Community secure use of Rolle College site

People in Exmouth will soon be able to access and use part of the town’s former Rolle College site, it was revealed yesterday.

Community benefit society Rolle Exmouth Limited (REL) has signed a licence with the owners of the site, Plymouth University, on behalf of the Exmouth community, granting them the right to use the Owen Building.

The group is describing it as a ‘major step’ in reinvigorating the site, empty since the University relocated its Faculty of Arts and Education in 2008.

It means REL and local groups can access and start to use the building, which has...

Reduce server spend. Reduce software spend

The rise in virtualization in the IT industry has had major impacts on reducing IT costs not to mention ease of operation and the management of resources. For example, some virtual SAN (Storage Area Network) vendors claim clients can save up to 40% on possible hardware and software costs if they invest in a virtual SAN as opposed to pursuing the hardware storage route.

What is required for virtual storage?

Essentially, two software packages are required:

• A hypervisor such as VMware’s vSphere or Microsoft’s Hyper-V • A virtual SAN package

The hypervisor...

Road deaths and serious injuries rise

Brake, the road safety charity, is calling on the government to show strong leadership and reintroduce causality reduction targets as the Department for Transport publishes its Reported Road Casualties in Great Britain Annual Report for 2014. It shows that 1,775 people died on the roads (a 4% increase on the year before). 22,807 more were seriously injured (a 5% annual increase).

Casualties of all severities rose to 194,477 in Great Britain in 2014, an increase of 6% from 2013, interrupting what was a steady downward trend since 1997.

Brake believes the reintroduction of...

Tortoise & Hare: Making a Meal of Storytelling

Event Date: 
26/10/2015 - 11:30am to 30/10/2015 - 2:30pm
Venue: 
The Hall, Exeter

Amongst all the cake guzzling, sweet quaffing and sugar-hyped activities on offer for kids this half term, there is another event in town that promises not only to entertain the children but to get them truly excited by carrots and the good stuff!

Tortoise & Hare: Making a Meal of Storytelling re-imagines Aesop’s fable to look at the conflict between slow and fast food.

Hare is a fun but unreliable chocoholic whilst her friend Tortoise is moody, slow but a rather fine chef.

They set off on a race to see who can deliver a meal faster to their party guests. Whilst...

Your guide to What's On this weekend

Your guide to what's on in and around Exeter this weekend (25-27 September)

THEATRE

Exeter Comedy Club Friday, Exeter Corn Exchange Exeter Comedy Club returns with the first show of the autumn programme, still offering real value for money and top quality comedy at one of the best comedy clubs in the country. Over 16s only. Tickets £11. http://www.exeter.gov.uk/cornexchange

Rove Friday & Saturday, Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter This is an exploration. I want to tell a story – well, my family’s story. Some of it may be true and some may not. There was a song my mom...

Police appeal after arson attacks

Police in Exmouth are appealing for information following an arson in the town.

Detectives in Exmouth are investigating an arson that occurred at a multi occupancy property on Exeter Road in Exmouth, between 11:15pm and 11:30pm on Saturday 12 September.

The property is located on the smaller part of Exeter Road near the shops – not far from the junction with the main A396 Exeter Road.

Damage was caused after a wooden front door was set alight.

Nobody was injured following fire which was extinguished quickly.

Two local men, aged 25 and 24 years have...

Chime Hearing Services Receive Quality Stamp of Approval

Authored by Stacy Hill
Posted: Thu, 09/24/2015 - 5:26pm

Chime Social Enterprise, the hearing experts have recently been awarded the highest quality accreditation for their services gaining the prestigious Improving Quality in Physiological Services (IQIPS) accreditation from the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS).

Chime has been granted UKAS accreditation against the IQIPS standard for its full range of adult and children's Hearing Services. The accreditation was achieved following months of stringent assessment in key areas such as patient experience, safety, facilities, resource and clinical skills.

IQIPS is a...

Double the fun at Powderham Food Festival

Authored by Stacy Hill
Posted: Thu, 09/24/2015 - 4:40pm

Building on the growing success of Powderham Food Festival, which first launched in 2012 and draws food-lovers from across the region, this year’s event promises to be even bigger and better than ever. The popular date in Devon’s culinary calendar has doubled its appeal for 2015, as it is due to take place over two days from 3rd to 4th October – perfect timing as it marks the end of British Food Fortnight.

Back by popular demand comes Powderham Food Festival’s dramatic Theatre of Fire 'n Smoke, where some of Britain’s best BBQ cooks will be demonstrating their cooking skills...

RAMM one of UK's most family friendly museums

Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) has been acclaimed one of the country’s best museums in an award ceremony held in London today (Thursday 24 September).

RAMM was one of only six museums shortlisted from over 800 nominations for the 2015 Telegraph Family Friendly Museum Award, the third time that the museum has gained recognition as one of the country’s most family friendly museums.

Cllr Rosie Denham, Lead Councillor for Economy and Culture, said: “We are delighted to again be recognised as one of Britain’s most family friendly museums. RAMM aims to be friendly...

Budleigh celebrates another successful Literary Festival

The organisers of the Budleigh Salterton Literatary Festival are euphoric following the success of their seventh sensational festival which saw top authors including Judith Kerr, Kaffe Fassett, David Lloyd, Sarah Waters and Paula Hawkins attract hordes of festival goers to the seaside town.

The festival also saw local authors Jed Falby, Christine Lee, Andrew Graham and Peter Nasmyth as well as Honorary President and double Man Booker Prize winner Dame Hilary Mantel DBE, give literary talks to captivated audiences.

The festival, which took place from 17th-20th September,...

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