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White Stuff Ice Cream Truck Tour heads for Exeter

To celebrate 40 years, White Stuff is hitting the road with a summer ice cream truck tour, which includes a day in Exeter.

Throughout this month they’ll be serving up free scoops along the south coast, bringing their signature style and community spirit to some of the UK’s favourite seaside destinations. Visitors will also be able to ‘Spin To Win’, with the chance to win some of the brand’s 40th Anniversary product.

The tour kicks off in St Ives, where White Stuff is teaming up with St Ives Surf School to offer locals free surf lessons and gear hire on Saturday 19 July....

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Cumberland Grange makes resident's 106th birthday wish come true

Resident, Joan at Cumberland Grange had a Birthday wish of going back to visit one of her most favourite places, Ilfracombe. So staff at the home made her wish a reality,

Joan has lived at Cumberland Grange since the summer of 2024 and is beloved by staff and residents alike. Staff at the home were delighted to be a part of making her Birthday wish come true, as they knew how much it meant to her, and they all wanted to make sure that her 106th Birthday was an incredibly special day to mark such an amazing age.

Staff asked Joan what she wanted to do for her Birthday, as...

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City supporters celebrate South American links on Brazil takeover day

St James Park rocked to the beat of a Samba band as Exeter City Football Club celebrated its unique partnership with Brazil this weekend.

The League One club was the first team to ever play the national Brazil side – and thanks to some sterling work by the club’s museum team in uncovering the details of that tour in 1914 – the club celebrates and continues to build on its links.

This Saturday’s match against Bolton Wanderers was designated a Brazilian themed day to commemorate that link – and everything from the matchday music to the food served in hospitality got the South...

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Local Health Champion Urges Devon Residents to Engage with NHS in Devon

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Posted: Mon, 01/06/2025 - 10:41pm

A local community champion is supporting the NHS in Devon to transform health and social care by independently chairing a series of special public events.

Healthwatch in Devon, Plymouth and Torbay is the local independent champion for people using health and social care services.

They listen to people’s views and experiences of local services like GPs, Hospitals, Dentists and Care Homes. They then encourage those in charge to use what they have heard in decisions that affect local people.

In November last year the NHS in Devon launched local engagement around...

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NHS recommends simple steps to avoid winter bugs as flu cases rise in Devon hospitals

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Posted: Mon, 01/06/2025 - 6:00am

The NHS in Devon is reminding everyone of the simple steps they can take to protect their health as they gear up for end of year festivities.

Get vaccinated

Winter illnesses, including flu, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), are circulating widely, with emergency department attendances on the rise. We strongly encourage everyone eligible, especially the elderly, pregnant women, and those with pre-existing health conditions, to come forward for their vaccinations for these infections. Vaccination will help reduce your risk of getting seriously ill this...

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Lucky Exeter residents celebrate Postcode Lottery win

A MYSTERY lottery winner in Exeter, Devon, has won the lion’s share of £1 million – and hundreds of their neighbours have also bagged a prize.

The first bumper People’s Postcode Lottery prize of 2025 has landed in an Exeter postcode with one person taking home a whopping £418,019 .

And the remainder of the £1m prize - more than half-a-million pounds - has been shared between 667 people in the wider postcode area.

The biggest winner, who has remained anonymous, bagged the huge windfall after their postcode, EX2 8TE , scooped the lottery’s Millionaire Street prize...

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Local homebuilder supports Hospiscare’s Christmas tree recycling initiative

Devon homebuilder Barratt David Wilson Homes Exeter is proud to announce its support for Hospiscare’s annual Christmas tree recycling initiative .

The housebuilder will be lending a hand to ensure the success of one of the charity’s key fundraising events, with sixteen members of staff volunteering during Thursday 9th and Friday 10th January 2025.

The initiative invites residents in Crediton, Exeter, Cullompton, Exmouth, Honiton, Tiverton, Sidmouth and Ottery St Mary to have their Christmas trees collected and recycled in return for a donation, with all proceeds going...

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Devon Ukrainian Association’s School of Ukrainian Studies Celebrates First-Year Success and Launches Regional Heritage & Education Initiative for 2025

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Posted: Thu, 01/02/2025 - 11:40am

The Devon Ukrainian Association (DUA) proudly announces the successful first year of its School of Ukrainian Studies, a groundbreaking educational initiative dedicated to preserving Ukrainian language, culture, and heritage for children and families displaced by the war in Ukraine. This project, which emerged from a pilot Ukrainian Saturday School launched in November 2023, stands as a vital mission to ensure that future generations remain deeply connected to their roots despite the ongoing uncertainty of return.

“As our children grow increasingly fluent in English, many risk...

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Ward Thomas: Intimate Asouctic Tour - extra dates added

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Posted: Wed, 01/01/2025 - 10:04pm

A trio of new dates have been added to country duo Ward Thomas’ UK tour for Winter 2025, including second shows in Bury St Edmunds and Milton Keynes and a new show in Exeter.

Hailed as the UK’s most successful country act, twin sisters Catherine and Lizzy Ward Thomas will tour across the country with a 22-date tour across January and February, performing a special show with stripped back versions of songs from across their career.

These unique shows will take Ward Thomas back to their early days of performing and writing together, seeing the duo perform and share the...

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Exeter dad nominated as ‘delivery hero’ at prestigious awards ceremony

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Posted: Tue, 12/31/2024 - 5:32pm

An Exeter gas engineer has been nominated for an individual prize at the annual Retail Week Awards.

Ryan McBride, who works for online electrical retailer AO, was shortlisted in the ‘Delivery Hero of the Year’ category, alongside five other logistics workers from around the UK.

Ryan, who is dad to a one-year-old boy, was nominated for his dedication to customer service last Christmas, when he came in on days off to cover illness and make sure that customers had their appliances in time for Christmas Day.

After becoming a self-employed driver with AO in May 2020...

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University of Exeter archaeologist awarded OBE in the New Year’s Honours List

A renowned University of Exeter archaeologist has been awarded an OBE in the New Year’s Honours List for his work over the past 25 years in Bahrain.

Professor Timothy Insoll is an expert in the archaeology of rituals and religions with particular specialism in sub-Saharan Africa, the Arabian Gulf and Arabian Peninsula.

He is Al-Qasimi Professor of African and Islamic Archaeology and founder and director of the University of Exeter’s Centre for Islamic Archaeology in the world-leading Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies. Previously he worked at the University of...

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