Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park is delighted to announce its charity partnership with the WESC Foundation.
The partnership, which seeks to raise funds and awareness of the charity throughout 2016, is part of the Park’s continued commitment to support local causes.
WESC Foundation – The Specialist Centre for Visual Impairment is a school and college for children, young people and adults with visual impairment. The charity’s aim is to develop its learners’ independence so that they can develop academically and socially, whatever their ability and offer supported housing...
Grab your trainers, call on all your friends and join Women’s Running for its 5K and 10K race event, hitting Exeter for the first time in the event’s four year history. On the 26th June Women’s Running magazine and its Women’s Running 10K race will be arriving in Exeter for the first time, promising a fun, friendly and supportive atmosphere at the picturesque Riverside Valley Park, which is expected to be filled with women of all ages and abilities taking to the start line. So whether you‘re looking to tackle your first race, hunting down a 10K personal best finishing time or keen to see...
Three Year 12 pupils at Blundell’s School, Tiverton, will be representing the West at the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Schools’ Analyst national final, having just won the regional heat.
The team of Yuli Lu, Francis Huntingford and Toby Whitehead finished first in the Western Region, ahead of schools such as Exeter, Cheltenham Ladies College and Bristol Grammar School. It’s the second successive year that a Blundell’s team has won this event, which is organised by the RSC Analytical Division for first year sixth form students studying chemistry.
The Leaders of Exeter City Council and Teignbridge District Council have written to Ministers expressing their dismay at the Government’s unwillingness to fund rail in the South West.
Exeter City Council Leader Pete Edwards and Teignbridge District Council LeaderJeremy Christophers have called on Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin to support the Peninsula Rail Task Force andfund two studies that are vital to an investment bid later in the year.
They have also criticised the apparent decision of Network Rail not to carry out further work to the Dawlish sea wall until...
Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter has today spoken of his delight at the news that four of his current first-team squad have all agreed deals to extend their stay with the Aviva Premiership club.
Hooker Elvis Taione, together with backs Ian Whitten and James Short, have all penned new two-year deals, while lock Damian Welch has agreed a new one-year contract extension.
The news comes hot on the heels of Baxter recently confirming the arrivals of Australian prop Greg Holmes from the Queensland Reds and the gifted Ollie Devoto from league rivals Bath for next season....
An Exeter electrical contractor has launched an innovative software product that looks set to improve the efficiency of electrical testing for contractors nationwide.
Electrical Testing Surveyors, based in Merlin Business Park near Exeter Airport has been testing the Windows-based software, ETAS, for two years with its own team of inspectors. ETAS carries out electrical installation testing, analysis, reporting and management, and can improve testing efficiency by at least 25 per cent.
Electrical Testing Surveyors Director, Steve Richards explained: “We designed ETAS after...
Following on from our hugely successful sing-a-long Frozen event in 2015, this February local charity Headway Devon are delighted to be hosting a half-term film screening of the Disney hit Inside Out.
Taking place at the XCentre by Exeter Quay on Tuesday 16th February, this fantastic event will be a great way to keep the kids happy without breaking the bank.
With fancy dress welcomed, fun themed activities and plenty of prizes to be won alongside a screening of the film, this event is a must for film fans in your family.
Businesses across Exeter could be losing tens of thousands of pounds by failing to protect their telephone systems from fraudsters.
The warning comes from leading telephone specialists Equations Voice and Data, who are encouraging businesses to protect themselves from the growing threat of Toll Fraud.
Approximately 84% of South West businesses are understood to be at threat from telephone system hackers who make unauthorised calls by gaining access to a business's phone system. The calls are usually made to international or premium rate numbers and can leave businesses with...
Michael Caines, Paul Ainsworth and Jamie Oliver’s Fifteen Cornwall were among the 13 winners in this year’s Food Reader Awards, one of the largest and most highly acclaimed annual events in the South West calendar.
The awards were launched by Salt Media five years ago through its publication Food magazine with the aim of celebrating the very best restaurants, cafes, pubs, chefs, producers, retailers, cookery schools and bloggers in the South West.
The voters were readers of Food magazine and www.food-mag.co.uk and this year saw the biggest response yet with more than 110,...
