Officers investigating a high-value burglary at a residential caravan in the Kennford area of Exeter are appealing for information.
The caravan, at Kennford Caravan Park, was broken into at around 9.50pm on Sunday 14 February when the offenders smashed a window to gain entry.
Several expensive items of jewellery were taken including a silver flat curb chain-linked necklace and bracelet valued at £8,500; an Oyster Perpetual Rolex watch worth £5,000; an Armani watch; a brown leather strap watch (with gold mechanisms visible through the watch face); and a yellow gold diamond...
As 2016 gets underway, a local fundraiser is sending out a message of thanks to all who raised funds for Macmillan Cancer Support last year.
Bridget Hill, Macmillan Fundraising Manager for South, Mid and East Devon said: "Because of all your support, in 2015 Macmillan was able to commit £310,686 in Devon, helping to support over 35,000 people living with or beyond cancer locally. That means there are now over 50 Macmillan professionals working in the county.
"I want to say a personal thank you to everyone who hosted or attended coffee mornings, volunteered their time, took...
Audit limits are going up so more private companies will have the option to dispense with the annual audit, so should they? Whilst there can, for the right business, be significant benefits to becoming a limited company there have always been downsides and one of these is increased external scrutiny of the company finances. This is, if you like, part of the price to be paid for that “limited liability” enjoyed by the shareholders of such companies. The primary form of external scrutiny has for many years taken the form of an external audit which is undertaken by a firm of suitably...
Robin Rea of Rusty Pig was ‘flabbergasted’ to learn that his auction prize of a dinner for 12 raised £1,000 at a Valentine’s Ball & Banquet hosted at the Institute by the Carnival Committee.
Robin, who was away on a skiing holiday at the time of the auction, said: “I received the news by text, and nearly fell off my skies.
“This was an extremely generous gesture and I look forward to cooking up one heck of a meal for the winning bidder.”
In fact, the princely price was paid by Stuart Phillips, MD of Coverstructures in Honiton. He said:
The University of Exeter will be better able to support business growth thanks to a new partnership with the UK Space Agency.
Experts at the University will help run a new Centre of Excellence using satellite data. This will allow academics to work with industry, particularly small businesses, to ensure new products and services become commercially available.
The Satellite Applications Catapult’s South West Centre of Excellence, which is co-funded by the UK Space Agency, will use data obtained through satellites to generate global trade opportunities for the South West. It...
Dr Siam Bhayro Senior Lecturer in Early Jewish Studies Department of Theology & Religion University of Exeter
The corpus of pre-Islamic Aramaic magic bowls from Mesopotamia provide us with a wealth of new information regarding the everyday beliefs and practices of the Jewish, Christian, Zoroastrian and Pagan populations, with regard to both mental and physical health.
This talk will introduce the corpus, and explain how it has transformed our understanding of religious and social history at a crucial moment on the eve of Islam. Ticket information Tickets £5 available...
"Change is all there is: Evolutionary Theology" - The Very Revd Dr Jonathan Draper, Dean of Exeter
This paper is a thought experiment.
Can we use our understanding of evolution and genetics to understand why churches in different contexts and subject to different kinds of environmental pressures move in different theological directions?
I will argue that we can, and will suggest that diversity within the Christian 'species' is essential to its survival. About Jonathan Draper Jonathan was born in Boston, Massachusetts and lived in the United States until he finished...
Experts are warning that more than a million people in the UK – 90% of whom are smokers or ex-smokers- could be living with a serious vascular condition that can lead to leg amputation or a fatal heart attack.
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) is urging smokers to give up the deadly habit on No Smoking Day (9 March) and lower their risk of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) – a silent and largely unknown killer in the UK.
There are nearly half a million registered PAD patients in the UK however, a leading surgeon in the field estimates that the number could be twice as high...
Come along to explore the fascinating and gruesome parts of history Travel back in time to a different period of history every week with themed crafts, costumes, and horrible history facts!
Each session takes place in the Pearson Education Centre between 10am and noon and children can be dropped off and left for the entire session.
STUPID STUARTS - 27th February: Try to survive the perilous times of the Stuart. Will you survive the Gunpowder Plot, the Plague and the Great Fire of London?? Create a collage to remember some of these scary events.
Come and join us for a day of Spring time shopping set within the beautiful medieval Nave of the Cathedral.
A great array of stalls selling a broad range of gifts and goodies will be there for your browsing and enjoyment. Get some friends together and make a day of it! Specialists from Bonhams (who are kindly sponsoring the event) will be on hand throughout the day offering a free valuation service, so bring along your pictures and other objects.
Bonhams Ticket information Tickets, which include entry to the Cathedral for the day, are priced at £7.50 per person or £10 to...
