An expert on the psychology of political crisis is to receive this year’s Presidents’ Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychological Knowledge from the British Psychological Society.
The winner is Professor Alex Haslam, Professor of Psychology at the University of Exeter and Professor of Psychology and Australian Laureate Fellow in the School of Psychology at the University of Queensland .
Working with Professor Michelle Ryan at Exeter, Professor Haslam developed the concept of the ‘glass cliff’ – the tendency for women to be promoted to high-level jobs at times of...
If you have a disability, or you know someone who has, please come along to the Blue Light day on 10th August.
It’s free to attend and is being held at St Luke’s Science & Sports College, Exeter between 10am and 2pm.
The event aims to give people with disabilities advice about the emergency services and help break down any barriers that are felt within the community.
Emergency services including police, fire, NHS and the ambulance service will be on site, as well as educational and voluntary organisations.
Rural crime cost the South West £6.1m in 2015, up from £5.9m in 2014 – despite remaining broadly static at a national level. The figures form part of NFU Mutual’s annual Rural Crime Report, published today, revealing that the cost of rural crime to the UK economy has now reached £42.5 million a year.
According to the leading rural insurer, the items most commonly targeted by thieves across the South West over the last 12 months were tools from farms and businesses, quad bikes (ATVs) and garden equipment. The South West also saw the second largest increase in the cost of livestock...
On Saturday 30th July, campaigning organisation 38 Degrees brought together hundreds of walkers and art-lovers on Dartmoor and Exmoor National Parks to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the charity Campaign for National Parks. The Campaign for National Parks was created in 1936, when a group of people - passionate about the nation’s stunning open landscapes - decided to work together and launch a campaign to protect them for future generations. 80 years later and England, Scotland and Wales now has fifteen designated National parks, bringing over £4 billion to the UK economy (through food...
Don’t make any plans for the weekend until you’ve checked out our guide to what’s on in and around Exeter (29-31 July).
THEATRE
The Bideford Witches Friday & Saturday, Clifford Room, Barnfield Theatre, Exeter Temperance Lloyd, Susannah Edwards and Mary Trembles of Bideford were the last three women to be executed for witchcraft in Great Britain. High Wall Theatre present a striking retelling of their incredible true story. Tickets £8, £6 conc. Box office 01392 271808. https://www.facebook.com/thealphaeffect/
Steve Pledger has an enviable reputation as a talented and dynamic performer. BBC Introducing have called his music "beautiful, authentic, unblemished and wonderful”. With writing that ranges from fragile reflections on love and loss to blistering commentaries on present circumstances. His songs pack an emotional punch, both on record and on stage.
His musical influences are many and varied and include Graham Parker, Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam, Martyn Joseph, Van Morrison, Ryan Adams, Don McLean, Springsteen and others.
Following on from his 2012 debut album - ‘14 Good...
Work has finished on £46,850 of eagerly awaited improvements to East Devon District Council’s Bowling Green/Millers Way and Langford Avenue play areas in Honiton and the two play areas are now open and ready for action.
Earlier this year local children at Honiton Primary School and Honiton Littletown Primary School chose the designs for the improvements to the council’s play areas in Honiton, which have now been implemented to a high standard.
East Devon District Council and Honiton Town Council have been working closely together to spend a total of £46,850 on improvements...
Families have the chance to celebrate summer in one of Teignbridge’s parks and nature reserves when National Playday comes up next month.
Some of the district’s best places will be filled with fun and games as part of the event which sees thousands of children and their families get out playing at hundreds of community events across the UK.
As well as a celebration of children's right to play, Playday is a campaign that highlights the importance of play in children’s lives.
National Playday will be celebrated in Courtenay Park, Newton Abbot, on Wednesday 3 August...
The fiancée of a former Royal Marine who died in a climbing accident in the French Alps has posted a heartfelt message celebrating their love on facebook.
Duncan Potts died on Wednesday as he climbed the Dent du Geant mountain in the Mont Blanc range near Chamonix.
The 28-year-old, who recently became engaged, was with a friend when a rock came loose in his hands and he fell around ten feet, the Telegraph reported.
The rock hit him on the head and shoulders and despite a mountain rescue team reaching him, he died at the scene.
