Human rights campaigning organisation Liberty is concerned that Exeter City Council’s proposed Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) will criminalise the city’s most vulnerable people.
A consultation into the Council’s plans closes at midnight on 29 February 2016. Liberty intends to respond to the consultation with a detailed analysis of how the PSPO will potentially lead to unjust, counterproductive and unlawful action being taken against homeless people.
As drafted, the Order bans unsolicited requests for money and gives police and Council officers the right to clear away...
With us becoming a nation of money saving connoisseurs in recent years, along with the likely increase in cost of high-street booked holidays in 2016, it’s surprising to see such a rise in the all-inclusive travel package.
Even though the lesser boards available can save you a tidy sum of money and obviously give you the freedom to explore your destination (rather than just your resort), it’s not until you’re on your holiday, relaxed and calm, before you begin to notice the cash quickly disappearing from your wallet. And when you have multiple mouths to feed on your holiday things...
Join East Devon’s education rangers for an action-packed week of activities from 16 to 20 February 2016
East Devon District Council’s Countryside team is preparing for a fun-filled half term of activities for children and parents at a number of popular nature sites in East Devon from 16 to 20 February 2016.
The planned activities start on Tuesday February 16 with Wildlife Gardening on the Wetlands. At this free event, which runs from 10am to 2pm, children and grown-ups alike will have the chance to develop the wildlife garden at Seaton Wetlands, creating bird boxes, bug...
Heating solutions company, ZERO, is set to take the heating world by storm as it unveils its new range of smart heat interface units – the most advanced on the market – at Ecobuild next month.
ZERO’s new product range, the result of three years of intensive research, development and testing, as well as over £600,000 of investment from DECC and Innovate UK, represents a huge leap forward in heat interface unit (HIU) technology. ZERO will reveal its new product range on stand E4288 in the District Heating Pavilion at Ecobuild, held at London’s Excel Centre on 8-10th March.
The University of Exeter has received a slice of £23.2 million in Government funding for cutting-edge medical research to ensure academics can work with industry to ensure their research transforms medical care.
Science Minister Jo Johnson has today announced further financial support from the Medical Research Council for innovative work, which will help thousands of patients.
Exeter is one of 26 universities around the UK to receive a share of the funding, and has been given £425,000 in total.
It will ensure experts at the University of Exeter Medical School and...
Exeter City Football Club will be taking another stand against homophobia at its home game with Newport County (Saturday, February 20; kick off 1pm).
The match has been designated as the Club’s annual “Football v Homophobia” fixture and a number of initiatives to mark the day have been organised by the Exeter City Supporters’ Trust and its One Game One Community (OGOC) Group and the Club’s Football in the Community charity.
This is the seventh time that a Football v Homophobia match has been held by Exeter City and the initiative has been backed by first team player and...
Illegal tobacco with an on-the-street value of more than £63,000 has been seized in a day of raids across Exeter.
In a joint operation on Friday 5 February carried out by Devon and Somerset Trading Standards Service and HRMC, six businesses in St Thomas, the city centre and in Pinhoe were investigated by officers, sniffer dogs and their handlers.
A mixture of retail and licensed premises and a self storage business were raided. Further investigations are being conducted by Devon and Somerset Trading Standards Service for trademark breaches.
A traffic calming scheme near a Tiverton school, which includes 20mph zones in Blundell’s Road and Blundell’s Avenue, has been backed by the county council’s ruling cabinet.
The estimated £1.1m scheme includes raised tables at the main junctions along Blundell’s Road and an additional raised table with a new puffin crossing along the front of Blundell’s School.
A new 20mph zone will also be introduced within the vicinity of the school extending south into Tidcombe Lane and carriageways along the front of the school, and at the sites of the other raised tables, will be...
US Wrestling Company Global Force Wrestling is returning to the UK with a tour of shows that includes an event on Wednesday March 2nd at Exeter Corn Exchange.
In the main event, Exeter's own Joel Redman, who was known as Oliver Grey in WWE NXT, challenges the Global Force Wrestling Champion Nick "Magnus" Aldis for his title. Redman is one of the most respected and successful British wrestlers of his generation, holding titles such as the NXT tag team titles with WWE star Neville. Aldis became the first recognized British World Champion in wrestling when he defeated Jeff Hardy in...
A creative journey from Devon to Australia and back again! Painting the sunny beaches of Perth, Western Australia, or the changeable scenery of Devon?
For Devon Artist Network painter Julie Dunster, there is no contest - and she is celebrating her return home with her first solo art exhibition in this country, at the Boston Tea Party in Honiton from 27 February to 7 May 2016.
The exhibition will feature original oil paintings produced through sketches and photographs on location and completed in her Mid Devon studio. Julie captures the season’s differences, whether...
