A crackdown on dog fouling and littering in Exeter could soon be brought in, the City Council has revealed. The City Council is looking at ramping up its enforcement of dog fouling and littering across Exeter as part of a 12-month pilot project. Offenders would be issued with fixed penalty fines. The initiative was given backing by the Council’s Executive last night and now goes before Full Council on Wednesday 19 July. Cllr Stephen Brimble, Lead Councillor for Place, said that dog fouling was one of the biggest issues brought to the attention of councillors in the city. “People are fed up...
Plymouth University academic and TV geologist Professor Iain Stewart MBE has been revealed as the new president of top local conservation charity Devon Wildlife Trust.
Prof Stewart is only the third person to take on the honorary role since the conservation charity was founded 55 years ago in 1962. His appointment was made after a unanimous decision by
Devon Wildlife Trust’s 15 strong Board of Trustees. He succeeds Prof Ian Mercer CBE, the eminent conservationist who had held the position from 1985 until his death in September 2016.
Work is underway on drainage improvements on the A373 between Honiton and Cullompton.
The scheme will address standing water issues at three locations along the road, with work at all three sites expected to be completed by the end of July. Work has started at Came Cross/Crammer Barton to install a new drainage system which will reduce surface water run-off in this area. Access is available from the Cullompton end of the A373 as far as Crammer Barton and from the Honiton end as far as Colliton. From Monday (17 July) work will also start on replacing a damaged culvert and kerbs at...
Naomi J Ryan is on the search for someone who deserves recognition this summer. Do you know someone who has made a significant contribution to improve the lives of those around them and who merit to be thanked for it? Then make sure to enter our ‘Nominate Your Local Hero’ summer award.
If your nominee is a winner, they will be invited to meet the Naomi J Ryan team and collect their bespoke gift from their office in Southernhay, Exeter.
If you would like to nominate someone, please visit our website , or our Facebook page . Alternatively pick up a nomination form from the...
Exeter Deaf Academy have won a nation-wide track and field competition for Deaf schools.
The annual National Deaf Schools Track and Field Sports Day took place on Wednesday 5 July at Westminster Lodge Leisure Centre in St Albans, Hertfordshire. Organised by local Deaf school Heathlands, the competition saw 7 schools from across the country come together to compete in a variety of track and field events.
The group of 12 students and 7 members of staff had a long day, setting off from Exeter at 6am to reach the venue.
Teacher Nick Edmunds said; ‘We’re really proud of...
Playing football can improve bone development in adolescent boys, new research shows.
In a study comparing adolescent footballers to swimmers, cyclists and a control group of boys not involved in regular sport, scientists at the University of Exeter found football led to significantly better bones after one year of training.
Adolescence is the key period for bone development, and poor development at this stage is linked to reduced peak bone mass (the amount of bone mass at the end of the skeletal maturation, around age 30), increased fracture risk and osteoporosis later in...
An innovative scheme jointly run by the UK’s leading network of legal firms QualitySolicitors and children’s charity Barnardo’s has been recognised with a National Fundraising Award. QS Dunn & Baker, which has offices in Exeter, Cullompton and Newton Abbot, was one of the many QualitySolicitors firms that took part and supported last year.
The Barnardo’s Will Scheme won the Best Legacy or In-Memoriam Campaign at the Institute of Fundraising’s (IoF) National Fundraising Awards. Now in its 27th year, the IoF recognises the companies, individuals, campaigns and schemes that have...
Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (14-16 July).
THEATRE
And Here I Am Friday & Saturday, Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter Based on Ahmed Tobasi’s personal coming of age story, And Here I Am is an epic voyage of identity and self-discovery. Combining fact and fantasy, tragedy and comedy, spanning both the first Palestinian intifada and the second, we follow the protagonist through his transformation from armed resistance fighter to artist, his journey as a refugee in the West Bank to Norway and then back again. www.bikeshedtheatre.co.uk...
Rob Baxter insists there is a “burning desire” amongst the Exeter Chiefs coaching staff to take the Devon club onto even greater things in the future, after he and his three trusty lieutenants - Ali Hepher, Rob Hunter and Ricky Pellow - today all agreed new three-year deals with the Aviva Premiership champions.
Baxter will take on the new title of Director of Rugby for the 2017/18 season, while Hepher has been named the club’s new Head Coach. Both Hunter (Forwards Coach) and Pellow (Skills Coach) will continue in their current roles, both of which have seen them help take the...
Rob Baxter insists there is a “burning desire” amongst the Exeter Chiefs coaching staff to take the Devon club onto even greater things in the future, after he and his three trusty lieutenants - Ali Hepher, Rob Hunter and Ricky Pellow - today all agreed new three-year deals with the Aviva Premiership champions.
Baxter will take on the new title of Director of Rugby for the 2017/18 season, while Hepher has been named the club’s new Head Coach. Both Hunter (Forwards Coach) and Pellow (Skills Coach) will continue in their current roles, both of which have seen them help take the...
