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A SCIENTIST in Exeter is urging women to back life-saving research - by signing up for Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life.

Prof Willie Hamilton, lead researcher and professor of primary care diagnostics at the University of Exeter, has spent much of his career working in collaboration to help discover new and more effective ways to diagnose cancer by applying different methods to GP surgeries.

As a GP himself he has dedicated his working life to studying which cancer symptoms are the most important, so that GPs can more readily spot potential cancer at an earlier stage. He...

On Friday 30th June, British rowing champion James Cracknell OBE, will lead a group run through Exeter’s City Centre to raise awareness of Children’s Hospice South West’s (CHSW) being one of the chosen charities of Exeter’s Great West Run, which is taking place in the City later this year.

Owner of Exeter’s Great West Run, the double Olympic gold medallist will be joined on the run by several running supporters of CHSW, including a team from the Exeter offices of Girling Jones. The group will set off from the charity’s shop on Sidwell Street following a route down the High Street,...

Exeter residents are invited to put forward questions to members of the joint County and City Councils' Exeter Board, at their next meeting on Thursday 13 July at 5:30pm at the Civic Centre in Paris Street.

The Board allocates 15 minutes for their ‘open forum’, with 3 minutes per speaker, with a maximum of three to four speakers to allow time for discussion.

Previously, residents have prompted debate about issues including broadband provision in the city, waste collection and street lighting. Questions need to be on key issues for the city of strategic, political or...

People from across the country have come to Exeter to celebrate the difference local community group, ISCA Wheelchair Dancers, is making to people’s lives.

Five teams of walkers began their journey on Monday 29th May and have trekked across the UK to celebrate the great projects that bring people and communities together. The Great Big Walk is a new initiative made possible by National Lottery funding and run by Eden Communities. It has seen a dedicated group of walkers and their supporters visit a different local project every day. They are able to experience first-hand how...