If you’ve wandered past the Christmas tree in Exeter Library you might have noticed the interactive flashing lights and Christmas carols playing from its branches. But did you know the tree was programmed by young coders from Exeter’s very own CodeClub?
Meeting every Thursday afternoon after school, two groups of children aged 7-11 have been learning how to code with the expert help of Simon Belshaw, Kris Sum and their brilliant team of volunteers.
Whether it’s Python or Scratch, top Minecraft tips, Sonic Pi or programming sensors, these two groups are learning digital...
A University of Exeter scientist has been awarded a Distinguished Investigator Award by the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation, a US charity that funds research into the causes of mental illness.
Professor Jonathan Mill, of the University of Exeter Medical School, received the $100K (£66,000) award to support his research into the role of neurodevelopmental processes in schizophrenia. Professor Mill will look to study the mechanisms by which genes are activated and regulated during human brain development and how these processes may be involved in psychiatric illness.
Record breaking rainfall in December puts 2015 in the top ten wettest years on records going back to 1910
Latest early provisional statistics from the Met Office confirm December has been record breaking both for its warmth and rainfall.
The UK mean temperature (1-29 December) is a record breaking 8.0 °C which is 4.1 °C above the long-term average. The previous record was 6.9 °C in 1934.
This anomaly of +4.1 above the long term average is the highest such anomaly for any calendar month since 1910 - beating the previous record which was +3.3 °C above average in April...
Teignbridge Council is offering residents the chance to recycle their real Christmas trees for free.
People can take advantage of the many ‘free tree’ recycling collection points on offer across the district. Anybody wishing to dispose of their tree can come along to any of the following sites:
Garden waste subscribers can place real Christmas trees inside their green bin provided the branches are less than 10cm thick.
Real trees can also be taken to Newton Abbot recycling centre, Brunel Road, at any time with the exception of Christmas Day, Boxing Day and...
Higher Woolbrook Park in Sidmouth is set to get brand new streetlights this year, following a routine maintenance inspection by Devon County Council contractors SSE.
In addition, in a separate scheme, Government funding will mean that 24,000 more lanterns across Devon will be converted to energy efficient alternatives by March 2018.
This follows a successful bid by Devon County Council to secure over £10m from the Department for Transport Challenge Fund.
Included in this will be the replacement of 5,000 streetlamp columns on mainly A and B roads in Devon, including...
A flood warning is in place for the River Clyst from Broadclyst to Clyst St. Mary
The Environment Agency says levels are rising in response to the recent rainfall. They are likely to continue to rise for the next few hours into the...
THE Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust is delighted to announce the appointment of two new board members.
Tony Neal has joined as a non-executive director and Jonathan Broad as an associate non-executive director.
Tony has a background in IT and business consultancy, with a particular focus on organisational visioning, development and change, and has extensive board-level experience with BT and Fujitsu.
Tony who lives in Chulmleigh, is an accredited Change First practitioner and trainer in People Centred Implementation (PCI), a Managing Successful Programmes (MSP)...
People in Exeter can recycle their Christmas trees in the New Year.
For those not on the City Council's garden waste collection service there will be an opportunity to take Christmas trees to one of the following sites on the weekend of 9 and 10 January
Car park at Mincinglake Valley Park (top end, off Stoke Hill near the community centre)
Car park at Heavitree Pleasure Ground (next to recycling banks, Whipton Lane near junction with Stanwey)
Car park at Holman Way, Topsham
For those who are enrolled on the garden waste collection...
Having headlined the 2015 Glastonbudget Festival last year (the biggest tribute festival of the year), Totally Tina comes to TORQUAY – Princess Theatre on Saturday 20th February 2016! Totally TINA is an award-winning tribute to the Queen of Rock and Roll, Tina Turner, being given the “Official UK number one” honour by the Agents Association of Great Britain. Currently touring the UK theatres in a full production version with live band, dancers and our leading lady Justine Riddoch. Rather than being a biography, this show focuses on Tina's live concert career, replicating scenes from...
If 2015 produced some sparkling rugby from the Exeter Chiefs, then the New Year began with little fizz for Rob Baxter’s side as they slipped to defeat at Franklin’s Gardens.
Mike Haywood’s first half try, plus a penalty from Northampton fly-half JJ Hanrahan, proved sufficient enough reward for the Saints to see off Devon’s finest.
In a contest which failed to live up to all the pre-match hype, the scant consolation for the travelling Tribe on a miserable afternoon was that their side were able to at least grab a losing bonus point.
