Throughout her career, Linzi who works for CPS in Exeter, has encountered various crimes and witnessed the effect that crimes can have on individuals.
Linzi wanted to raise money to help victims and witnesses of crime to find the strength to move beyond the crime with the support from Victim Support; raising awareness, that there are people who care, a confidential ear, an unbiased listener, practical help during court hearings, or subsequent to court hearings for example assisting with medical treatment or getting rehoused.
Two Exeter School Young Enterprise teams took part in the Devon Finals Competition that was held at the Met Office on Wednesday 27 April with one team winning two out of three awards.
The successful team now goes on to present Devon in the West of England round.
All teams had to set up a trade stand, undergo an interview process from a group of judges and make a presentation to other schools, judges and guests about their 8 month journey on the Young Enterprise Programme.
They had also, prior to the event, submitted a company report which detailed the business, and...
The RSPCA is appealing for information after 31 young mice were found abandoned in a cage in Exeter on Thursday. (27 April.)
A passer-by found the dumped cage on the pavement on Buddle Lane at around 1pm, and quickly took the mice to a local vets.
RSPCA inspector Marije Zwager is keen to find out more about what happened to the little mice and who may have left them on the roadside.
She said: “Dumping animals like this is really cruel and these poor mice were so vulnerable left out on the pavement. A man found them and took them to the vets, and thankfully they all...
Teacher training courses at the University of Exeter have been ranked as among the best in the country.
The Graduate School of Education has been named in third place in a new league table of university providers of initial teacher training in the Good Teacher Training Guide 2017.
This is the latest accolade for the city’s PGCE courses, which train the brightest people in the country to teach in primary and secondary schools. Courses are graded as outstanding by Ofsted, the education inspectorate, and approximately 90 per cent of those achieving qualified teacher status...
Top 40 accountants Bishop Fleming have teamed up with leading scientists at the MET Office to run through the numbers on the challenges and opportunities faced in the Big Data Economy.
The Information Age is allowing Industry to become more data-intensive, with companies and organisations using technology to collect vast amounts of information to understand trends, develop controls, make better forecasts, improve products and services and create solutions for the future.
A strategic Big Data conference took place at the MET Office's headquarters on Exeter's Business Park on...
Thousands of foodies flocked to the 14th Exeter Festival of South West Food & Drink 2017 this weekend including huge crowds on Sunday watching Tom Kerridge’s live demo.
The Exeter Food Festival continues on Bank Holiday Monday with more chef demonstrations, activities for children, workshops and the best of the region’s food and drink.
For full details visit www.exeterfoodanddrinkfestival.co.uk
The Crediton Parish Church Flower Festival is one of the main fundraising events for the upkeep of Holy Cross and many people from our parishes work to make it a very special and memorable week.
This year’s festival has the intriguing title ‘What’s the Point…’ and runs from 10.30am on Saturday 3rd June until 5 pm on Thursday 8th June.
Work towards this years’ Flower Festival began as soon as last years’ Festival ended.
The title of last years’ Festival was ‘Outside the Box’, and a big talking point was a car in the church. This 1927 Austin was subsequently decorated...
PEOPLE across Devon are being invited to take on Cancer Research UK’s latest fundraising challenge, Walk All Over Cancer, to help beat cancer sooner.
The charity is calling on men and women to sign up now to walk 10,000 steps every day throughout the month of June and raise money through sponsorship.
Based on the average person’s strides, 10,000 steps equates to approximately five miles or eight kilometres per day, and adopting small lifestyle changes can go a long way in making the goal feel achievable.
Alison Birkett, Cancer Research UK’s spokesperson for Devon,...
Woodburystock 2017. Friday 2nd & Saturday 3rd July at the Malsters in Woodbury.
12 Bands in this fantastic blues festival with all of the money going to Force Cancer Charity. We have fantastic sponsors this year and all of the bands are giving their time for free. This means all of the monye goes to Force Cancer Charity.
Local Camping is available.
This event is groing from year to year great music, pub food and real ale all available.
More information can be found at http://www.bluesbury.co.uk/Bluesbury/Woodburystock_2017.html
Assistant coach Ali Hepher believes Exeter Chiefs are “building nicely” after they edged ever closer to securing a home semi-final in this season’s Aviva Premiership play-offs.
With just one round of the scheduled season remaining, the Chiefs drew level on points with leaders Wasps as they notched up their 14th league win of the season thanks to this six-try 36-12 victory over Northampton Saints at Sandy Park.
Supporters’ Player of the Year Olly Woodburn led the way with brace of tries, while there were further touchdowns for Don Armand, Ian Whitten, Jack Nowell and Sam...
