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Cranbrook to Host First eat:Festival Food and Drink Event

eat:Festivals will be hosting a food and drink festival in Cranbrook on Sunday 13 September 2026.

The festival will be happening in the heart of the town, on and surrounding the Tillhouse Road. eat:Festivals are a small social enterprise who have been delivering one day food and drink festivals in towns across the south-west for over 13 years. They are now accepting applications for all 2026 dates, including the Cranbrook one at www.eatfestivals.org/apply

Bev Milner Simonds from eat:Festivals told us: "We specialise in developing festivals that bring the community...

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Exeter builders merchant needs your tools!

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 06/14/2019 - 10:03am

RGB Building Supplies is delighted to have joined forces with Devon-based charity Amigos and is inviting members of the local community to donate preloved tools, which will be used by young people in Africa to help them lift themselves and their families out of poverty.

Until Wednesday 31st July, preloved hand, power and gardening tools can be placed in the collection bags in RGB’s Exeter branch. Amigos will then arrange for the donations to be collected, repaired and shipped to Africa.

The charity has been working in Uganda for nearly 20 years and for the last nine it has...

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Fari Awade draws water from a well in the community of Natriguel, Mauritania. Climate-related hazards, such as droughts, can cause economic shocks to agricultural communities, which may heighten the risk of armed conflict, according to a new study including Prof neil Adger from the University of Exeter

Armed conflict risks could be heightened by future climate impacts, study shows

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 06/13/2019 - 3:35pm

Climate change could heighten the risk of future outbreaks of armed conflict and civil war, a study has said.

Conflict and civil wars have been driven over the past century by levels of poverty, inequality among groups in countries, and illegitimate governments.

But environmental impacts and climate shocks have played a role in some historical conflicts, according to the new study. Crucially, the study suggests that climate change may heighten the risk of future outbreaks.

An international team of experts, including Professor Neil Adger from the University of Exeter...

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Nicola Leach

Health and Care leaders mark 1,000th nursing associate milestone

A nursing associate from Exeter says being one of the first people on the register has given her “freedom.”

Nicola Leach has been in the role at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital since February this year.

There are now 1,000 nursing associates on the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s register – six months on from the role’s creation.

The England-only position bridges the gap between healthcare assistants and registered nurses, contributing to the delivery of better, safer care for people across the country in a variety of health and social care settings.

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Rare map found in an attic gives glimpse into life in the 18th century

A rare map found in an attic gives an extraordinary glimpse into 18th century life in Exeter before radical changes to the landscape and industry transformed the city.

The mysterious engraving was not known about by experts or archivists until now. It is now incredibly unusual for new maps of English towns and cities produced hundreds of years ago to be discovered.

Historians think the map is a one-off, and never used, as another, produced in a more modern, fashionable style, was produced by someone else soon after. The map was found in the attic of an elderly lady after...

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Nurse and patient at the Kings House Day Hospice

Local fundraising group needs extra hands to help raise vital funds for end of life services in Crediton

Authored by Hospiscare
Posted: Thu, 06/13/2019 - 10:33am

We are a friendly, social group who raise money to support the Hospice services that are provided in Crediton and the surrounding communities.

We enjoy organising fun, local events in the town and are proud to say we raise thousands of pounds each year to help support the local nurses who care for people in our community in their homes when they have been given a terminal diagnosis and need expert end of life care.

We hold regular coffee mornings, a Ladies Pamper Evening and support those who open their gardens for us in the summer. Our next big event is on Friday 28th June...

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M Lord-Lieutenant of Devon, David Fursdon

Devon residents recognised in The Queen’s Birthday Honours List

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 06/12/2019 - 3:44pm

Twenty one Devon residents have been honoured in HM The Queen’s Birthday Honours List this year.

The honours list recognises the extraordinary achievements of a wide range of people across the UK, for their efforts to improve the social mobility of those from underprivileged backgrounds. That could be through providing care, education or innovative business and employment support.

More than a thousand people received an award this year, including 920 candidates selected at BEM, MBE and OBE level.

In Devon, the list, published this weekend, includes:

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Kat McHale. Photo: Matt Round.

TEDxExeter 2019 talks launch online

Organisers of TEDxExeter, the South West's leading ideas festival, have announced that talks from its 2019 event have been launched for online viewing at www.tedxexeter.com

The eighth TEDxExeter Ideas Festival took place on Friday April 5th 2019 at the Northcott Theatre. The talks were livestreamed to audiences across the city, as well as by communities in all corners of the world including Australia, New Zealand, India, Russia, Japan, Nigeria, Somalia, the USA, Mexico and Venezuela.

Under the theme, 'Art of the Possible', a fantastic line-up of speakers explored a diverse...

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Chris Broadbent - Planet Earth Games CEO.

World's biggest Plogathon set for Exeter

Planet Earth Games and Plastic Free Exeter have agreed a partnership to deliver a ‘Plogathon’ – which organisers believe could be the biggest plogging event in the world. Plogging refers to the activity of picking up litter whilst jogging - a Swedish derived term, from "plocka" (to pick up) and "jogga" (to jog). From its beginnings in Sweden in 2016, plogging now represents an increasingly global movement, evidenced by the representation of over 40 countries in the official online “Plogga” group.

The Plogathon will take place at the Planet Earth Games in Exeter on July 6th. The...

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Bags of Help for the Exmouth coast

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 06/12/2019 - 6:55am

Voting is under way as coastal community projects in Exmouth vie for a share of a Tesco funding pot of almost £300,000.

Tesco is inviting local shoppers to cast their votes for Marine Conservation Society, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution or Surfers Against Sewage to receive funding of up to £4,000 through a special round of its Bags of Help scheme.

Bags of Help, run in partnership with Groundwork, sees funding awarded to thousands of local community projects every year.

Shoppers will be casting their votes using blue tokens handed out at checkout points in a...

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The type of equipment going into Pinhoe Station Road Play Area

Station Road play area set for £110k makeover

Work has started on the £110k refurbishment of a play area in Exeter.

The facility at Pinhoe Station Road is being rebuilt by Exeter City Council after locals were asked what sort of play equipment they would like to see introduced.

Work is hoped to be completed by the summer holidays but is weather dependent.

The new play area has been designed to provide a challenging and enjoyable mix of equipment for children of all ages and abilities. Along with the traditional favourites of swings and see-saws, there will be two split-level play towers designed for toddlers...

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