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Devon Young Carers shine at the 2025 Young Carers Festival

Seventeen young carers from across Devon have enjoyed a well-deserved break from their caring responsibilities at the largest festival in the world dedicated to young people with unpaid caring roles.

It’s the 25th year that Devon Young Carers has attended the Young Carers Festival at YMCA Fairthorne Manor at Botley in Hampshire. Four dedicated staff members, one volunteer, and one inspiring Adult Young Carer accompanied them on a two-night adventure packed with connection, laughter, and discovery - a well-deserved break from their day-to-day caring roles at home.

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Police appeal for witnesses after road rage incident in Exeter

Police are appealing to the public following allegations of a road rage incident in Exeter.

The incident occurred between 7.50-8am on Wednesday 22 November on Cumberland Way, Exeter. The victim driving a BT Openreach Transit van, the suspect a red BMW.

Both vehicles had come through the traffic lights at the junction with Main Road, Pinhoe and merged from two lanes into one, travelling towards Sowton.

The suspect who was driving the BMW got out of his vehicle and made threats, including hitting and head-butting and punching the window of the BT van.

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Oxfam Fundraising Group targets first £1,000 with Christmas quiz

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sat, 11/25/2017 - 11:52am

The Exeter Oxfam fundraising team are holding a Christmas-themed pub quiz on 5th December, 7:30pm at the Puerto Lounge on Exeter Quay.

This is the third quiz that the group have held since getting started in January and they are aiming to make it the biggest and best yet, with their goal to reach £1000 total in 2017.

Entry is £4 or £3 for students, and the money raised will go directly to Oxfam’s work around the world, including the current emergencies in Yemen and with the Rohingya in Bangladesh.

There will also be a raffle, with prizes including chocolates, cinema...

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Independent retailer announces golden ticket winner to celebrate 50 years in business

Authored by Glen King PR
Posted: Sat, 11/25/2017 - 10:17am

Independent retailer Queenstreet Carpets & Furnishings has been marking its 50th anniversary milestone with a free prize draw for the chance to win a ‘Golden Ticket’ worth £500 to celebrate five decades in business in Exeter. In addition, over the three-month campaign, they gave away five x £50 vouchers per month with automatic entry in to the top prize draw, by simply asking people to like and share the company’s Facebook page.

Lucky winner, Mrs Alice Sefton of Exeter, was delighted to be called into the store in Alphington to claim her golden ticket. Alice who works at Royal...

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Communities urged to support 'suicide first aiders' campaign

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 11/24/2017 - 11:12pm

Devon residents are being called on to help prevent people in their communities from taking their own lives by supporting a project to train up hundreds of specialist suicide ‘first aiders’.

Suicide devastates lives, families and communities – in Devon two people take their own lives every week. Local Authorities, GPs, the NHS and the voluntary sector work closely together to prevent suicide. But often it is communities who are better placed to recognise the early signs of distress and intervene before a person’s problems reach crises point. Now Devon County Council’s Public Health...

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WESC Foundation tree announced as winner of Princesshay’s Charity Christmas Tree Festival

The WESC Foundation’s decorated tree has been named winner of Princesshay’s Charity Christmas Tree Festival, featuring thirty-five trees decorated by charities from across Devon.

The popular annual Christmas Tree Festival, located on Roman Walk, Princesshay, was officially opened on Friday 17 November by the Lord Mayor of Exeter and will be in situ until Christmas Eve. Runners up were FORCE and the Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education.

The Christmas trees were judged by Ann Hunter, Exeter Business Improvement Manager, who said “The Charity Christmas Tree Festival is a...

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Police appeal after elderly pedestrian injured in Exeter crash

Police were called just after 9.15am on Thursday 25 November with reports of a collision between a Vauxhall Astra and an 86-year-old local woman on Cowick Street, Exeter.

The serious collisions unit attended the scene to undertake initial investigation work.

The woman was taken to the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital with serious injuries including a fractured skull and injuries to her leg.

Anyone with any information is asked to contact 101@dc.police.uk quoting log number 149 for 23 November.

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Roadshow inspires Devon to 'get composting'

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 11/24/2017 - 10:54am

Residents from across Devon have been inspired to recycle more food thanks to a series of composting roadshows.

More than 1,000 pledges to recycle food waste were made by residents visiting one of the 11 road shows across Devon.

Composting is the most effective way to reduce waste - at least 30% of the contents in an average household bin can be composted.

The roadshows, run by Recycle Devon, aimed to inspire more people to either compost food or garden waste at home, or make use of their food waste collection in areas where they have one.

The 600 people who...

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Exeter City warm up in support of Sugar Smart

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 11/24/2017 - 10:18am

Players from Exeter City Football Club will be donning their Sugar Smart Exeter t-shirts this Saturday (November 25), for their warm up before their league match against Accrington Stanley.

Sugar Smart Exeter is an ambitious campaign to encourage the community to come together in tackling the amount of sugar people in Exeter consume. Exeter City Football Club led the way in this initiative and were the first organisation to make Sugar Smart pledges in Exeter. Some of their pledges include stocking healthier food and drink in their outlets, reducing sugary food and drinks,...

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Fire crews tackle Devon property blaze

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 11/24/2017 - 7:42am

The Fire Service were called to a report of a property fire in Kingsteignton Road, Chudleigh at 20.44 yesterday.

Initially three fire appliances were mobilised from Bovey Tracey and Newton Abbot along with an Operational Assurance Officer. On arrival crews confirmed the property was well alight and requested a further fire appliances which proceeded from Ashburton, Torquay and Teignmouth.

Below is the fire service report to date:

21:05 A water bowser was requested which proceeded from Torquay.

21:15 Crews confirmed this is a detached building well alight,...

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New community space rapidly taking shape in Topsham

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 11/23/2017 - 4:34pm

A new community space that will benefit thousands of people is rapidly taking shape in Topsham. Work on the Estuary Community Hub started in May and is scheduled to be completed and ready to open next summer. A Grass Roots grant – money raised through local developments like IKEA – is helping towards the construction and fitting out of a new two-storey contemporary building on the site of the old Topsham Library. The Hub will have 18 fully accessible rooms and a community garden. “Once complete, we will have a facility to be proud of,” said Rachel Gilpin, of the Estuary League of Friends...

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