Investing in Exeter Cathedral’s future, brick by brick

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 10/13/2016 - 11:36am

Rathbone Investment Management have made a significant contribution to one of the city’s biggest LEGO® models as part of their sponsorship of Exeter Cathedral’s Big LEGO Build. The Build is a major fundraising project to build a scale model of the Cathedral from 300,000 LEGO bricks, using a design by certified LEGO builders Bright Bricks. Visitors to the Cathedral are being encouraged to get involved, and for every £1 donated a brick can be added to the model. Staff from the firm’s central Exeter office built a LEGO “flying buttress” earlier this year under the watchful eye of the project...

Praise for Exeter City FC volunteers

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 10/13/2016 - 10:50am

The Exeter City first team players and staff were given the chance to thank club volunteers for their help at a party after Saturday’s 0-0 draw Grimsby Town.

The event, which was organised by the club and the Supporters’ Trust, took place in the Paramount Personnel Lounge with more than 60 people in attendance.

Supporters’ Trust chairman Laurence Overend paid tribute to the volunteering ethos at Exeter City and manager Paul Tisdale also praised their work in his post-match comments.

“That is what this club is about,” saidTis.

“It goes from strength to...

Hospiscare coffee mornings: Another double duccess

Authored by Hospiscare
Posted: Thu, 10/13/2016 - 10:31am

Hospiscare are delighted to announce that two more of the celebrated local charity’s coffee mornings have proven very successful.

Little MarVals Preschool in Pinhoe held their Hospiscare coffee morning on 30th September. The school which caters for children aged 2-5 years, invited mums and dads and the local community to a parents’ coffee morning at the United Reformed Church in Pinhoe.

Children and parents enjoyed cake and browsing toy stalls and sharing their work with the community. An organist also played and at the end of the day,

Little MarVals raised £125 for...

Good Schools Guide awards for Exeter School

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 10/13/2016 - 10:05am

Exeter School is the recipient of two Good Schools Guide Awards.

The co-educational independent school has been honoured for its excellence in GCSE Spanish and AS Level Physics.

This is the first time Exeter School has received a Good Schools Guide Award for Modern Foreign Languages and the third year in a row for Physics.

Director of Science Dr James Wilson said it was the ninth subsequent year that Exeter School had received a Good Schools Guide Award for Science.

He said the Physics department was delighted to have received this accolade.

"It is...

New Waves in Professional Boxing

United Fight Events, a premium event, showcasing the very best in combat sports. There has been a meteoric rise in martial arts within the last 5 years with the different arts and styles gaining huge attention.

United Fight Events currently showcases Muay Thai and Traditional Boxing and will host its first, much anticipated event, #UNFC1, on October 22nd at Riverside Leisure Centre in front of 1100 supporters.

The main event features Marcel Gaines, who has recently returned from three years of competition at the highest level in Thailand, who will be competing against Leif...

Hoteliers Walk-the-Walk to support SW Coast Path

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 10/13/2016 - 8:00am

One of the most renowned family hotels in Devon, Langstone Cliff , will be taking on 10.9 miles of the South West Coast Path on Sunday 30th October to help raise vital funds for its popular public path.

Louise Attwood, Front of House Manager, said: “The South West Coast Path is one of our most treasured attractions which help keep our family-run hotel on the Dawlish coastline busy all year round. For years we’ve offered up the path as a free attraction for guests coming to stay at the hotel as well as enjoying many a stroll ourselves over the years. This year, we’ve decided we’d...

South West Falcon shortlisted for UK Bus Award

Bus operator Stagecoach South West has announced that it has been shortlisted to win a prestigious UK Bus Award for its successful South West Falcon service.

The Peter Huntley Memorial Award, for making buses a better choice, recognises and rewards initiatives, projects or innovations that add value to or otherwise improve the attractiveness of bus and coach services to both users and non-users.

Launched in February 2016, at a cost of £2.5m, the South West Falcon is the first dedicated 24/7 coach service to connect major locations across the South West. Operating 19...

Parents of missing Arthur Heeler-Frood plead for son to get in contact

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 10/13/2016 - 3:55am

Caroline and Jeremy Heeler-Frood have pleaded for their son to make contact in an emotional appeal today [Tuesday 11 October] which marks the fifth week since the 15-year-old went missing.

Arthur’s mum, Caroline, appealed directly to her son: “We’re missing you terribly. We don’t know that you are safe or what situation you’re in. I don’t think you realise how hard it is for us, please make contact.”

Police are also appealing specifically to anyone who may have employed Arthur, accommodated him or who may have provided him with transport to get in touch.

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United Fight Championship - #UNFC1

Event Date: 
22/10/2016 - 5:00pm
Venue: 
Riverside Leisure Centre, Exeter

United Fight Events, a premium event, showcasing the very best in combat sports. There has been a meteoric rise in martial arts within the last 5 years with the different arts and styles gaining huge attention.

United Fight Events currently showcases Muay Thai and Traditional Boxing and will host its first, much anticipated event, #UNFC1, on October 22nd at Riverside Leisure Centre in front of 1100 supporters.

The main event features Marcel Gaines, who has recently returned from three years of competition at the highest level in Thailand, who will be competing against Leif...

Exceptional year of growth secures Okehampton firm's place in top green awards final

South West Green Energy Awards judges have this week announced Okehampton-based biomass wood fuel distributor Forest Fuels as a top contender for their coveted Installer of the Year award.

The news follows the fastest and most comprehensive growth period in Forest Fuels’ history, which has seen the renewable energy specialist’s annual turnover grow from £7.3 million in 2015 to £15 million in September 2016 and the number of biomass installations it supplies to grow by 106%.

Organised by Regen SW – the region’s sustainable energy agency – the South West Green Energy Awards...

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