Exeter School, the city's largest independent school, is celebrating another excellent set of GCSE results.
Almost three-quarters of all grades - 74.5% - were A* or A/9-7, compared to the national average of 20.5%.
Of the 110 pupils in Year 11, 66 achieved 8 or more A* or A/9-7 grades in the year the school celebrates its 20th anniversary of co-education.
Leading achievers Luke Donegan, Josh Grier and Sam Mullan, who all come from Exeter, each scored 11 top grades - Luke and Josh both gained one A^, six A* and four 9 grades and Sam attained eight A* and three 9...
The Family Law Company has doubled its investment in South West sporting phenomenon, the Exeter Chiefs.
The company has already sponsored Chiefs’ prop Tomas Francis for a year. Tomas has become a firm favourite with the staff at The Family Law Company, and continues his career with the Chiefs’ first team, as well as being a Welsh International and British Lion.
For the coming season, the family law specialist decided to not only continue sponsoring Tomas, but also support up-and-coming player, Jack Innard. Jack, who comes from Truro, joined the Chiefs as part of the Academy...
The UK’s leading marine charity says it hopes more people than ever before in Devon will take part in the 25th Great British Beach Clean (14th - 17th September) - an annual event run by the Marine Conservation Society (MCS).
The event around the county’s coastline will help ensure some of the most beautiful beaches in the UK aren’t being taken for granted.
The Great British Beach Clean is part of the MCS Beachwatch programme. It not only spruces up hundreds of beaches around the UK coast, but volunteers also record the litter they find, and it’s this aspect that has really...
Students, parents and staff at Colyton Grammar School are celebrating outstanding GCSE results, which have seen the school outperform the national average by some considerable margin.
In all, 87% of students who sat GCSEs this year achieved the top three grades of 9 to 7. 99% achieved grades 9 to 5, and 40% achieved a grade 9, ten times the national average of 4%.
Some 21 students achieved the coveted eight or more subjects with grade 9, around 18% of this year’s GCSEs cohort. This compares to the national predicted result for this achievement of 0.2%.
Overnight closures will be needed at the Alphington junction of the A30 next month (September) while essential resurfacing work is carried out.
The roundabout will be partially closed for four nights from Tuesday 4 September to Friday 7 September.
The westbound on and off-slips will be closed from 7pm on Tuesday 4 September, until 6am the following day. The closure will switch to the eastbound on and off-slips on the evenings of Wednesday 5 September and Thursday 6 September. The final overnight closure, on Friday 7 September, will again close the westbound on and off-slips...
Exeter’s Guildhall Shopping Centre opened its doors to a sweet new resident this morning, with the grand opening of Krispy Kreme’s 122nd UK store. Around 70 eager Krispy Kreme fans were in line, queuing from the early hours of the morning to get their hands on the freshly made treats. Jammy enough to be first in line, and win themselves a year’s supply of doughnuts, was Dennis Janowski, who arrived at the shopping centre at 7.30 this morning.
Showing his excitement for the brand-new store, Dennis said: “It’s so exciting that Krispy Kreme has launched a store here. I was thrilled to...
Exeter resident Katie Dicker took to her specially adapted trike at the weekend (Saturday 18 August) and has raised nearly £2,100 so far for Dream-A-Way – a charity that provides holiday grants and trips for people with physical and learning disabilities. Katie, a Guinness Care customer who has severe physical disabilities and is visually impaired, completed the massive challenge of cycling over 2 miles around Exeter’s Roman city wall. Her carer Aubone Braddon, who has worked with Katie for over 25 years, acted as her ‘sighted guide’ supporting her on foot. Aubone said: “I know that...
The Ocean Film Festival World Tour is back for 2018, bringing an evening of inspirational ocean-themed films to more than 35 locations across the UK and Ireland in September and October.
This brand-new selection of films features seafaring adventurers rowing treacherous oceans, intrepid surfers riding the world’s biggest waves, and explores our planet’s spectacular hidden depths.
Now in its fifth year, 2018’s UK Tour is the biggest yet – and it’s also first time the Tour has visited Ireland, with dates in Dublin and Cork.
A collection of unusual antique fans assembled over many years is to be sold at Chilcott Auctioneers’ next sale.
The fans belonged to Jane Campbell-Allan, originally from Stirlingshire but who lived in Devon for most of her life until her death in 2017.
Jane was known as an eccentric lady with a wicked sense of humour who enjoyed collecting antiques, especially jewellery. But it was fans that caught her imagination. Her interest is believed to have started after an elderly aunt gave her an antique fan when she was young.
Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, is delighted to welcome the much-loved Super Wings on board through a collaboration secured with Alpha Animation and Toys UK. Over 30,000 colourful activity sheets featuring preschoolers favourite Super Wings characters have been designed to keep little ones entertained on board and give families the opportunity to enjoy some shared fun when flying this summer with the airline. In welcoming Super Wings on board for the first time, Flybe’s Chief Commercial Officer, Roy Kinnear, said that the brand’s core values reflected the airline’s own. “Our...
