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Hospiscare's Light Up a Life at Exeter Cathedral

The festive season is a special time of year when many people come together with family and friends to celebrate.

At Hospiscare, we know that for those adjusting to life without a loved one, it can be a bittersweet time.

Light Up a Life is our annual celebration of the lives of lost loved ones. We hope you will join us for this in-person service at Exeter Cathedral for hand-picked readings, poems, music and carols in honour and remembrance of all those people we hold dear.

Please note that places are free on a first-come basis. Doors open at 6.15pm for a 7pm...

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Local artist opens newly redecorated NHS kitchen with her artwork

Local Devon based Artist Becky Bettesworth was absolutely thrilled when the Community Services Team at the Albany Clinic in Newton Abbot asked her to donate one of her prints for their newly redecorated kitchen.

Becky said “It was an absolute pleasure to be asked to open the newly decorated kitchen facilities for the Community Services Team. The staff chose my Go with the Flow artwork print and I was so happy to donate this to them. The League of Friends fundraised and raised the money to have it framed which was brilliant”. To celebrate this new space for the staff, the Team did a...

Exeter researcher awarded Pew Fellowship to discover if commercial fishing harms endangered penguin populations

Experts will work to discover if commercial fishing is harming endangered African penguins by making it harder to forage for food in the ocean.

Dr Richard Sherley from the University of Exeter will use GPS tracking and other technology to follow penguins in South Africa to record how deep they have to dive and how far they have to travel to find fish.

Penguins eat sardines and anchovies, which are also fished commercially, and the study will help researchers better understand the cost of this to penguin populations. The study could lead to solutions for more sustainable...

Pro Tips to Make Your Photos Awesome

Browsing through the glamorous Insta-posts, have you ever wished you could get as good a picture as theirs? Of course you have. We all have. We are a generation that’s obsessed with photographs. And why shouldn’t we be? Photos are a brilliant way to reach out, flaunt and preserve precious moments in moments in life.

While we are extremely fortunate, as we can pick a great photo editor for PC and enhance our photos whenever we want, here are a few tips that would help you capture much greater shots and keep those “likes” flooding in.

Get closer to the subject

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Landmark 27,000th mission flown by Devon Air Ambulance

Last week saw Devon Air Ambulance reach yet another landmark, by attending it’s 27,000thmission.

On 11 February the service was called to help a rural patient, in an agricultural location, who had suffered chest injuries, after being crushed by a cow.

Nigel Hare, Operations Director for Devon Air Ambulance said, “Due to patient confidentiality we don’t know much about the patients we help. For our 27,000th mission we were deployed at 1531 from a 999 call and were in the air at 1534 hours. The flight to scene took just 11 minutes.”

He added “The advantage of...

Historic Nancy Astor statue designer chosen

The installation of a statue commemorating Nancy Astor, the first female MP to sit in the UK Parliament, has moved a step closer after an artist was chosen to sculpt it.

Hayley Gibbs has been announced as designer of the statue by the judging panel for the committee that ran a successful Crowdfunding campaign to raise the required money to commission it.

“I am so honoured and excited to have my design selected for this ground-breaking piece of public art,” she said.

The target of £125,000 was smashed on January 30, allowing the committee to move onto the...

Cardens takes over Exeter’s longest-established estate agent

Exeter’s longest-established estate agent and one of the UK’s oldest family businesses, Force and Sons Exeter, has been taken over by lettings’ experts Cardens Residential.

Cardens Residential has taken over the lettings business of Force and Sons Exeter as it grows its offering of rental properties in the city. Staff from Force and Sons Exeter will join the team at the Cardens Residential office in Longbrook Street.

Jon Carden, managing director of Cardens Residential, said: ‘We are delighted to complete this takeover, Force and Sons Exeter has been a well-respected...

4 ways to build more sustainable cities

The idea that we need to make our cities more sustainable isn’t a new one. However, instead of talking about how important it is to establish these more environmentally-friendly cities, our focus perhaps needs to lie more in howwe achieve this.

Granted, there isn’t a magic solution as to how we can do this, nor will the same approach work for each and every city. But there are some key ideas that could work in the cities and towns we know and love.

Here are just some of these ideas:

1. Aiding Mobility

It probably goes without saying that if we want to...

HRH The Duke of York meets Met Office apprentices

HRH The Duke of York met with some of the current Met Office apprentices on Monday (18 February), while visiting Exeter to hold a Pitch@Palace On Tour event, an initiative founded by The Duke in 2014.

The Met Office’s apprenticeship programmes are run with training from a number of providers including Exeter College and the University of Exeter, and are aimed at developing the next generation of data engineers, scientists and technology experts, as well as other business skills needed in the Met Office and industry as a whole.

Liz Hourahine is a Data Analyst apprentice...

Network Rail announces Exeter and Torquay drop-in events to update on South West rail resilience progress

Network Rail has announced community drop-in sessions in Exeter and Torquay to update local communities on ongoing work to improve resilience of the stretch of railway that connects the South West with the rest of the country.

The community drop-in events follow on from Transport Secretary Chris Grayling’s recent announcement that £80m will be made available to increase the height of the sea wall at Dawlish to protect this vital rail artery for the region.

Events will be held in Exeter and Torquay on:

Wednesday 27 February – Mercure Rougemont Hotel, Exeter, EX4 3SP...

Devon pet sanctuary warns of damage caused to unsocialised dogs

A Devon animal charity is taking in an alarming number of dogs that have never set foot outside a garden.

Some of the dogs rescued by Woodside Animal Welfare Sanctuary at Elfordleigh in the South Hams have not seen a lead, let alone walked to a park or the woods.

By the time they are brought to the sanctuary, some of these dogs will display defensive or aggressive traits towards animals or people, while others will be extremely nervous.

As National Walk Your Dog Day approaches on February 22, the charity is urging people to make time every day to walk their dogs, to...

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Hospiscare's Light Up a Life at Exeter Cathedral

Local artist opens newly redecorated NHS kitchen with her artwork

Exeter researcher awarded Pew Fellowship to discover if commercial fishing harms endangered penguin populations

Pro Tips to Make Your Photos Awesome

Landmark 27,000th mission flown by Devon Air Ambulance

Historic Nancy Astor statue designer chosen

Cardens takes over Exeter’s longest-established estate agent

4 ways to build more sustainable cities

HRH The Duke of York meets Met Office apprentices

Network Rail announces Exeter and Torquay drop-in events to update on South West rail resilience progress

Devon pet sanctuary warns of damage caused to unsocialised dogs

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