Exeter School's Choral Society Concert: 48 years and still going strong

The 48th Exeter School Choral Society concert once again proved to be a highlight within the calendar of the broader school community.

Taking place in Exeter Cathedral, the choir consisted of parents, staff, friends and pupils, including Music teacher Tina Guthrie's Middle School Choir.

The orchestra of professional players featured a number of the school's visiting music teachers, along with several senior instrumentalist pupils.

The concert began with Haydn's magnificent Nelson Mass, under the baton of Assistant Director of Music Tom Brimelow. The work is a...

Exeter BID welcomes new board members

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Posted: Mon, 03/20/2017 - 11:45am

Exeter Business Improvement District (BID) has recently welcomed two new members further widening the expertise offered in this thirteen-strong leadership team. Lucie Simic and Anthony Thomas will attend their first board meeting this month and represent Area 3 (High Street North/West and Castle Street) and Area 6 (North Street, South Street, Mary Arches and Guinea Street) respectively.

Lucie Simic of The Exeter Dental Centre situated on Castle Street is the General Manager for the practice and brings a wealth of experience to the Board.

Of her recent appointment, Lucie...

Clinical research award recognition for SW paramedic

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Posted: Mon, 03/20/2017 - 11:31am

South West ambulance paramedic Jonathan Green had his hard work and success at creating new opportunities for patients to take part in health research recognised with a regional award.

The National Institute for Health Research Clinical Research Network (CRN) for the South West Peninsula judged Jonathan to be the worthy winner of its Research Network Forum award for creating new research participation opportunities.

Jonathan is a research paramedic with South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust.

Helen Quinn, Chief Operating Officer of the CRN South West...

Murder investigation launched in Exeter

Officers were called to Bridge Court, Exeter by ambulance staff, just before 1.50am on Friday 17 March, following a concern for welfare of a man. The 47 year old man originally from Liverpool was taken to the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital where he was later pronounced dead.

Formal identification has not yet been carried out and next of kin have not yet been informed.

Following this unexplained death detectives from the Major Crime Investigation Team launched a murder investigation.

A 19 year old male has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is currently...

Darts Farm joins Exeter Pound

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Posted: Mon, 03/20/2017 - 8:00am

Darts Farm which has just joined Exeter Pound features in the 2017 2nd Edition of the Exeter Pound Guide published today.

Five thousand copies will be available this week from the 166 businesses in the scheme.

Martyn Goss, Chair of Exeter Pound Board said: "All our local independent businesses are enterprising, colourful, creative and above all unique! We are particularly welcome Darts Farm, a very well known and successful independent local business with a nationwide reputation." Michael Dart from Darts Farm added: "We are proud to be joining forces with Exeter Pound....

Cofton Achieves national recognition

Cofton Country Holidays, the multi award-winning holiday park near Dawlish, South Devon, has received official confirmation that it will receive one of the highest accolades in the world of camping and caravanning at the AA’s Caravan and Camping Awards on 20th March.

The holiday park, which has 450 caravan and tent pitches, including over 50 hardstanding pitches, will receive its AA 5 Pennant Gold accreditation at the official ceremony and could be in line for one of two other awards, which include AA Regional Campsite of the Year for the South West and AA Campsite of the Year....

Appeal for old computers

What do you keep just in case? Is it a safe little black dress that you wear when you are feeling no-so-slim, is it those bits of wood in the shed which are sure to come in handy someday, or is it an old PC or laptop? Unfortunately a computer, unlike the others has a sell by date. Whilst there will always be someone in need of wood or a lovely black dress, the computer industry is constantly moving forward with faster processor speeds, better graphics and larger memories. Your old IT can quickly become useless. With an average 3-4 year cycle of computers huge numbers of computers are being...

Yachtsman to speak about ‘Mutiny’ adventure

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Posted: Sun, 03/19/2017 - 10:08pm

A yachtsman who helped recreate an epic voyage for a new Channel 4 documentary will give a talk at the University of Exeter later this month.

Exeter-born Conrad Humphreys stars in Mutiny, in which a team re-live Captain Bligh’s voyage of survival after the mutiny on the Bounty.

The programme follows nine men as they attempt a 4,000-mile trip on a tiny wooden boat using traditional navigation equipment and surviving off the same meagre rations as Bligh’s crew.

Humphreys will speak about leadership, camaraderie, courage and humility on the high seas.

“We...

Cup woe for battling Chiefs

Exeter Chiefs 12 Leicester Tigers 16 In the week of the world famous Cheltenham Festival, Exeter Chiefs came a cropper in the final furlong as Leicester Tigers took the honours in this season’s Anglo-Welsh Cup.

Despite a spirited second half showing from Ricky Pellow’s side, they left themselves too much to do against English rugby’s most decorated club.

The Tigers lifted the Anglo-Welsh prize for the third time thanks to a first half try from winger Tom Brady and the boot of prized fly-half Freddie Burns.

The Chiefs countered with a first half try from winger James...

Monthly winners announced in Teignbridge recycling campaign

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Posted: Sun, 03/19/2017 - 5:28pm

Teignbridge residents continue to play their part in improving street cleanliness and increasing recycling rates, as the latest monthly winners of the Council's 'Operation Stack' campaign are announced.

Mr Colin Williams from Kingsteignton was drawn as January’s winner and joined by Dawlish resident Mr Church as February’s lucky recipient of a recycling goody bag, containing a set of recycled wine glasses, a left overs recipe book and various food waste reducers.

Launched in November, Operation Stack has been successfully encouraging residents to stack their recycling boxes...

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