Exeter Deaf Academy students will be teaching British Sign Language (BSL) and Deaf Awareness to schools, residential homes and shoppers in Exmouth and Exeter.
Activities include College students teaching Deaf Awareness to visitors in Princesshay shopping centre in Exeter, to staff parachuting 15,000 ft from a plane for a brave fundraising challenge in East Devon.
School students will also be creating beautiful sand sculptures on Exmouth beach to mark the national event which this year has the theme of ‘A Celebration’ to celebrate people across the community working together...
Cullompton-based logistics firm, Gregory Distribution, has expanded its services in the UK and across Europe with access to a new UK regional hub in Bristol. As a member of Palletways, Europe’s largest and fastest growing express palletised freight network, Gregory Distribution and its customers will benefit from Palletways fifth new hub in Avonmouth, Bristol, as a pan-European gateway to deliver their goods to 20 countries, including across the UK. The South West Hub, a £200,000 investment based just off the M5 at Bristol’s major industrial zone in Avonmouth, will process over 500...
A man, who is believed to be from Exeter, has died after falling while walking on Tryfan mountain in Snowdonia with his daughter.
The alert was raised at around 12.10pm on Sunday when man, who is thought to be in his late 50s, fell a 'considerable' distance'.
He was pronounced dead shortly after.
Pc Gethin Jones, of North Wales Police said: "The man, who is not local to the area, was located and airlifted to Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor but sadly he was pronounced dead.
"His next of kin have been informed and our thoughts are with his family and friends."...
Schoolchildren and great-grandparents alike will take part in the 50th Newton Abbot walk for Christian Aid Week when a special Sydney Williams’ Memorial Walk is held on May 20th.
The walk, which has raised over £367,000 over the decades to tackle poverty around the world, was set up by the late Sydney Williams and taking part in this year’s event at Newton Abbot Racecourse will be his widow Dorothy Williams (90), their four children and a grandchild alongside generations of other Devon families.
Sydney, who died in 2010 aged 82, was inspired to make the world a fairer place...
Summer is on its way, and thoughts are already turning to lazy afternoons spent in the sun, having a drink and watching the world’s best sportsmen and sportswomen battle with opponents.
Here is what the people of Exeter and the UK in general will be looking forward to in terms of sport in summer 2017.
Wimbledon
A quintessential part of any British summer, the Wimbledon Championships return for their 131st edition in June. Reigning men’s champion Andy Murray will be looking to fight off familiar foes to defend his title, but who will win the women’s tournament is...
Coastal Recycling and Teignbridge Council are set to bring a Rural Skip Service to rural towns and villages across the district until February 2018.
The ‘pop up recycling facility’ will give residents without access to a permanent recycling centre the chance to easily recycle certain materials and items locally, from bulky household waste to scrap metal and wood.
Experts Coastal Recycling will set up temporary collection containers on Saturdays offering a one-day recycling service at 35 sites from Shaldon to Widecombe in the Moor.
Exeter City head into the second leg of their play-off tie with Carlisle United with the scores level at 3-3.
The Grecians had led the first leg tie, at Brunton Park, 3-1 midway through the second half thanks to goals from Joel Grant, Ryan Harley and David Wheeler but the Cumbrians hit back to level the scores before Reuben Reid had a goal ruled out for offside and Jake Taylor hit the post in the final minute of stoppage time.
City manager Paul Tisdale made three changes to the starting line-up. In came Craig Woodman, Bobby Olejnik and Grant for Reid, Ethan Ampadu and...
Leading UK student accommodation developer Downing, which owns The Kingfisher student development in Exeter, has expanded its operations into China, and will now have a permanent presence in the capital, Beijing. Downing Students has one of the biggest student accommodation portfolios in the UK, and operates over 5,000 student beds in nine key UK cities including London, Cambridge, Edinburgh, and Newcastle. The business also has a further 4,000 beds in the pipeline across the country. There are currently 90,000 Chinese students studying in the UK and Downing is keen to strengthen its...
This June, it’s all about nature - for everybody, everywhere, every day with The Wildlife Trusts’ annual challenge: 30 Days Wild People in Devon will be encouraged to enjoy the nature on their doorstep, as well as the ‘great outdoors’, with inspiring ‘Random Acts of Wildness’: practical, fun and quirky ideas for connecting with the wild around us. Spend an evening star gazing, build a bughouse, become a stream sleuth, enjoy mindfulness in a meadow, or even sit in the garden, sipping a G&T and watch butterflies! People can spend a few minutes, or a few hours each day enjoying nature -...
On Wednesday 31 May, Princesshay will team up with Active Devon to provide a day of activities and demonstrations including yoga, roller skating and dance in Princesshay square where shoppers can find out more about what’s going on in the region. The event is being held from 10am – 4pm to encourage people to get active and try something new. Active Devon will also be introducing its ‘Devon Girls Can’ campaign plus its 10-week programme helping workplaces support employees to become more active. At 11.30am a free Rockfit dance workout out in Princesshay Square will offer members of the...
