A University of Exeter lecturer has been honoured with a medal and prize for his outstanding contribution to experimental Physics.
Dr Jacopo Bertolotti, of the University’s department of Physics and Astronomy, has been awarded the Moseley Medal and Prize for 2016 by the Institute of Physics (IOP), after judges decided that his work has made a substantial contribution to the development of physics in the UK and Ireland.
A fellow academic nominated Dr Bertolotti for the prestigious award, presented to early career physicists. The honour, which comprises a medal, a certificate...
Twelve organisations have teamed up to spread an important message among dog owners this summer.
Rescue and rehoming charities, veterinary associations, police, and welfare organisations are all working together to ensure owners know the dangers the warm weather can pose to dogs over the summer months.
The RSPCA receives thousands of reports of dogs suffering from heat exposure every year - that equates to one call every hour.
Already this summer the RSPCA have been called to three dogs which tragically died in a hot car.
ViewRanger have created a new app featuring a collection of walks for people to forage for their own food.
The outdoor discovery app illustrates some of the best routes in the UK for fresh wild food, focusing on Dartmoor.
These are the second in the series of three collections ViewRanger have created in partnership with Sidetracked magazine and international mountain leader and expedition Chief Kieran Creevy.
Craig Wareham, ViewRanger co-founder said: “Nothing beats handpicking the ingredients for your supper straight from the earth.
Following the success of this year’s Children’s Hospice South West’s Exeter Rainbow Run, the charity is delighted to announce that the 2017 run will now take place at the Westpoint Arena!
Jayne Jarrett, events fundraiser at the hospice said: ‘We were overwhelmed with the local support for our 2016 run with nearly 1700 people taking part, and we’re so excited that we will be holding next year’s event at Westpoint Arena.
We’ve lots of plans to make the event even more colourful, and we’re already organising a jam-packed event village to ensure that the day is just as much fun...
“Single sex schools help women become scientists because there is nobody to tell them that they should not be in the lab,” Dame Mary Archer, the current chair of the trustees of the National Science Group, once said.
And if ever there was a case in point, the recent activities at the Maynard School in Exeter reinforce this! On Wednesday 6 July, whilst most of the school were competing at Sports Day, five of the top Sixth Form scientists attended the ‘Britain needs Scientists’ conference at the University of Exeter. They enjoyed lectures from leaders in various scientific fields on...
Excitement is building ahead of this weekend’s Mitsubishi Motors Exeter 7s, which returns to Exeter’s Sandy Park, 9-10 July.
For the second successive year, the home of top flight rugby in the Westcountry will play host to Rugby Europe’s top 12 countries in the second leg of their Grand Prix Series.
Bringing together the elite stars of Sevens rugby in Europe, thousands are expected to descend on Sandy Park over the weekend for what promises to be an ideal curtain-raiser ahead of next month’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Exeter Chiefs will have a stylish and vibrant new look inspired by the Northern Lights when they take to the field for their exploits in cup competitions this season.
Working closely with the club’s kit and sportswear provider, Samurai Sportswear, Rob Baxter’s side will sport the colourful new kit in this season’s European Champions Cup, Anglo-Welsh Cup and, for the first time, at the upcoming Singha Premiership 7s at Sandy Park on Saturday, July 23.
Initially inspired by the famous Northern Lights, the 2016/17 kit features a range of blue and pink hues in a sublimated...
Buckfast Abbey is hosting a Foragers Feast with chef David Beazley.
David Beazley and the Abbeys chef John Hughes will be using locally forged food to create the feast.
It will take place on the 23rd July at 7pm in the restaurant of the Abbeys conference centre. It is £25 per person and to book a spot call 01364 645530
Police have arrested a man after a substantial cannabis seizure in Axminster.
Officers were called to the former Axe Vale Social club, in Chard Street, after reports of a strong smell of cannabis in the area.
The officers attended the address around 7.30 pm on Thursday 7 July and arrested a 27 year old man on suspicion of production of the class B drug.
The cannabis was spread over three floors, and due to the extensive amount of equipment and plants found a specialist team of officers will go back to seize the material.
Police are continuing to assist Dartmoor Zoological Park staff in the search for a two year old male Carpathian lynx which escaped from its enclosure overnight between Wednesday 6th and Thursday 7th July 2016.
The lynx is a wild cat approximately the size of a Labrador. If members of the public sight it they should call 999 immediately quoting log 252 of 7th July 2016. The animal should not be approached as it could be dangerous if alarmed or cornered.
The lynx is believed to be on farm land outside the boundary of the park following a sighting by a member of park staff....
