Exeter BID helps bring city centre to life

Authored by abigail
Posted: Mon, 07/17/2017 - 11:33am

Exeter Business Improvement District (BID) is helping to bring a wealth of arts, heritage and music festivities to the city centre with sponsorship of six major events in 2017 as well as support of Exeter Cultural Partnership’s own diverse programme of activities which promotes creative practitioners and organisations.

As well as hosting its own popular events including The Weekend Starts Here, Easter in Exeter, Style in Exeter and the Christmas Lights Switch on, which alone brought thousands of visitors and residents into the city centre for a huge festive celebration, the BID has...

Hairdressers’ 15,000ft skydive for Exeter Deaf Academy

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 07/17/2017 - 11:30am

TWO local hairdressers from Hair@The Academy are conquering their fear of heights and taking to the skies to raise money for Exeter Deaf Academy.

Claire Reeves, a hairdressing teacher and Nicky Mills, who volunteers at the salon, will both be leaping from a plane in a sponsored tandem skydive at Dunkeswell airfield, East Devon, on Wednesday 19 July.

Claire, 30, from Exeter, said she decided to raise money for Exeter Deaf Academy after working with students and seeing the opportunities they are offered there.

‘Working here, meeting the Deaf learners and seeing how...

Coffee and Crafts by the Quay

Event Date: 
12/08/2017 - 11:00am to 3:00pm
Venue: 
The XCentre, Commercial Road, Exeter, EX2 4AD

Our popular craft fair and coffee morning returns on Saturday 12th August 2017. Taking place in the beautiful XCentre, just a stone's throw from Exeter's historic Quayside, this event combines a wide range of stalls from talented local sellers with delectable treats in one of Exeter's most beautiful spaces.

The event will take place at the XCentre on Commercial Road from 11am-3pm and entry is free. With lots of local craft stalls to browse selling a huge range of beautiful items from cards and gifts to bath products, jewellery and textiles, this event really does have something for...

Experienced SW agricultural banker joins Fram and Rural Finance team

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 07/17/2017 - 11:03am

Rural and Business Specialists Ltd, have appointed an experienced agricultural banker, Peter Reynolds, to help them to deliver mortgage and finance solutions to farm and rural businesses in the South West of England. Peter Reynolds has joined Rural and Business Specialists Ltd (R&BS) from NatWest. Peter is a well-known figure amongst farmers and rural professionals in Devon and Cornwall, having spent 16 years working as a dedicated NatWest relationship manager for agriculture, rural businesses and renewable energies. Peter’s banking career amounts to nearly 34 years and during this...

Teignbridge’s iconic phone boxes saved from removal

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 07/17/2017 - 10:20am

A number of iconic phone boxes in Teignbridge have been Grade II listed and protected from removal thanks to a successful approach to Historic England from Teignbridge District Council.

Under the threat of removal following a consultation exercise from British Telecom, the Council’s heritage officers contacted Historic England listing several of the district’s iconic K6 red phone boxes that met strict listing criteria for consideration.

Having made the application, a total of seven boxes were assigned as Grade II status meaning they are now officially classed as ‘...

Man charged following death of Devon teenager

Police in Devon investigating the death of a 15-year-old girl in Newton Abbot on Saturday 15 July have now charged a man with drug offences.

Police were informed by ambulance in the early hours of Saturday morning that they had taken a girl to Torbay District Hospital where she later died.

Jacob Khanlarian, aged 20, from Newton Abbot, has been charged with two counts of supply of a controlled drug of class A (MDMA) and one count of supply a controlled drug of Class B (cannabis).

He has been remanded in custody to appear before Plymouth Magistrates today (Monday 17...

Business support programme launched

A new business support programme has been launched, offering a range of business support services to small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) in Devon, Plymouth, Somerset and Torbay.

More than 4,000 businesses will be supported with a three-hour business diagnostic check through the Heart of the South West Growth Support Programme. The three-year scheme provides free access to one-to-one business support, as well as a series of events and workshops. Businesses just need to register online at http://www.heartofswgrowthhub.co.uk/gsp-apply/ to trigger an initial face to face meeting...

UEFA Super Cup Trophy 2017- Battle of the giants!

Ahead of Manchester united super cup debut with UEFA Champions league champions Real Madrid, one cannot help but be expectant about the clash of the two titans. For the fans, hopes are high and expectations are limitless as with awe they expect nothing but the best of the two successful teams. Most Manchester United fans have staked bets online at 10bet homepage , because the odds of the game are high.

The super cup between Real Madrid and Manchester United will be held on 8th August in Skopje, FYR Macedonia’s first European club final. This trophy which is annual competition...

Devon dad to take on Great West Run for Exeter’s Neonatal Unit

Cullompton dad Shane Peters is set to take on the Great West Run this October in aid of the Neonatal Unit at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital as a thank you for the care they provided his son Raife.

Raife was born at the RD&E in early 2017 and spent four weeks being cared for on the specialist Neonatal Unit because he had water on his lungs. Now that Raife is healthy and has been discharged from hospital, Shane and his wife Kerry are keen to give something back to the unit which helped save their son’s life.

Shane said: “You just don’t realise what they do for you....

‘Leading’ the Way: New membership scheme for dogs in Devon

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 07/17/2017 - 6:09am

Residents and visitors to South East Devon will soon be able to join a new membership scheme for dog lovers.

Devon Loves Dogs will launch during Heath Week, at the Family Festival on Sunday 23 July at Woodbury Castle.

The new scheme for dog owners and dog walkers is led by Julie Owen, who will give information, advice and run events for residents and visitors across the Exe Estuary, Dawlish Warren and East Devon Pebblebed Heaths. Julie will bring together a community of dog walkers who love where they live and walk with their dogs, promoting responsible dog ownership so...

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