness.

This is an opportunity for men and women who live and/or work within five minutes response time to the fire station to...

All star cast announced for Exmouth panto

One of the UK’s fastest growing pantomime companies has joined forces with Exmouth Pavilion to bring the biggest pantomime the venue has had to date.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs will run at the theatre from 26 December until Saturday 3 January and will star Eastenders actress Melissa Suffield and CBBC star Lucinda Rhodes.

Melissa, who is known to millions as Lucy Beale will be playing Snow White.

The Eastenders star said: “I’m thoroughly looking forward to playing Snow White in Exmouth.

“It’s a great family show and Christmas just wouldn’t be Christmas...

Wagamama and Paignton Zoo celebrate Summerdine promotion

As part of the Summerdine restaurant promotion, Princesshay, Exeter is giving away days out to national and local leisure attractions.

Days out up for grabs nationally include Legoland, Thorpe Park, Flamingo Land, Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Sea Life, Drayton Manor, Chessington World of Adventures, Oakwood Home Park and Harry Potter.

Local days out feature Woodland Leisure Park, Exmoor Zoo, Watermouth Castle, Paignton Zoo, Devon's Crealy Great Adventure Park, Plymouth Aquarium and Coombe Martin Wildlife Dinosaur Park.

All 9 of the Princesshay restaurants are...

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Gandy Street is the place to be on the First Thursdays of the month this summer

Researchers discover ‘Nano-pixels’ that promise thin, flexible high-res displays

Rotten egg gas holds key to healthcare therapies

Nursery brings back flowers to city centre

MP Supports Royal Mail’s Dog Awareness Session

Dog walkers urged to pick up after their pets

Exeter College dance photos go on show at Exeter central station

Runner takes on 50 mile challenge

Appeal for on-call firefighters in Cullompton

All star cast announced for Exmouth panto

Wagamama and Paignton Zoo celebrate Summerdine promotion

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