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Kids embark on magical journey

At the golden age of 81, former Exeter News and Photographic Service reporter Fay Knowles (nee Johanson) has announced the launch of her first children’s book - “Island Surprise: A Bahamian Adventure”!

Action packed and heart-warming, Fay says children will love and learn from this fun adventure story of family togetherness, simplicity and resilience!

“Island Surprise: A Bahamian Adventure”, a fully illustrated chapter book, tells of two young Bahamian boys, who are thrilled when their parents decide to take them to remote Coco Plum Island, to surprise their grandparents...

Have your say on revised Exe Estuary Codes of Conduct

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Mon, 01/29/2018 - 10:13am

People are invited to have their say on proposals to update the Exe Estuary’s Codes of Conduct.

The codes, which have been in place for many years, ensure that users are able to enjoy the area in safety while wildlife is protected.

Many enjoy a range of varied activities on and around the Exe Estuary including walking, kayaking, kite-surfing, sailing and powerboating.

Codes of Conduct are particularly useful on the Estuary where different activities overlap, with many participants not linked to a particular club or are from outside the area.

Some visitors...

Exeter declares war on cyber crime

Exeter businesses are being offered the chance to prepare themselves for the escalating war against cyber crime.

The City’s Cyber Security Awareness Week (CSAW) will offer a series of free workshops and seminars on all aspects of cyber crime, from taking preventative steps to watching a live data recovery demonstration.

One whole day of events will be devoted to the implications of the forthcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) coming into force in May. Delegates will learn how to prepare to be data compliant as well as manage their day to day data protection,...

Nominate deserving individuals to receive Community Fund donation

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 01/28/2018 - 11:06pm

For its next Well Built Community Fund giveaway, RGB Building Supplies will be donating £1,000 worth of building materials to a deserving person or family so they can complete a project in their own home.

Whether someone’s needs have changed and they need to make a bathroom accessible, new landscaping is required to accommodate a wheelchair, or a local person is always putting others first and their loved ones would like to nominate them so they can spruce up their own home, RGB would like to hear about them.

From all the nominations received, one individual or family will...

Drewsteignton gets a delivery from 100 years ago

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 01/28/2018 - 7:11pm

Villagers on Dartmoor have received a postcard from the past, and an invitation inspired by First World War gift parcels. Wearing period costume, National Trust staff and volunteers from Castle Drogo made the deliveries to homes in the neighbouring village of Drewsteignton. The team has been researching the impact of the First World War on the house and village as part of the Devon Remembers Heritage Project, an initiative exploring the county’s unique First World War history. The team were struck by the story of a small group of Drewsteignton volunteers who formed a ‘Christmas Gifts...

County Council consults on Okehampton rail options

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 01/26/2018 - 4:15pm

A number of options for a new railway station at Okehampton are being considered by Devon County Council as it develops proposals for the reintroduction of regular weekday trial services in partnership with the Department for Transport (DfT) and Great Western Railway (GWR).

A feasibility study, commissioned by the Council, is looking at a variety of platform layouts for a parkway station, and required infrastructure improvements as part of the scheme. These have been presented to the OkeRail Forum as part of consultation with key stakeholders, which also includes GWR, Aggregate...

The cream of Devon - The Maynard tops the DfE performance tables for third consecutive year

Authored by rachaelboard
Posted: Fri, 01/26/2018 - 12:31pm

The Maynard School in Exeter has been ranked as Devon’s top school and 45th in the entire country in key areas of the Department for Education’s Schools Performance Tables, based on A-level results from 2017.

Already recognised as the South West’s leading independent school in The Telegraph’s 2017 league tables (and 13th best girls’ school in the UK by the equivalent tables in The Times), The Maynard achieved the county’s highest percentage of students to achieve AAB or higher in at least two facilitating subjects in these new tables published earlier this morning. These subjects...

Trading Standards appeals to victims of loan sharks to come forward

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 01/26/2018 - 8:30am

Devon, Somerset and Torbay Trading Standards Service is urging victims of loan sharks to come forward, and has reassured them they can do so in the strictest confidence.

An estimated 310,000 households in the UK borrow from loan sharks every year, many over Christmas - but a relatively small loan can soon spiral into massive repayments. Devon, Somerset and Torbay Trading Standards Service has joined forces with The England Illegal Money Lending Team (IMLT), who specialise in investigating and prosecuting loan sharks, to appeal to victims to report them. It’s part of IMLT’s ‘Why I...

Acclaimed actor Charles Dance launches Creative Dialogues series

Charles Dance OBE, the celebrated actor, screenwriter and film director, has launched the University of Exeter’s new Creative Dialogues series.

The Creative Dialogues series will bring high-profile people from the creative and performing arts to Exeter to inspire students, demonstrate the impact of the University’s research, and share these experiences with the wider Exeter community, and the South West.

Mr Dance, who spoke to a packed auditorium, left the audience spellbound as he described his career in film and theatre including starring roles the Jewel in the Crown, the...

Singing in Exeter alternative to choir is fun

Following one of our recent tweets, advertising Forever Young Sing for Fun, one local follower retweeted, "Always a pleasure to give you a big shout-out..."

A valuable recommendation considering this individual has nearly 20,000 followers. We can only hope that many of those followers are not local or were away when the retweet went out as we think the limit on the hall is under 200!

Last Monday evening, 7-9pm at St Sidwell's School EX4 6PG, we raised the roof and sang to brilliant backing music with the words projected on the wall. Several of the new singers enjoyed the...

RSPCA ensures every fire engine has animal oxygen masks

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 01/25/2018 - 11:58am

Every one of the 121 fire engines in Devon and Somerset will soon be equipped with animal oxygen masks – thanks to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA).

For a number of years, the Service has worked with the charity Smokey Paws to enable local groups and organisations to generously provide the masks to their local fire stations.

Now the RSPCA has donated 68 kits to cover all the remaining fire appliances that do not currently have one, meaning they will soon be used to revive pets in those crucial moments following a fire. These kits - which...

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