Police warn of PIN number distraction thieves

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 03/09/2016 - 10:51am

Police are urging the public to be vigilant after a number of shoppers have been targeted by thieves in supermarket car parks across Devon and Cornwall.

While the victims, in some cases elderly women, have purchased goods in a supermarket or used a cash point a suspect has watched them enter their PIN number.

When the victims have returned to their vehicles, they have been approached by someone asking for directions to the nearest hospital or similar location. While the victim is being distracted, someone else has got into their vehicle and stolen their bank cards.

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Celebrity auctioneer at 19240 dinner

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 03/09/2016 - 10:40am

Celebrity auctioneer Paul Martin has confirmed he will be helping to raise money for charity at Exeter’s 19240 Shrouds of the Somme Centenary Dinner in April. The celebrated auctioneer will be hosting the charity auction on the night at the Exeter Chiefs' ground at Sandy Park in Exeter and will be in aid of the 19240 Shrouds of the Somme Project, remembering the Allied Servicemen who gave their lives on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. Mr Martin has been presenting for 15 years, including one thousand ‘Flog It!’ auction action shows; 200 other programmes including Paul Martin’s...

The Best VUE for the best of the West End

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 03/09/2016 - 10:24am

A children’s classic, tales of espionage and the end of capital punishment – just a taste of what’s on at Vue this month as the premium entertainment group brings the best of the West End to Vue Exeter.

Vue is continuing to play host to a series of live show screenings from the capital at cinemas across the UK.

Their fantastic March line-up features a return to the West End for Olivier and Academy Award® winner Martin McDonagh in the award-winning production of the deeply funny new play Hangmen.

In addition to this delightful ‘black comedy’, Vue will be showing the...

Conservatives celebrate investment in Mamhead Slipway

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 03/09/2016 - 10:11am

Members of the Conservative Group on EDDC and Exmouth Town Council saw for themselves how work is progressing on the new £1.2 million Mamhead Slipway when they visited the project on Monday (7 March). The first task of contractors Raymond Brown Construction Ltd is to clear the Mamhead Gardens area to the side of the existing slipway, which will allow towing vehicles and trailers to manoeuvre, making access to the new ramp easier. The old slipway will be dismantled in late April, so building of a re-aligned slipway can take place through the summer. The small group who met on Monday – and...

Devon's Crealy launches M'egga Easter

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 03/09/2016 - 9:22am

Hop over to Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park this Easter for their biggest and best Easter Egg Hunt yet.

With over 10,000 chocolate egg prizes to giveaway, it’s going to be M’egga. The much loved Easter Egg Hunt will take place from Friday 25th March. Simply follow the trail to find clues and solve the puzzles on your adventure around the Park, for a delicious Easter reward.

Guests of all ages are invited to take part in the ’Egg’-citing Easter fun at Devon’s Crealy, with a great line up of new shows scheduled throughout the day. The entertainment team will be on the...

Donor match woman inspired to run

Discovering she was a match for a patient in need of a lifesaving blood stem cell donation has inspired a woman from Exeter to take part in a 15k run to raise funds for the charity Delete Blood Cancer UK.

Carole England registered with the charity several years ago and was surprised to be recently called to be told that she had a matching tissue-type to a patient in need of a blood stem cell donation.

As she awaits confirmation if she will be donating to them, she decided to fundraise to help other patients and is undertaking the ‘Rock Solid’ endurance event in Exeter on...

Exeter smokers urged to quit for good

No Smoking Day 2016 takes place today (Wednesday 9 March) – and people in Exeter are being urged to take their first step towards giving up the habit for good by contacting the Devon Stop Smoking Service for support.

The annual No Smoking Day campaign is now in its 33rd year and the theme this time is ‘Proud to be a Quitter’.

While studies show that two thirds of smokers want to quit, nearly one in five adults in the UK continue to smoke.

The figure is higher in Exeter, where 23% of adults smoke.

The NHS-led Devon Stop Smoking Service offers free, friendly...

Deborah Meaden to speak at Devon Chamber of Commerce annual Business Dinner

Successful Dragon’s Den investor and UK entrepreneur, Deborah Meaden, has been announced as the key note speaker at Devon Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Business Dinner 2016. Taking place on Thursday 19th May at Sandy Park, Exeter, Devon Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Business Dinner will bring together business leaders from across the county for an evening of black tie networking, including a three course dinner and a motivational key note speech. The successful female entrepreneur will join Devon Chamber of Commerce and an expected audience of 500 business people at Sandy Park on Thursday...

Chagstock add Easy Star All-Stars, Wildwood Kin & Leylines

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 03/08/2016 - 11:23pm

Chagstock Festival organisers have confirmed that Easy Star All-Stars are the latest major act to be added to their 2016 line up.

Neatly coinciding with Chagstock's own 10th anniversary, Easy Star All-Stars will celebrate the 10 years since the release of their iconic album ‘Radiodread’ – their beautiful, ska-reggae infused re-imagining of Radiohead’s album ‘Ok Computer’ – alongside a selection from their extensive back catalogue of dub-heavy re-workings of classic artists; from Pink Floyd (Dub Side Of The Moon) to The Beatles (Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Dub Band) via Michael...

Plymouth Science Park welcomes first high tech tenant

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 03/08/2016 - 11:09pm

Intelligent Optimisations (IO) has announced it is expanding its West Country arm to the Science Park in Plymouth where it will take over the top floor of One Research Way - the most technologically advanced building in the region.

IO are the first tenants to sign up to Plymouth Science Park’s new multi-million pound development.

With offices in London and Plymouth, IO is a high growth technology company that specialises in buying online advertising space on behalf of its clients, using Machine Learning to automate and optimise the process.

Whereas existing...

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