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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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How local support programme changed my life

A programme in Cornwall, Devon and Somerset to help people withdisabilities and other disadvantages to move closer to employment is being celebrated locally.

Positive People was set up to help people who may have been away from the jobs market for some time, supporting them to transition back into employment. One of those people was Torbay-based Nicola, who says she has been able to turn her life around, through the programme, which is delivered by Pluss, a Community Interest Company.

“When I came to Pluss Positive People I was feeling suicidal. I was feeling worthless....

Open day for Britannia Project

A rare wooden boat being restored in a Devon village is celebrating its 108th birthday with an open day on 10 April.

The 58ft Britannia is being rebuilt by Sam and Vicki Samuels and a team of volunteers, 20 miles from the sea in the village of Winkleigh. A key part of the project is to train disadvantaged young people in the art of boatbuilding.

Sebastian Dixon, age 19, was unemployed before he joined the team two years ago. Despite having to commute 3 hours a day to get to Winkleigh, he hasn’t missed a day’s work since then and was recently awarded a £500 grant to buy...

Historic landmark church getting a £1.2 million makeover

A major project to refurbish a 160-year-old landmark Exeter church is set to begin in April.

The £1.2 million project to renovate the St Luke’s Chapel in Exeter is due to take around six months to complete.

The St Luke’s Chapel is on the Heavitree Road end of the University of Exeter’s St Luke’s Campus. Built in 1863 as part of the St Luke’s Church of England Teacher Training College, the Chapel suffered a direct hit from a bomb in 1942 and was rebuilt and rededicated in 1952. The Chapel offices are currently the home of the Chaplaincy on the St Luke’s Campus, offering...

Funding boost to YMCA South Devon

The south Devon branch of the renowned charity YMCA, the largest and oldest youth charity in the world, has received a £1,500 boost from a local housebuilder.

YMCA South Devon runs various projects for young people, this can include providing temporary safe community accommodation for them if they find themselves homeless (Nightstop), Social & Emotional support for young people struggling to cope in mainstream school (Fit for Life), or ante-natal support for young parents (Bumps to Babies). The charity supports young people in communities across Torbay and the South Hams....

Going for growth, Foot Anstey expands IP offering with team acquisition

Foot Anstey LLP has taken the next step in its growth journey by acquiring part of Clarke Wilmott's Intellectual Property team. This includes Partner Roy Crozier and his team of four Intellectual Property experts.

Foot Anstey's growing Intellectual Property team is headed up by Partner, Paul Cox, who have gone from strength-to-strength over the last five years. They act for many national and international clients such as Wise Payments who they advised on their worldwide rebrand.

Roy and his team have significant experience in both contentious and non-contentious...

You could win a year's free bus travel as Stagecoach celebrates a three-month extension to the £2 single fare scheme

Stagecoach have announced today that over 15 million bus passengers have already taken advantage of the new £2 single fares since the launch of the initiative on 1 January 2023. And to celebrate reaching that milestone, Stagecoach have rewarded one lucky £2 fare customer with a year of free unlimited travel on Stagecoach buses.

Bianca, the first lucky winner, lives in Exeter and already uses the Stagecoach Bus App to buy her ticket in advance of her commute to work. She was delighted with her new unlimited pass and plans to make more adventurous journeys to great new destinations...

Exeter Airport and RNIB lead the way on ‘benchmark’ sight loss awareness sessions

Staff at Exeter Airport have joined forces with RNIB (Royal National Institute of Blind People) to undertake specialist awareness sessions, aimed at better-assisting passengers with sight loss and reduced mobility.

Around 20 members of the passenger assistance team (pictured) were involved in a series of two-hour practical sessions with the charity, where they wore glasses simulating common eye conditions and used white canes to complete a typical passenger journey through the airport.

The awareness sessions took place in the terminal building, check-in area, security...

Easter Family Fun Day in Exeter

Celebrate the arrival of Spring with Princesshay and be sure to join in with all the ‘fun of the fayre’ at our Family Funday in Princesshay Square on Saturday 15th April between 11am – 4pm.

Challenge the family to a round of Crazy Golf courtesy of The Fun Experts and test your skills with our Giant Jenga and Giant Connect 4 – perfect for all ages!

Get creative and leave your mark on the Pentagon; our wonderful wall of colour, bound to brighten up the square, and sign up to a FREE Easter Bunny Headband workshop with Macrame master Rachael Larsson-Carter. (Limited spaces...

Wife running in memory of rugby dad-of-three who never came home 

A mum-of-three is running the 2023 TCS London Marathon in memory of her rugby player husband who died suddenly.

Jill Sims will be taking on the 26.2-mile challenge in memory of her husband, Dave, who died from a sudden heart attack in March last year just moments before he was due to meet up with his three sons.

Jill, aged 55 and from Bradninch, said: “Six months before he died, Dave had gone to his doctor. He’d woken up in the early hours of the morning with chest pains. He was perspiring too and I was worried there might have been something wrong with his heart.”...

£25 million Joint Venture agreed as Devonshire Homes becomes new Regional Partner of the Housing Growth Partnership

Independent West Country housebuilder Devonshire Homes has been announced as the Housing Growth Partnership’s (HGP) new regional partner, giving the developer access to significant additional funding.

Devonshire Homes has entered into contracts with HGP to become a regional partner which means the housebuilder now has access to funding which will support Devonshire Homes’ ambition of delivering over 400 homes per year by 2026.

Supporting established regional housebuilders like Devonshire Homes, who have a reputation for quality and a continuous growth strategy, is a...

Local News

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

How local support programme changed my life

Open day for Britannia Project

Historic landmark church getting a £1.2 million makeover

Funding boost to YMCA South Devon

Going for growth, Foot Anstey expands IP offering with team acquisition

You could win a year's free bus travel as Stagecoach celebrates a three-month extension to the £2 single fare scheme

Exeter Airport and RNIB lead the way on ‘benchmark’ sight loss awareness sessions

Easter Family Fun Day in Exeter

Wife running in memory of rugby dad-of-three who never came home

£25 million Joint Venture agreed as Devonshire Homes becomes new Regional Partner of the Housing Growth Partnership

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