Local News

Exeter Racecourse partners with ELF to launch Festive Gifting Programme

Exeter Racecourse is delighted to announce a new partnership with The Exeter Leukaemia Fund (ELF) for ELF Raceday, taking place on Friday 5th December 2025.

Through this collaboration, ELF and Exeter Racecourse will launch a special gifting programme aimed at bringing joy to children and families supported by the charity during the Festive season.

Exeter Racecourse will support ELF’s work by gifting toys to children who are patients or family members affected by blood cancers and blood disorders. Racegoers, owners, trainers, jockeys and the local community are being...

Full story
Zoo staff save sick orang utan

Zoo staff save sick orang utan

Authored by Paigntonzoo
Posted: Thu, 06/20/2019 - 7:02pm

Animal experts at Paignton Zoo have been battling around the clock to save a sick primate.

Keepers, vets and vet nurses responded swiftly when female orang utan Gambira was taken ill suddenly and sat with her long into the night after emergency surgery.

They found she had an infection of her air sac (a large pouch in the throat, thought to be used for vocalisation and connected to the respiratory system). The condition is known as air saccultis, and can be fatal. The team gave her a general anaesthetic and operated, making holes in the wall of her throat sac to drain off...

Read more

Volunteer to help improve and shape local health services

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 06/20/2019 - 3:50pm

To coincide with national Volunteers Week, the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust (RD&E) is today calling for interested members of the public to give some of their time to support the NHS locally by putting their names forward to be elected as a Governor.

Governors play a vitally important role within the RD&E, providing a direct connection between the Trust, the community it serves and its partners. Existing RD&E Governors have a wide variety of experiences and backgrounds but they share a real passion for helping to shape local health services in a way that...

Read more

Urgent repairs on River Exe Viaduct near Tiverton

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 06/20/2019 - 3:20pm

Overnight road closures will be needed on the A361 near Tiverton next week to carry out urgent structural repairs on the River Exe Viaduct.

An expansion joint at the eastern end of the viaduct, near Bolham roundabout, is failing and needs to be replaced as soon as possible.

The A361 will be closed overnight between Bolham and Ashmill for two nights on Wednesday 26 June and Thursday 27 June from 7pm to 7am for the repairs to be carried out. If the work is not completed in two evenings, an overnight closure is also provisionally booked for the evening of Friday 28 June....

Read more

Star writers and performers to appear at Quay Words in Exeter

Emmy award-winning writer Patrick Gale, leading contemporary novelist Amanda Craig and Raymond Antrobus, winner of the Ted Hughes award, all appear in Exeter as part of an incredible line-up of writers for Quay Words 2019 at Exeter Custom House this summer.

Launching on National Writing Day, 26th June, Quay Words is a six-week pilot programme of words and stories programmed by Literature Works on behalf of the Exeter Canal and Quay Trust. It is part of an initiative to explore the potential of Exeter Custom House, a Grade 1 listed building on Exeter’squayside, as a hub for...

Read more

Streetlight energy plan set to slash council's carbon emissions by 36 per cent 

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 06/20/2019 - 10:24am

The final phase of a project to convert every one of Devon County Council’s 79,000 streetlights to low carbon LEDs has begun.

And once complete Devon County Council (DCC) will have reduced the carbon emissions generated by its streetlighting by 75 per cent, reducing carbon emissions by more than 15,000 tonnes each year, the equivalent of taking 8,000 cars off the road.

In February DCC declared a ‘climate emergency’ and is now working with other councils, emergency services and business groups to ensure that Devon achieves a net zero carbon footprint.

Streetlighting...

Read more

How Does Boat Hire Compare to Buying a Boat?

Nothing can compare to the freedom of sailing and the pride and exhilaration you feel in owning your own vessel. Sailing holidays are exciting and totally unique. However, is it really worth purchasing a vessel or is boat hire the best solution? Expenses of boat ownership Apart from the initial outlay of buying a boat, it has been calculated that a vessel requires a further 10% of its purchase price annually for boat-related expenses. The maintenance costs of keeping a boat seaworthy are especially costly. Because of its exposure to the elements and the corrosive nature of saltwater, the...

Read more

Free interactive public event at Exeter’s Living Systems Institute

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 06/20/2019 - 8:13am

People of all ages will be given a fascinating insight into some of the pioneering research taking place at the University of Exeter’s Living Systems Institute at a special public event.

Some of Exeter’s world-leading scientists will host a number of lively, fun, and interesting family-friendly events at the LSI Opening Evening, held on June 20th from 5-9pm.

The event, which marks the 2nd anniversary of the LSI’s official opening, will feature a series of short talks outlining some of the innovative research taking place at the Institute.

There will also be a range...

Read more

Volunteer and enjoy first class festival line-up for free

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 06/20/2019 - 7:28am

Do you love live music and the festival vibe? Then why not volunteer for Child Bereavement UK at the Sunday Sessions at Powderham Castle in Exeter and enjoy the festival for free?

Child Bereavement UK supports families both when a baby or child of any age dies or is dying, and when a child faces bereavement. The charity also trains professionals such as doctors, teachers and midwives to help them better understand and meet the needs of grieving families.

Festival volunteers sign up to do a four-hour shift selling wristbands and raffle tickets and get to enjoy the event on...

Read more

Parking offer to support local economy and spread the peak of Saturday shopping

People coming into Exeter on Thursday evenings will now be able to park for free in the City Council’s three pay-on-foot muti-storey car parks.

The offer, which starts tomorrow (Thursday 20 June), has been brought in to support Thursday late night shopping and the wider evening economy. It is also aimed at spreading the peak of Saturday shopping and easing congestion on the roads.

From tomorrow on Thursdays, people will now be able to park for free in the Guildhall, John Lewis and Mary Arches Street Car Parks after 6pm. Currently the free period doesn’t kick in until after...

Read more

Volunteers needed to help map Exeter's tree canopy

Volunteers are being sought to help map Exeter’s tree canopy.

Exeter has higher than average tree coverage across the city. That figure was 24.5% when last mapped in 2006.

Thirteen years later and it is reckoned that coverage has gone down slightly and is now threatened by new pests and diseases, as well as development and climate change.

That’s why the City Council is working closely with Treeconomics based at the University to properly map Exeter’s current tree canopy.

In order for Treeconomics to carry out the survey, they are looking for volunteers to...

Read more
your pets daily logo
Home Education Daily logo
Food and Drink Daily logo in red, white and black
your beauty daily logo with heart

Top video

Selco Builders Warehouse | England Rugby star Jack Nowell visits Exeter Saracens junior teams

England ace Jack delivers tips to Saracens

Exeter Weather