Cranbrook Calling!

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 03/27/2017 - 5:53pm

Students at Cranbrook Education Campus broadcast live on the digital airwaves on Thursday 23rd March between 2-3pm, discussing three key health topics affecting young people: anxiety, digital overload, and risks from energy drinks.

This was part of an innovative scheme helping students to learn new skills as well as to explore health and wellbeing issues which are important to them. You can listen again https://www.spreaker.com/show/2215858 and answer a short survey about your experience https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/WTF8KFL

In a workshop provided by Sound Communities...

Armand targeting big final push

Don Armand insists Exeter Chiefs will make the most of time off to ensure they are in fine fettle for the visit of lowly Bristol to Sandy Park in the Aviva Premiership next month.

Having failed to advance through the group stages of this season’s European Champions Cup, the Chiefs are set to have their first weekend off since the start of the season as others battle it out for Europe’s top prize.

The chance to recharge the batteries at a crucial stage of the season will certainly be welcomed, but the rest will only be short-lived for Rob Baxter’s squad as they gear up for...

The Twilight Walk

Event Date: 
08/07/2017 - 4:30pm to 10:00pm
Venue: 
The Maer, Exmouth

Bring a posse of girls together, dig out your legwarmers and join hundreds of women walking for Hospiscare!

Life Behind a Lens

Event Date: 
10/05/2017 - 6:00pm to 9:00pm
Venue: 
Deer Park Country House Hotel, Weston, Honiton

If you love watching ground-breaking BBC wildlife programmes, like: The Hunt, South Pacific & Planet Earth, you won't want to miss this...

Vital overnight resurfacing in Cullompton

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 03/27/2017 - 1:25pm

Overnight resurfacing work will be carried out in High Street and Higher Street in Cullompton, starting tomorrow night (Tuesday 28 March).

The night-time work, which is needed to complete improvements to the road condition, is scheduled to take three evenings, subject to weather conditions.

Higher Street will be closed overnight from 7pm to 7am between Tuesday (28 March) to Thursday (30 March), and traffic signals will be in operation at the Station Road Junction with High Street and Higher Street Cullompton.

Traffic management and diversions will be in place for...

M&S to open new Exmouth foodhall

Authored by MandSSW
Posted: Mon, 03/27/2017 - 11:28am

The new Marks & Spencer (M&S) Foodhall in Exmouth is set to open at 10am on Wednesday 29th March. Located on Royal Avenue, a stone’s throw from the railway station, the M&S Foodhall will feature a 24 seat Café, as well as the very best of M&S’s innovative and delicious food and drink products.

Opening just in time for Easter, the team at Exmouth will be delighting shoppers by handing out Easter eggs to the first 20 customers in store to celebrate opening day. Shoppers will also be able to discover the mouth-watering range of products for Easter from M&S’s Spring...

Put the Kettle on Devon!

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 03/27/2017 - 11:15am

PEOPLE across Devon are being invited to host a Cancer Research UK Coffee Morning and help raise money to fund life-saving research. Every day, 85 people are diagnosed with cancer in the south west. And that’s why the charity is calling on people across Devon to join together with friends, colleagues and family for a cuppa and a natter while raising funds to help beat cancer sooner. The charity is encouraging everyone to sign up for a free fundraising pack today and host a coffee morning any time until the end of May – with the official coffee morning day falling on April 6. The coffee...

Headline event for festival organisers!

Authored by Sam Richards
Posted: Mon, 03/27/2017 - 10:54am

Festival organisers in Teignbridge are invited to get on board with a new event aimed at giving them all the help they need in ensuring their event is a success.

Teignbridge is organising a new Festivals Forum event on April 3 from 4pm – 6.30pm at Old Forde House, Newton Abbot. The forum is focused on helping established and new festival organisers, big or small, come together under one roof to help make it easier for them to stage their events and reassure themselves that they have everything covered and are up to date with all the new developments in the industry.

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Browne Jacobson appoints litigator

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 03/27/2017 - 8:02am

National law firm Browne Jacobson has continued to expand its thriving clinical negligence practice with the appointment of new health partner Michael Chambers into its Exeter office.

Michael has over 15 years’ experience of handling litigation, arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR).

He previously spent nearly five years as an in-house senior solicitor in the Legal & Risks Services department at NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP) in Cardiff where he acted for health boards throughout the region and advised on a large caseload of high profile...

Exeter residents' parking consultation begins

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 03/27/2017 - 7:57am

A consultation to determine if residents’ parking zones, introduced in Exeter last month, should be extended started on Friday (24 March).

This consultation is in response to requests from local residents living in areas near and adjacent to the new residential parking zones.

From this weekend residents in the affected roads will be receiving a postcard giving details of the consultation and how to respond.

It will assess the need for further parking restrictions to address the displacement of vehicles parked by non residents into these areas.

These...

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