Two Exeter City Council solar carports have been recognized by independent industry experts this month, who have shortlisted them for a national Business Green Leaders Award.
Designed and installed by Exeter company SunGift Solar in September last year, the solar carports – on the top decks of John Lewis and Mary Arches carparks – have been recognized as an example to other local authorities across the country.
“Being shortlisted for a Business Green Leaders Award is a tremendous honour, because it covers companies in all environmental industries,” said Gabriel Wondrausch,...
A pioneering Bioscience spin-out company founded by experts from the University of Exeter has secured a major investment to help develop the business.
The ground-breaking company, BioSystems Technology, received £200,000 from private backers, who in addition to the finance, will also provide support and guidance to help the Company realise its full potential across the UK and Europe.
The innovative spin-out was co-founded by Dr Olivia Champion, an infectious diseases expert and Professor Richard Titball, Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis. Together they have pioneered a...
By mid-May, Lee Cooke the Gym Manager at Exeter Golf and Country Club Gym Manager will have run two marathons and completed an endurance 24 hour run for children’s charity, VICTA.
Despite only starting running two years ago, Lee has achieved what usually takes many years for most experience runners. Spurred on by personal drive and his passion for the charity VICTA, Lee achieved good times in both the Paris and London marathons in April. He is now training for his next big event, the Hope 24.
The Hope 24 is a 24 hour endurance race on 14th 15th May at Newnham Park in...
Police are continuing to investigate the garden at the former home of a paedophile couple, who knew serial killers Fred and Rose West.
Excavations began on Tuesday 3 May in the rear garden of a bungalow in Bradnich, near Cullompton, following historic intelligence linked to the former occupants of the council-owned property, David and Pauline Williams.
Investigations are continuing today and are expected to last until Friday 6 May at the earliest.
David Williams was jailed for life in 2015 and his wife Pauline for 12 years for putting 10 girls and boys through rape...
Exeter’s busiest multi-artform venue is set to start a new spring season of events spanning everything from live performance, comedy and music, arthouse cinema and documentaries to contemporary art exhibitions. Regular visitors and city centre shoppers will be pleased to hear that the venue’s buzzing café bar has rolled out a new menu of fresh, lovingly made nibbles and meals to enjoy on its suntrap terrace. The venue’s live music programme this spring features one of Britain’s most noteworthy bands, Brighton based indie rockers British Sea Power.Other highlights include two of the country...
Two Honiton Gymnastics Club gymnasts have made their mark on the national stage, winning silver medals in the British Schools Gymnastics Finals at the weekend.
Catie Lee and Erin Blackmore, pupils at Littletown Primary School, came second in the Under 11 Girls’ Pair category at the competition in Stoke-on-Trent
The tough competition, which saw the 14 best partnerships competing against each from other regions across the UK, rewards those gymnasts who perform fundamental acrobatic gymnastics with flawless execution and artistic merit.
The fine city of Exeter has never witnessed such devastating scenes of destruction and chaos. So it will come as great comfort to citizens to learn that it is on an incredibly small scale - 1:87 to be precise - and safely contained within a 40ft shipping container, as part of a surreal model village experience visiting the city.
The Aftermath Dislocation Principle (ADP) is a post-riot landscape created in miniature by acclaimed artist Jimmy Cauty - co-creator of chart-topping band The KLF and its subsequent, million pound-burning arts incarnation The K Foundation.
Two talented researchers from the University of Exeter have each been awarded £100k to further their work in developing our understanding of cancer and schizophrenia as part of a prestigious new grant scheme.
Dr Richard Chahwan, a lecturer in Molecular Immunology and Dr Emma Dempster, a lecturer at the University of Exeter Medical School, have received grants from the Academy of Medical Sciences’ inaugural £1.8million Springboard scheme, designed to support promising early career researchers.
The two were selected from more than 100 applicants to receive the two-year £100,...
Great British Bake Off finalist Kimberley Wilson is urging people in Exeter to raise ‘lots of dough’ for the MS Society by getting involved in Cake Break on 20 May, a mouth-watering event aiming to raise over £250,000 to support people living with multiple sclerosis (MS) in the UK.
Everyone who takes part will be in with a chance of winning a baking master class with none other than the Bake Off star herself, as well as a selection of award winning gourmet jams from Kimberley’s own The Glamourous Jam Co. Speaking about her support for Cake Break, Kimberley says: “A close family...
