Latest restaurant announced for Queen Street Dining

Authored by Program
Posted: Wed, 03/09/2016 - 12:51pm

A Scandinavian-inspired casual dining concept - Food Drink Coffee & Store - will be the sixth restaurant to join Exeter's exciting new Queen St Dining quarter.

KuPP signed contracts with Aviva Investors on last week and this will be KuPP's first site outside London, marking yet another huge boost for Exeter as a dining location. Aviva have been working hard to secure a wide selection of food and drink operators to create a unique dining offer at Queen St Dining and KuPP is the latest ingredient in this mix.

KuPP will be set over two floors complete with outside seating...

Go Kevin!

We’ve raised £890 on Just Giving! No, wait, add gift aid of £100 and that makes it £990 and still counting!

That’s a recent conversation at our house. Our good friend Ruth Regan died last year and her husband Kevin is taking part in Hospiscare’s sponsored Men’s Walk to thank Hospiscare for its “outstanding” support given to them both.

The donations and comments on Kevin’s JustGiving page are a wonderful testament to Ruth, Kevin and Hospiscare.

After being married for 47 years Kevin was understandably bewildered and confused by his new life alone, but the Men’s Walk...

Love Digital brings boost for women in business

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 03/09/2016 - 11:44am

A regional programme designed to help women develop their digital skills and improve business practice, has culminated with a conference in Exeter.

And fittingly, the Love Digital event took place at Exeter Library on Tuesday - International Women’s Day.

The Love Digital programme was funded by the Women and Broadband Challenge fund and supported by the Government Equalities Office. The programme is a part of Connecting Devon and Somerset and has been delivered by Cosmic, Peninsula Enterprise and Westward Pathfinder.

Julie Hawker, CEO of Cosmic, said: ‘Cosmic has...

Your size could make you poorer

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 03/09/2016 - 11:36am

Scientists at the University of Exeter have found the most robust evidence yet that simply being a shorter man or a more overweight woman leads to lower chances in life, including a lower income.

It has long been known that there is a link between height and weight and how well off a person is, in terms of socioeconomic factors including earnings, postcode, level of education and job type. People from poorer backgrounds are less likely to grow tall and more likely to put on weight, in part because of a poorer education and nutrition in childhood and early adulthood. Now, in...

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...

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