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Gandy Street is the place to be on the First Thursdays of the month this summer

First Thursdays is a new event you won’t want to miss.

From June to September, Gandy Street will come alive on the first Thursday of each month, with a festival atmosphere in the early evening.

The first event takes place on Thursday 4 June, 5–8pm. Expect late-night shopping, live music, street entertainment, extended opening hours at cultural venues and a cocktail trail. All your favourite businesses on Gandy Street and in the surrounding area will be open, including:

  • Boston Tea Party : Will be hosting an indoor market with Circular Social, featuring
  • ...

Exeter Three to row Atlantic in the fight against ocean plastics

Three Exeter women are to tackle one of the world’s toughest rowing events, the Talisker Whiskey Atlantic Challenge, a 3,400-plus mile crossing from the Canary isle of La Gomera to Antigua, West Indies.

As ‘Row for the Ocean’, the trio are rowing to raise £60,000 for the Plastic Free Coastlines campaign run by Surfers Against Sewage. Plastic waste is polluting every ocean on Earth, crippling sea wildlife and ruining beaches and water quality. To further support SAS, Row For The Ocean are holding beach cleans, fundraising events and school talks; this Saturday they're...

Bridge lift completed ahead of schedule

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 11/20/2017 - 4:25pm

A new pedestrian and cycle bridge over the M5 at Exeter has successfully been lifted into place over the weekend.

The 60-metre span Tithebarn Lane bridge was positioned alongside the existing overbridge, just north of Junction 29 of the motorway, overnight on Saturday (18 November) evening. It took 3.5 hours to fully rig the 750 tonne crane and the bridge lift started at 12:30am. The M5 was closed during the lifting operation, but re-opened three hours ahead of schedule on Sunday morning. Councillor Andrea Davis, Devon County Council Cabinet Member for Infrastructure, Development...

Exeter Inchcape dealership helps to reach £100,000 fundraising milestone for Macmillan Cancer Support

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 11/20/2017 - 12:52pm

Since staff voted Macmillan Cancer Support as their first charity partner in January 2016, Inchcape Retail has raised an incredible £110,000 and counting. Over the last 18 months employees have taken part in a number of key fundraising activities including their latest activity – The Colla-bear-ator Challenge, which involved the relay of an Inchcape teddy bear from Inchcape’s most northerly site in Sunderland to Inchcape’s most southerly site in Exeter. Along the way, each site was asked to write a note for the next and give the bear a name, with the winning name being chosen on the bear’s...

In the Bleak Midwinter - Keep people safe and well

Authored by LauraHew
Posted: Mon, 11/20/2017 - 12:15pm

A campaign to help the most vulnerable in our communities to stay warm and well this winter has launched.

The Surviving Winter appeal asks those who feel they can, to consider donating to those who desperately need extra support during the cold winter months. Many previous donors have donated their Winter Fuel payment if they don’t need it but want to make sure it is well used.

The figures tell a shocking story for older and vulnerable people in Devon living in fuel poverty. Over 1,000 older people are at risk of dying simply due to avoidable winter related illnesses and...

Another classic night of entertainment for charity

Exeter’s very own night at the proms was another fantastic success with nearly £20,000 raised for the city’s leading cancer support charity.

Classics Galore! has been staged every two years since 2007 and the 10th anniversary concert at the University of Exeter Great Hall had the audience of more than 1,000 on their feet.

The blend of popular classics and songs from some of the world’s most beloved musical theatre clearly struck the right note. Profits from the sixth Classics show will take the total raised for FORCE Cancer Charity to nearly £90,000.

“After the...

UK’s leading zoos visit Dartmoor Zoo to develop new gold-standard guidance for health and safety

UK’s leading zoos visit Dartmoor Zoo to develop new gold-standard guidance for zoo health and safety

Dartmoor Zoo, the family attraction on the fringes of Dartmoor National Park – renowned for its international conservation and education programmes – has played host to representatives from the UK’s leading zoos at a special Working Group to develop new ‘gold-standard’ health and safety guidance for zoos and wildlife parks across the UK.

Under the auspices of the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA) Health and Safety Working Group, the conference, held...

A step back in time for St Loye’s students

Authored by StepOne
Posted: Mon, 11/20/2017 - 11:21am

Former students and employees of St Loye’s College shared memories at an exhibition of photos and artefacts at Devon Heritage Centre in Exeter.

St Loye’s College was founded as a charity by Dame Georgiana Buller who wanted people with disabilities to have the opportunity to work and fulfil their potential.

The college was located on Topsham Road and supported thousands of people from 1937 until 2008. The charity continues today as Step One, which organised the event to celebrate its 80th year and offer people with a connection to the old college the opportunity to view its...

Large blaze on Marsh Barton in Exeter

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 11/20/2017 - 7:54am

Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service received a call from a passer-by reporting thick black smoke and alarms sounding at an industrial premesis in Alphin Brook Road, Marsh Barton, Exeter 5.32am today (MONDAY).

Two fire appliances from Danes castle and one from Middlemoor were immediately mobilised with a local officer.

Fire control started making cover moves in the area.

The initial caller then confirmed smoke and flames issuing from the rear of the commercial premises.

The local officer was first in attendance and very quickly requested six fire...

How to make binary trading part of your investment strategy

Binary options are some of the easiest to understand. You simply predict whether an asset’s value will rise or fall over a particular amount of time. If you think the market is rising, you purchase a “call.” However, if you think the market is falling, you purchase a “put.” If your prediction is correct at the end of the expiry time, you receive a return on your investment.

You can make a lot of money with binary trading, especially if you’re willing to take risks. The key is to really understand your market so that you can make better predictions. Each binary option is worth...

Carers missing out on available support

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sat, 11/18/2017 - 3:57pm

With an estimated 6.5 million people in the UK providing unpaid care to family members and friends, Devon authorities are urging carers to take a moment, for themselves.

There are about 90,000 people providing unpaid care for loved ones and friends in Devon; more if you include Plymouth and Torbay.

Many carers don’t see themselves as ‘carers’; they feel that they’re just doing what families and friends do for each other when they need help, and they’re not going to make an issue of it.

But Devon County Council and Devon’s CCGs say, ‘Do make an issue of it. It’s...

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