Met Office meteorologists are forecasting a very warm, occasionally hot and humid, week across the UK for much of this week with temperatures expected to be at their highest on Wednesday.
Temperatures are forecast to nudge into the 30s Celsius in parts of the southeast and central areas during the middle of the week, this "heatwave" will only last a day or two, with temperatures dropping slightly by Thursday.
The heat will start to build today (Tuesday 30th June) as a tropical continental airmass from mainland Europe begins to dominate our weather. Temperatures across...
Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) welcomed its millionth visitor since its redevelopment last Friday 26 June.
Polly Hill, a student at Exeter College was treated to a special behind-the-scenes tour with Tony Eccles, the museum’s Curator of Ethnography who gave a special insight into some of the museum’s objects from the four corners of the world.
One of the objects in the museum’s store was an ancient Peruvian pot. Polly was photographed with the object as a special souvenir of her visit. She was also presented with a special one-off 3D printed version of the pot...
Families for Children Devon Adoption's office is open on one Saturday of every month where you can talk with specialist adoption social workers and experienced adoptive parents about all aspects of adoption.
Their next open morning is on July 4th from 10am to 12 noon.
10am – 11am Presentation with the chance to hear from one of our adopters 11am – 12 noon Staff and adopters available for individual questions and discussion
Tea/coffee and biscuits will be available.
You can book a slot by calling 01364 645480 or email enquiries@familiesforchildren.org.uk , or...
Classpeople, the leading independent education recruitment specialists in the South-West, today announced two further senior management appointments. The appointments have been made to strengthen the team in line with development plans for later this year.
Andy Taylor, a self-confessed fitness fanatic, who has eight years’ experience in financial management and has ACMA (Associate Chartered Management Accountant) status, joins Classpeople from Markey Construction. He takes on the brand new role of financial controller servicing all of the Classpeople branches.
Thousands of excited fans descended on Newton Abbot Racecourse to watch Boyzone and Alesha play the racecourse’s first-ever concert on Sunday 28th June.
The sun shone as over 7,000 fans came from all over the country, including places as far as Germany, to go back to the nineties and watch Boyzone perform some of their most popular songs from their 20 year career.
Their only performance in the South West this year, Ronan Keating, Keith Duffy, Shane Lynch and Mikey Graham wowed the crowds with an energetic performance on the night. Performing a variety of songs including ‘...
Following assessment by bomb disposal experts, the devices found on York Road and King William Street in Exeter this morning, Monday, June 29, have been made safe.
The scene cordons on both King William Street and York Road are now being reduced to the immediate scenes of the incidents as a result.
Road closures around the city centre will begin to be lifted shortly, although traffic congestion in the run up to rush hour is expected to take some time to be cleared.
Police would like to thank all residents for their patience and co-operation throughout today....
Chat rooms play a positive role in motivating students and encouraging an independent approach to learning English as a foreign language. Innovative research highlighted in a new book Using Technology in Foreign Language Teaching shows the advantages and disadvantages of utilising IT in teaching English in countries like the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, Oman, Iran and Malaysia. The current interest in combining different teaching methods with technologies that promise to motivate learners to respond effectively has meant that many language-teaching institutions strive to...
Spacex, Exeter’s contemporary visual arts organisation, has successfully raised £10,000 to support its new artists residency programme.
Hundreds of people have donated money to the campaign, and in return will receive artworks, posters and publications.
Mark Waugh Chair of Spacex said: "We are thrilled by the enormous response to our crowdfunding campaign, which shows that the public wants to support the dynamic evolution of Spacex as it explores new ways to fund original and challenging visual arts in Exeter.
"We are also indebted to the great generosity if the...
The sun shone at the Broadclyst Family Fun Day and everyone had a great time at this hugely popular annual event.
This social and community event is one of the highlights of the year in Broadclyst, bringing the whole village together, for one special day.
The village playing field was transformed into a colourful kaleidoscope of activities: children’s races, a massive inflatable slide, displays, stalls, the village school choir performed and the family dog show proved incredibly popular.
It was a great opportunity for local community and voluntary groups to showcase...
Following assessment by bomb disposal experts, the device found at King William Street in Exeter city centre found earlier this morning (Monday 29 June) has now been safely dealt with.
The device at York Road is expected to be dealt with later this afternoon following further assessment by bomb disposal.
The scene cordons on both King William Street and York Road are now reduced to 100 metres as a result.
Road closures around the city centre remain to ensure the matter can be safely resolved and the police led multi-agency response to the incident continues....
