An East Devon based rounders club has claimed silver at Sport England’s Sportivate Project of the Year Awards. Bicton College Rounders took the prize in recognition of its work to help more young people with impairments play rounders. The award was presented in London this week by Minister for Sport, Tracey Crouch MP and Paralympic superstar Dame Sarah Storey.
Delivered in conjunction with Active Devon and LED Lesiure, Bicton College Rounders works with students from FE Colleges in the area. Combining fun with learning, young people are taught the basics of the game while also...
The Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) South West has recognised the exceptional performance and dedication of trainee civil engineers, apprentices and lifetime achievers at a special ceremony in Torquay. South West Highways Commercial Director, Glynn Bramwell, originally from Birtley near Newcastle, won the Outstanding Contribution to Industry award for over 50 years of civil engineering excellence, while five young people received accolades for their performance in the early years of their careers. Glynn said: “Over the years I have worked with some excellent people at SWH...
Celebrate Halloween this October half-term at Exeter’s spooky Underground Passages.
Between 22–30 October there will be special ‘Witches & Wizards Tours’ where children are invited to explore under the city’s streets on special guided tours and discover ingredients for magic spells. Using the ingredients found, the young adventurers are challenged to concoct their own magic spell and enter it into a competition with the opportunity to win one of many fantastic prizes!
This year adults and children aged 14 years and over will have the opportunity to experience one of our...
RGB Building Supplies are inviting local tradespeople and the community to join them for the opening of their brand new branch on North Road Industrial Estate, Okehampton on Thursday 20th October.
Players from the Exeter Chiefs will officially cut the ribbon at 10am and throughout the morning a number of different leading suppliers will be talking to visitors, demonstrating products and offering special launch day deals.
All visitors will also be able to enjoy a free bacon roll and cup of coffee and, if spending over £25, will be entered into a prize draw to win a signed...
Her Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant of Devon presented an award to Exeter Golf and Country Club for their support of the Reserve Forces at the annual Lord-Lieutenant’s Awards for the County of Devon. The awards celebrate the professional and personal achievements of dedicated members of the community who work or volunteer within the Reserve Forces and the Cadet Movement.
Exeter Golf and Country Club is the first golf club in the UK to receive the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme Silver Award. Recognised for their notable support for people from the wider Defence community, Exeter Golf...
A turf cutting has been held to mark the recent start of improvements to the A379 Sandy Park Junction in Exeter
Earthworks are underway on the £2.5 million upgrade to create a signalised junction which will allow all traffic movements. A recent overnight closure has enabled temporary barriers to be installed to protect the workforce and also road users from excavations.
The current junction, which accesses Sandy Park rugby ground and David Lloyd leisure centre, has a ‘left-in, left-out’ traffic system. The upgrade will enable right turns in and out of the site in order to...
Exeter Deaf Academy Year 10 student Molly will be attending the glittering Devon Performance awards tonight after being nominated for Junior Performer of the Year.
Exeter Deaf Academy Expressive Arts Teacher, Deb Thomas, is also up for an award in the category of Outstanding Contribution to Artistic Performance in Education.
For the last 12 months Exeter Deaf Academy has been working with Paddleboat Theatre Company to create an enriched production of ‘A Little Man’s Holiday’ using non-verbal communication and British Sign Language, which is also up for nomination at the...
A bit like the Incredible Hulk, you don’t want to see him angry, but an angry Rob Baxter pulled no punches after watching his side slip to defeat in their European Champions Cup opener against ASM Clermont Auvergne.
Having watched his side make a spluttering start to this season’s Aviva Premiership campaign, the Chiefs failed to fire at all against the star-studded Frenchmen, who inspired by Wesley Fofana cruised their way to all five points at Sandy Park.
The talented French international helped himself to a brace of tries, while Julien Bardy, Noa Nakaitaci and Nick...
A new European Union regulation designed to address the risk of market manipulation in financial securities came under the spotlight at a seminar in Exeter.
Speakers at the second PKF Francis Clark South West Alternative Investment Market (AIM) seminar highlighted the actions needed to avoid falling foul of the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR).
From July 3, 2016, firms across the EU must have safeguards in place to identify and reduce the risk of market abuse and other financial crime.
Delegates from companies listed on AIM heard the importance of complying with MAR....
A section of Blundell’s Road in Tiverton will be closed during the half-term holiday later this month as work on road safety and traffic calming improvements nears completion.
The road will be closed between Horsdon Terrace and Blundell’s Preparatory School from Monday 24 October to Friday 28 October to complete surfacing work.
Work on the £1.1 million scheme, which is introducing a series of traffic-calming measures to reduce speeds and make it easier for pedestrians to cross the road, started in July and is due to be completed on Friday 28 October.
